Cao Finishes Fourth at 2024 New Zealand Junior National Championships

Naseby, New Zealand

SKIP
Oscar
Cao

Third
William
Day

Second
Abraham
Changwong

Lead
Austin
Lamb

Games:	6
Record:	1W - 5L
PF/G:	5.24
PA/G:	12.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.08
Steal Defense:	0.58
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Oscar Cao (Naseby, NZL) lost 8-4 to William Becker (Naseby, NZL) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 New Zealand Junior National Championships in Naseby, New Zealand. of the 2024 New Zealand Junior National Championships in Naseby, New Zealand; Oscar Cao (Naseby, NZL) lost 8-4 to William Becker (Naseby, NZL) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 New Zealand Junior National Championships in Naseby, New Zealand. Cao lost 5-2 to Sam Flanagan (Naseby, NZL) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 New Zealand Junior National Championships in Naseby, New Zealand;

Cao finished 1-3 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cao lost 9-3 to Flanagan, droppimg another game, 13-4 to Darcy Nevill (Naseby, NZL) where Cao responded with a 8-7 win over Ben Kinney (Naseby, NZL). Cao went on to lose 10-1 against Becker in their final qualifying round match.

Cao earned 0.188 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 44 spots the World Ranking Standings into 508th place overall with 0.188 total points. Cao ranks 81st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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