Kimata1-4 at 2018 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Nagoya, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Kimata

Third
Yukie
Hatashi

Second
Kanade
Sakimura

Lead
Natsumi
Yoshida

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	3.44
PA/G:	14.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.05
Steal Defense:	0.65
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Sayaka Kimata (Nagoya, JPN) finished 1-4 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kimata lost 13-1 to Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Kagetora Kawahira (Karuizawa, JPN). Kimata lost 11-1 to Ryo Itsubo (Tokyo, JPN). Kimata lost 13-0 to Japan's Arihito Kasahaea where Kimata responded with a 3-1 win over Nanae Shukuya (Hokkaido, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kimata earned 0.492 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 5 of the event schedule, Kimata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kimata ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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2023: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Asei Nakahara, Hiroki Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa , Ayumi Ogasawara
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Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Daiki Shikano, Yoshiya Miura , Hirofumi Kobayashi
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