Laycock Runner-Up at 2025 SaskTel Tankard

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Third
Shaun
Meachem

Second
Chris
Haichert

Lead
Brayden
Grindheim

Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) lost 8-5 to Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the SaskTel Tankard, held January 21 - 26, 2025 in Kindersley, Saskatchewan.

Laycock finished 7-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Logan Ede (Saskatoon, SK) 10-2, then won 10-4 against Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) and 9-5 against Charley Thomas (Saskatoon, SK). Laycock won 9-6 against Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK), then won 7-6 against Kleiter. Laycock went on to lose 9-8 against Dylan Derksen (Saskatoon, SK). Laycock responded with a 5-4 win over Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK). Laycock won 8-4 against Bradley Moser (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the SaskTel Tankard, Laycock take home 13.750 world rankings points, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 60th place overall with 58.469 total points. Laycock ranks 64th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	28	22	0	0.560	2-2	1-5	2-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	354	305	268	8.62	7.57	1.05	4.83	4.35	1.78	1.74	0.82

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	180	235	65	15	11-4	17-4	39-5	1.31	0.36	0.41	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	174	70	203	14	1-4	8-18	6-39	0.40	1.17	0.47	0.26

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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