Craik Reaches Scottish Curling Junior Championships Semifinals

SKIP
Ross
Craik

Third
Scott
Hyslop

Second
Jack
Carrick

Lead
Struan
Carson

Ross Craik (Forfar, SCO) run at the Scottish Curling Junior Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 11-4 loss to Jack Strawhorn (Dumfries, SCO). of the Scottish Curling Junior Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;

Craik finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated Finlay Rutherford (Kinross, SCO) 8-1, then won 11-2 against Strawhorn and 11-2 against Arran Thomson (Perth, SCO). Craik won 8-7 against Fraser Swanston (Forfar, SCO). Craik went on to lose 7-2 against Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO). Craik responded with a 10-4 win over Callum Grant (Greenacres, SCO). Craik won 7-2 against Ethan Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Scottish Curling Junior Championships, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 137th place overall with 17.281 total points. Craik ranks 110th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	16	25	0	0.390	4-3	4-13	3-3	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	311	203	248	6.53	7.97	-1.45	4.41	4.69	1.48	1.70	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	150	146	64	12	2-1	7-5	32-6	0.97	0.43	0.30	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	161	57	184	16	0-7	2-15	10-29	0.35	1.14	0.50	0.27

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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