CHAMPION: Laycock Wins 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Third
Shaun
Meachem

Second
Chris
Haichert

Lead
Brayden
Stewart

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.75
PA/G:	4.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.72
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) won 9-2 over Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series, held October 7 - 10, 2022 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Laycock won 8-3 over Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan; and won 7-5 over Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan;

Laycock finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Ben Gamble (Regina, SK) 9-3, then won 6-3 against Bernath and 4-2 against Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series Championship title, Laycock earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $2,300CDN first prize cheque. Laycock move up 25 spots after posting a net gain of 18.354 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 48th overall with 65.227 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Laycock ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	22	12	0	0.647	7-3	0-0	1-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	249	217	162	8.71	6.51	2.21	5.02	3.98	1.74	1.64	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	124	163	33	11	6-1	10-0	36-5	1.31	0.27	0.46	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	125	54	129	14	0-6	5-4	7-27	0.43	1.03	0.50	0.30

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