Australia's Jay Merchant2-5 at 2024 Pan-Continental Championships

Australia

Fourth
Dean
Hewitt

SKIP
Jay
Merchant

Second
Tanner
Davis

Lead
Justin
Grundy

Games:	7
Record:	2W - 5L
PF/G:	6.35
PA/G:	8.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Australia's Jay Merchant finished 2-5 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Australia's Jay Merchant lost 8-6 to Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL), droppimg another game, 9-6 to Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Australia's Jay Merchant lost 11-6 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Australia's Jay Merchant lost 8-3 to Andrew Stopera (Duluth, MN) where Australia's Jay Merchant responded with a 9-4 win over Rayad Husain (Georgetown, GUY). Australia's Jay Merchant went on to lose 9-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Australia's Jay Merchant responded with a 6-3 win over Randie Shen (Taipei City, TPE) in their final qualifying round match.

Australia's Jay Merchant earned 3.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 17 spots the World Ranking Standings into 151st place overall with 16.219 total points. Australia's Jay Merchant ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	12	8	0	0.600	0-2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	119	119	80	10.00	6.72	3.28	5.21	4.37	1.92	1.54	0.42

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	58	86	15	1	6-0	2-0	16-5	1.48	0.26	0.42	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	61	33	65	4	3-2	2-1	5-15	0.54	1.07	0.57	0.25

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2022: Brad Gushue
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