Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) won
6-3 over
Stefano Spiller (Bormio, ITA) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 15 - 18 at the Perth Curling Club in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won
8-2 over
Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland, Scotland; and won
6-5 over
Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland, Scotland;
Whyte are currently . In their opening game, Whyte plays
Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR) on Thursday at
12pm Maeda on Friday at
4am and
Jan Iseli (Solothurn, SUI) at 10:30am
Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR) on Thursday at
12pm Maeda on Friday at
4am,
Jan Iseli (Solothurn, SUI) at
10:30am Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) on Saturday at
3am and
James Craik (Forfar, SCO) at 9:30am.
For winning the Mercure Perth Masters Championship title, Whyte earned
33.750 world rankings points along with the $14,862CDN first prize cheque. Whyte move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 12.75 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with
363.000 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Whyte ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
324.250 points earned so far this season.
