Craik Reaches 2023 KW Fall Classic Quarters

Forfar, Scotland

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	10.74
PA/G:	5.93
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.83
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

James Craik (Forfar, SCO) qualified for the 2023 KW Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Alex Champ (Toronto, ON).

Craik finished 3-0 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated Kibo Mulima (Kitchener/Waterloo, ON) 8-1, then won 7-5 against Champ and 7-2 against Jayden King (Guelph, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KW Fall Classic. For week 8 of the event schedule, Craik did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 18th to 19th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 189.000 total points. Craik ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	42	29	0	0.592	15-3	10-5	2-2	2-0	1-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	523	414	329	7.92	6.29	1.63	4.78	4.09	1.66	1.54	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	248	292	77	24	7-1	22-4	54-13	1.18	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	275	122	252	35	2-4	9-15	19-49	0.44	0.92	0.58	0.29

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