Smith4-3 at 2017 CCT EURONICS European Masters

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Kyle
Smith

Third
Thomas
Muirhead

Second
Kyle
Waddell

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.29
PA/G:	6.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Kyle Smith (Stirling, SCO) finished 4-3 in the 8 team CCT EURONICS European Masters qualifying round, held April 19 - 22, 2017 in , . In their opening game, Smith defeated Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI) 5-4, then won 7-5 against David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) and 7-3 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). Smith went on to lose 5-4 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Smith responded with a 8-5 win over Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Smith went on to lose 7-2 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Smith lost 7-5 to Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the CCT EURONICS European Masters Championship title, Smith earned 32.157 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.065 after improving upon their best so far this season. Smith ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 317.192 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	3	0	0.625	3-2	2-1	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	59	43	40	7.29	6.78	0.51	4.75	4.75	1.54	1.43	0.51

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	32	39	9	1	1-0	2-1	8-0	1.22	0.28	0.35	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	27	4	31	2	0-1	0-0	0-7	0.15	1.15	0.62	0.15

2017: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Pascal Hess
Pascal Hess, Florian Meister, Meico Oehninger, Stefan Meienberg
Zug, SUI
2013: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2012: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR

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