CHAMPION: Makela Wins 2018 Latvia International Challenger

SKIP
Wille
Makela

Third
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Second
Teemu
Salo

Lead
Paavo
Kuosmanen

Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN) won 8-4 over Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the Final of the Latvia International Challenger, held October 25 - 28, 2018 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Makela won 8-3 over Michael Mueller (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won 8-5 over Ulrik Damm (Hvidovre, DEN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Makela finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Makela lost 8-7 to Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT), then responded with a 4-3 win over Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT). Makela won 7-6 against Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU), then won 7-4 against Robin Brydone (Perth, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Latvia International Challenger Championship title, Makela earned 9.773 world rankings points along with the $2,090CDN first prize cheque, moving up 89 spots the World Ranking Standings into 173rd place overall with 16.062 total points. Makela ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.062 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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