Rajala Reaches Performance Kia Charity Open Semifinals

SKIP
Brendan
Rajala

Third
Jackson
Dubinsky

Second
Jesse
Crozier

Lead
Adam
Wiersema

Brendan Rajala (Sudbury , NONT) run at the Performance Kia Charity Open came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT). of the Performance Kia Charity Open in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Rajala advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT).

Rajala finished 2-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala lost 4-3 to Johnston, then responded with a 5-3 win over Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NONT). Rajala went on to lose 6-2 against McCarville. Rajala responded with a 6-5 win over Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Performance Kia Charity Open. For week 24 of the event schedule, Rajala did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rajala ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	4	6	0	0.400	0-0	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	81	44	55	5.43	6.79	-1.36	3.83	4.81	1.42	1.41	1.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	43	38	15	6	0-0	2-0	9-3	0.88	0.35	0.30	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	38	6	40	5	0-0	0-4	0-5	0.16	1.05	0.67	0.16

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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