Shuster Runner-Up at 2024 Aberdeen International Curling Championship

Duluth , Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.73
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

John Shuster (Duluth , MN) lost 5-2 to Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) in the Final of the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, held March 14 - 17, 2024 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 6-5 over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2024 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland; and won 7-3 over James Craik (Forfar, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;

Shuster finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) 8-2, then won 5-2 against Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) and 7-4 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Shuster went on to lose 8-6 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN). Shuster responded with a 7-4 win over Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, Shuster take home 30.250 world rankings points along with the $2,584CDN prize. Shuster move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 22.75 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 171.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 171.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	51	23	0	0.689	14-0	8-4	4-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	509	459	318	9.02	6.25	2.77	4.85	4.01	1.86	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	243	325	77	23	12-0	28-7	64-8	1.34	0.32	0.47	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	266	134	241	35	2-5	10-16	25-44	0.50	0.91	0.56	0.31

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2022: Sixten Totzek
Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz, Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl
Munich, GER
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2018: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2017: Grant Hardie
Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid, Duncan Menzies
Dumfries, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO

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