CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2015 Edinburgh International

SKIP
Kyle
Smith

Third
Thomas
Muirhead

Second
Kyle
Waddell

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) won 8-5 over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the Final of the Edinburgh International, held November 6 - 8, 2015 at the Murrayfield Curling Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 7-4 over Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) in the semifinals of the 2015 Edinburgh International in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland; and won 6-1 over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Smith finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 5-4 to van Dorp, then responded with a 4-1 win over Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Smith won 7-1 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN), then won 5-2 against Cameron Bryce (Edinburgh, SCO) and 5-1 against Felix Schulze (Hamburg, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Edinburgh International Championship title, Smith earned 26.447 world rankings points along with the $8,008CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 155.048 total points. Smith ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 102.329 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

2016: Karel Kubeska
Karel Kubeska, Jiri Candra, Martin Juric, Lukas Klima, David Jirounek
,
2015: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2014: Aku Kauste
Aku Kauste, Pauli Jaamies, Leo Makela, Janne Pitko, Kasper Hakunti
Helsinki, FIN
2013: David Edwards
David Edwards, John Penny, Scott MacLeod, Colin Campbell
Aberdeen, SCO
2012: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, David Murdoch
Aberdeen, SCO
2011: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Aberdeen, SCO
2010: Graham Shaw
Graham Shaw, Brian Binnie, Richard Goldie, Robin Niven
Perth, SCO
2000: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Neil Murdoch, Garry Mackay, Sandy Reid
Lockerbie, SCO

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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