J.Craik Runner-Up at 2023 Scottish Curling Championships

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

James J.Craik (Stirling, SCO) lost 7-6 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Scottish Curling Championships, held February 6 - 12, 2023 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, J.Craik won 7-6 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2023 Scottish Curling Championships in Dumfries, Scotland, Scotland;

J.Craik finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, J.Craik defeated Ross R.Craik (Stirling, SCO) 8-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against Mouat. J.Craik lost 6-5 to Whyte where J.Craik responded with a 9-7 win over Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO). J.Craik won 7-5 against Kyle Waddell (Glasgow, SCO), then won 8-4 against Jack Strawhorn (Dumfries, SCO) and 7-6 against Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scottish Curling Championships, J.Craik take home 30.250 world rankings points. J.Craik move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 21.25 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 144.006 total points on the World Ranking Standings. J.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

Team Felix Asselin (Photo: Curling Quebec) are headed back to the Montana's Brier after a strong week at the provincial men's tankard in Alma.

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