CHAMPION: Mouat Wins 2023 Mercure Perth Masters

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Bruce
Mouat

Third
Grant
Hardie

Second
Bobby
Lammie

Lead
Hammy
McMillan Jr.

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	10.56
PA/G:	5.56
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) won 5-4 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 4 - 7, 2023 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Mouat won 8-2 over Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2023 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won 6-2 over Kyle Waddell (Glasgow, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;

Mouat finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mouat defeated Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) 7-3, then won 8-3 against Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) and 8-6 against Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR). Mouat won 7-5 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED), then won 8-5 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mercure Perth Masters Championship title, Mouat earned 45.000 world rankings points along with the $11,400CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -16.88 after improving upon their best so far this season. Mouat ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 216.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	62	25	0	0.713	26-4	13-12	3-5	1-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	667	547	373	8.20	5.59	2.61	4.78	3.93	1.71	1.42	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	315	418	50	45	10-1	29-2	98-3	1.33	0.16	0.51	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	352	129	323	41	1-2	6-16	25-62	0.37	0.92	0.64	0.25

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2020: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2019: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2016: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Logan Gray
Logan Gray, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Richard Woods
Stirling, SCO
2013: Thomas Loevold
Thomas Ulsrud, Christoffer Svae, Thomas Loevold, Markus Hoiberg
Oslo, NOR
2012: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Duncan Fernie, Ron Brewster, David Edwards
Aberdeen, SCO
2009: Kevin Koe
Tom Brewster, Duncan Fernie, Ron Brewster, David Edwards
Edmonton, AB
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2006: David Edwards
David Edwards, Paul Westwood, Ross Paterson, Sandy Gilmour
Lockerbie, SCO
2005: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2004: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Graeme Connal, Ron Brewster, Colin Campbell
Glasgow, SCO
2003: Pal Trulsen
Pal Trulsen
, NOR
2002: Bob Kelly
Bob Kelly, Neil Hampton, Tom Pendreigh, Ross Hepburn
Inverness, SCO
2001: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Graeme Connal, Ron Brewster, Mark Brass
Greenacres, SCO
1995: Hammy McMillan
Hammy McMillan, Norman Brown, Mike Hay, Roger McIntyre
, SCO

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