Craik Runner-Up at Scottish Curling Championships

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

James Craik (Forfar, SCO) lost 7-6 to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Scottish Curling Championships, held February 4 - 10 in Dumfries, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Craik won 9-1 over Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) in the semifinals of the Scottish Curling Championships in Dumfries, Scotland;

Craik finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated Ross Craik (Stirling, SCO) 6-2, then won 6-3 against Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) and 6-4 against Arran Thomson (Perth, SCO). Craik won 8-1 against Gavin Cameron (Moray, SCO). Craik went on to lose 10-8 against Whyte. Craik lost 6-5 to Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO) where Craik responded with a 9-2 win over Fraser Swanston (Forfar, SCO). Craik won 7-3 against Mouat in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scottish Curling Championships, Craik take home 30.250 world rankings points. Craik move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 21.25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 199.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Craik ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 199.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	42	29	0	0.592	15-3	10-5	2-2	2-0	1-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	523	414	329	7.92	6.29	1.63	4.78	4.09	1.66	1.54	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	248	292	77	24	7-1	22-4	54-13	1.18	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	275	122	252	35	2-4	9-15	19-49	0.44	0.92	0.58	0.29

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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