Craik5-2 at 2022 Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

James Craik (Stirling, SCO) finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik lost 5-3 to Switzerland's Jan Iseli, then responded with a 10-1 win over Manuel Jermann (Arlesheim, SUI). Craik won 9-1 against Felix Schulze (Hamburg, GER), then won 6-4 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI). Craik went on to lose 5-1 against Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI). Craik responded with a 8-6 win over Giacomo Colli (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Craik won 8-1 against Kyle Waddell (Glasgow, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 15.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge, remaining in 32nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Craik ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	45	26	0	0.634	6-5	5-4	2-2	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	519	418	326	8.05	6.28	1.77	4.68	4.22	1.72	1.49	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	262	307	85	31	12-1	18-2	61-14	1.17	0.32	0.39	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	257	111	241	26	3-1	5-15	18-51	0.43	0.94	0.57	0.29

2023: James Craik
James Craik, Mark Watt, Angus Bryce, Blair Haswell
Forfar, SCO
2022: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2021: Yves Stocker
Philipp Hoesli, Yves Stocker, Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr
Glarus, SUI
2019: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Simone Gonin
Pinerolo, ITA
2018: Amos Mosaner
Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Andrea Pilzer, Daniele Ferrazza
Trentino, ITA

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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