Whyte Reaches HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Semifinals

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) run at the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; Whyte advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-3 win over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Whyte finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Whyte defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 8-5, then won 6-3 against Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) and 6-5 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Whyte went on to lose 4-3 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Whyte earned 42.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1. Whyte move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.141 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 7th overall with 301.297 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Whyte ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 154.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	65	17	0	0.793	19-5	15-1	5-1	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	520	321	8.72	5.39	3.34	4.78	3.62	1.82	1.49	1.59

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	286	390	45	50	17-0	24-1	89-8	1.36	0.16	0.55	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	310	130	276	45	3-2	7-13	23-62	0.42	0.89	0.57	0.27

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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

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