Smith Runner-Up at 2023 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Greg
Smith

Third
Adam
Boland

Second
Chris
Ford

Lead
Zach
Young

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	7.58
PA/G:	6.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) lost 8-6 to Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard, held January 25 - 29, 2023 in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 9-6 over Ryan McNeil Lamswood (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2023 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Smith finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 8-7 to Ken Peddigrew (St. John's, NL), then responded with a 11-3 win over McNeil Lamswood. Smith won 8-4 against Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL), then won 9-3 against Dave Thomas (St. John's, NL). Smith went on to lose 11-1 against Sean O'Leary (St. John's, NL). Smith lost 9-4 to Young where Smith responded with a 6-5 win over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard, Smith take home 8.250 world rankings points, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with 50.670 total points. Smith ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	20	21	0	0.488	2-1	3-5	1-4	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	307	234	249	7.62	8.11	-0.49	4.66	4.59	1.64	1.77	0.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	146	180	56	7	4-3	7-3	44-8	1.23	0.38	0.40	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	161	54	193	16	0-6	5-13	7-37	0.34	1.20	0.48	0.23

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