Craik Reaches 2023 Sun City Cup Quarters

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Jake
MacDonald

Second
Ewan
Jackson

Lead
Jonathan
Blair

James Craik (Stirling, SCO) qualified for the 2023 Sun City Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-4 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). of the 2023 Sun City Cup in Karlstad, Sweden;

Craik finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) 9-3, then won 9-3 against Sweden's Patric Klaremo and 7-2 against Mats Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE). Craik went on to lose 6-4 against Jonathan Vilandt (Hvidovre, DEN). Craik lost 7-1 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Sun City Cup. For week 30 of the event schedule, Craik did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 21st place on the World Ranking Standings with 144.006 total points. Craik ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 136.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	45	26	0	0.634	6-5	5-4	2-2	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	519	418	326	8.05	6.28	1.77	4.68	4.22	1.72	1.49	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	262	307	85	31	12-1	18-2	61-14	1.17	0.32	0.39	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	257	111	241	26	3-1	5-15	18-51	0.43	0.94	0.57	0.29

It may not lead to the most exciting brand of curling, but the ability to deliver blanked ends when needed is an important skillset in the sport.

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