Craik Runner-Up at 2025 Aberdeen International Curling Championship

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.50
PA/G:	4.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

James Craik (Stirling, SCO) lost 6-3 to Cameron Bryce (Norder, SCO) in the Final of the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, held March 14 - 16, 2025 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Craik won 5-4 over Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals of the 2025 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland; and won 7-3 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;

Craik finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik lost 6-2 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 5-2 win over Gian Wildhaber (Aarau, SUI). Craik won 8-2 against Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO), then won 7-2 against Xiao Ming Xu (BEI JING, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, Craik take home 27.500 world rankings points along with the $2,049CDN prize. Craik move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 22.25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 166.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Craik ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 166.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	43	32	0	0.573	10-7	2-2	3-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	547	406	352	7.42	6.44	0.99	4.61	4.24	1.61	1.52	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	272	307	64	34	6-0	21-1	61-9	1.13	0.24	0.37	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	275	99	288	29	1-5	6-20	17-54	0.36	1.05	0.56	0.24

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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