Raju Runner-Up at 2023 Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division

SKIP
P.N.
Raju

Third
Giri
Suthakaran

Second
Vinay
Goenka

Lead
Kishan
Vasant

P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN) lost 8-5 to Rayad Husain (Georgetown, GUY) in the Final of the Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, held October 31 - November 6, 2022 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Raju won 9-3 over Adil Zhumagozha (Almaty, KAZ) in the semifinals of the 2023 Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division in Calgary, Alberta;

Raju are currently 4-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Raju defeated Zhumagozha 7-6, then won 8-4 against Lajos Belleli (Doha, QAT). Raju went on to lose 11-4 against Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG). Raju lost 6-5 to Husain where Raju responded with a 15-0 win over Alastair Fyfe (Riyadh, KSA). Raju won 13-7 against Oliver Echenje (Nairobi, KEN). In their next game, Raju plays.

With their runner-up finish at the Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, Raju take home 5.500 world rankings points, moving up 374 spots the World Ranking Standings into 221st place overall with 5.500 total points. Raju ranks 172nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	5	3	0	0.625	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	72	66	45	9.17	6.25	2.92	5.42	3.61	1.69	1.73	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	34	31	14	5	1-1	1-0	5-3	0.91	0.41	0.24	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	38	35	31	2	1-1	4-2	5-5	0.92	0.82	0.56	0.47

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)