Ishimura2-6 at 2019 ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships

Aomori, Japan

SKIP
Juon
Ishimura

Third
Fumio
Soma

Second
Genta
Kaimori

Lead
Youn
Ishimura

Games:	8
Record:	2W - 6L
PF/G:	6.06
PA/G:	9.70
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Juon Ishimura (Aomori, JPN) finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ishimura defeated Tomonori Matsuzawa (Sapporo, JPN) 10-4, then won 9-1 against Yasuhiro Morita (Kyoto, JPN). Ishimura went on to lose 13-1 against Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN). Ishimura lost 9-3 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Ishimura lost 8-7 to Daiki Shikano (Sapporo, JPN). Ishimura lost 8-1 to Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN). Ishimura lost 9-4 to Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Ishimura lost 12-5 to Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ishimura earned 2.078 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 213 spots the World Ranking Standings into 403rd place overall with 2.078 total points. Ishimura ranks 403rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.078 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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Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong, Hardline Curling) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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