Waddell5-3 at 2024 Scottish Curling Championships

Hamilton, Scotland

SKIP
Kyle
Waddell

Third
Craig
Waddell

Second
Mark
Taylor

Lead
Gavin
Barr

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	7.40
PA/G:	5.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Waddell defeated Fraser Swanston (Forfar, SCO) 8-2, then won 8-2 against Arran Thomson (Perth, SCO). Waddell went on to lose 6-3 against James Craik (Forfar, SCO). Waddell lost 8-6 to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) where Waddell responded with a 7-4 win over Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO). Waddell won 9-2 against Gavin Cameron (Moray, SCO). Waddell went on to lose 5-1 against Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO). Waddell responded with a 7-4 win over Ross Craik (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Waddell earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Scottish Curling Championships, remaining in 20th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Waddell ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 143.750 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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