Craik Reaches 2025 Hardie Engineering Scottish Curling Men's Championships Semifinals

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

James Craik (Stirling, SCO) run at the 2025 Hardie Engineering Scottish Curling Men's Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-4 loss to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). of the 2025 Hardie Engineering Scottish Curling Men's Championships in Dumfries, Scotland, Scotland;

Craik finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated Ross Craik (Stirling, SCO) 6-3, then won 10-3 against Scotland's Arran Thomson and 5-2 against Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO). Craik won 7-6 against Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO), then won 8-7 against Cameron Bryce (Norder, SCO). Craik went on to lose 8-3 against Whyte. Craik lost 7-2 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) where Craik responded with a 7-2 win over Gavin Cameron (Moray, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 27.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Hardie Engineering Scottish Curling Men's Championships. Craik move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 23.875 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 26th overall with 118.125 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Craik ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 118.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	43	32	0	0.573	10-7	2-2	3-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	547	406	352	7.42	6.44	0.99	4.61	4.24	1.61	1.52	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	272	307	64	34	6-0	21-1	61-9	1.13	0.24	0.37	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	275	99	288	29	1-5	6-20	17-54	0.36	1.05	0.56	0.24

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