Waddell Reaches 2023 Baden Masters Quarters

Hamilton, Scotland

SKIP
Kyle
Waddell

Third
Craig
Waddell

Second
Mark
Taylor

Lead
Gavin
Barr

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.06
PA/G:	7.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) qualified for the 2023 Baden Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). of the 2023 Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland;

Waddell finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Waddell lost 10-1 to Retornaz, then responded with a 5-4 win over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Waddell won 10-3 against Lars Brauchli (Wildhaus, SUI), then won 6-2 against Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Waddell earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Baden Masters, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with 96.250 total points. Waddell ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	42	26	0	0.618	11-4	10-5	5-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	484	388	308	8.02	6.36	1.65	4.59	4.07	1.75	1.56	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	229	276	62	32	8-1	21-3	54-7	1.21	0.27	0.42	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	255	112	246	33	6-6	4-18	13-38	0.44	0.96	0.59	0.28

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad, Magnus Nedregotten, Mathias Braenden, Magnus Vaagberg
Oslo, NOR
2020: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2012: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2011: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Thomas Ulsrud
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
, NOR
2007: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, David Noftall
St. John's, NL
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting
, SUI
2002: Andre Flotron
Andre Flotron
, SUI
2000: Andreas Schwaller
Andre Flotron
Biel, SUI

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