CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2019 Prague Classic

Stirling , Scotland

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.82
PA/G:	5.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Ross Whyte (Stirling , SCO) won 5-4 over Borys Jasiecki (Sopot, POL) in the Final of the Prague Classic, held November 7 - 10, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won 6-3 over Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Prague Classic in Prague, Czech Republic; and won 7-2 over Czech Republic's David Sik in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Prague Classic in Prague, Czech Republic;

Whyte finished 4-4 in the 22-team qualifying round. . , droppimg another game, 0-0 to Jasiecki in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Prague Classic Championship title, Whyte earned 19.588 world rankings points along with the $7,295CDN first prize cheque. Whyte gained 10.8 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 29thplace overall with 147.594 total points. Whyte ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 99.134 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

2024: Fredrik Nyman
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2023: Lukas Klima
Lukas Klima, Marek Cernovsky, Martin Jurik, Lukas Klipa, Radek Bohac
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2022: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
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2021: Magnus Ramsfjell
Magnus Ramsfjell, Martin Sesaker, Bendik Ramsfjell, Gaute Nepstad
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2019: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling , SCO
2018: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Simon Granbom, Johannes Patz, Filip Stener
Skelleftea, SWE

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