Laycock Runner-Up at SaskTour Mens Players Championship

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Third
Shaun
Meachem

Second
Chris
Haichert

Lead
Brayden
Grindheim

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	10.23
PA/G:	5.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) lost 7-5 to Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) in the Final of the SaskTour Mens Players Championship, held January 5 - 7 at the Yorkton Curling Club in Yorkton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Laycock won 9-2 over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the SaskTour Mens Players Championship in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 8-3 over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the SaskTour Mens Players Championship in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Laycock are currently 2-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock lost 7-6 to Knapp, then responded with a 7-3 win over Michael Carss (Saskatoon, SK). Laycock won 10-2 against Garret Fedak (Saskatoon, SK). In their opening game, Laycock plays.

With their runner-up finish at the SaskTour Mens Players Championship, Laycock take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,820CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with 69.234 total points. Laycock ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	24	17	0	0.585	3-1	2-2	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	311	263	214	8.46	6.88	1.58	4.95	4.28	1.71	1.61	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	149	192	41	13	7-0	15-3	36-4	1.29	0.28	0.43	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	162	71	173	11	1-2	3-13	13-38	0.44	1.07	0.48	0.30

2023: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2022: Ryan Deis
Ryan Deis, Garret Springer, Dustin Mikush, Kalin Deis, Dallan Muyres
Fox Valley, SK
2010: Terry Marteniuk
Terry Marteniuk, Mike McIntyre, Ray Nabe, Ray Sharp
Yorkton, SK
2010: Gerry Adam
Gerry Adam, Gerald Shymko, Jason Tocher, Bryan Derbowka
Yorkton, SK
2004: Mitch Heidt
Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

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