Yoshimura Runner-Up at 2023 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	7.97
PA/G:	4.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-4 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, held September 20 - 24, 2023 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 7-4 over Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-2 over Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada;

Yoshimura finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) 4-2, then won 5-4 against Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon , KOR) and 6-3 against Schwaller. Yoshimura won 6-3 against Laurie St-Georges (Montreal, QC), then won 8-2 against Erin Morrissey (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, Yoshimura take home 30.250 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN prize. Yoshimura move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 15.25 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 169.938 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	61	22	0	0.735	20-4	14-4	4-3	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	539	331	9.04	5.55	3.49	5.17	3.76	1.75	1.48	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	265	342	66	30	10-1	23-2	76-9	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	331	197	265	34	5-2	15-12	26-61	0.60	0.80	0.57	0.37

2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2019: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Dawn McEwen
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2018: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Jennie Wahlin, Almida de Val, Fanny Sjoberg
Stockholm, SWE
2017: Jamie Sinclair
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Park looking to defend Korean men's title

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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