Waddell Reaches 2023 Insitu Players Open Quarters

SKIP
Kyle
Waddell

Third
Craig
Waddell

Second
Mark
Taylor

Lead
Gavin
Barr

Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) qualified for the 2023 Insitu Players Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada;

Waddell finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Waddell defeated Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) 5-4, then won 6-4 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) and 6-4 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Waddell went on to lose 9-4 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). Waddell responded with a 5-3 win over Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Waddell earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Insitu Players Open, remaining in 35th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Waddell ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.000 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

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