Park Reaches Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Quarters

Gangwon, Korea

SKIP
Jongduk
Park

Third
Yeongseok
Jeong

Second
Seunghoon
Oh

Lead
Jihoon
Seong

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.84
PA/G:	7.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) qualified for the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC). of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;

Park finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Park defeated Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) 7-6, then went on to lose 10-6 against Pierce. Park responded with a 6-5 win over Tyler Orme (Vernon, BC). Park won 5-3 against Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Park earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. Park move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 4.922 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 43rd overall with 79.735 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Park ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	30	0	0.577	11-1	6-6	7-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	540	402	374	7.44	6.93	0.52	4.35	4.20	1.71	1.65	1.44

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	258	307	72	36	8-1	27-3	56-11	1.19	0.28	0.41	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	282	95	302	42	3-6	5-22	12-61	0.34	1.07	0.49	0.23

2023: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Cody Johnston, Matthew McCrady, Nicholas Umbach
New Westminster, BC
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Alex Horvath
Surrey, BC
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Jeff Guignard
Jeff Guignard, Daniel Wenzek, Chris Faa, Nicholas Meister, Jeff Sargent
Vancouver, BC
2016: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Nicholas Meister , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2015: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2014: Grant Dezura
Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura, Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler
Maple Ridge, BC
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Jason Gunnlaugson, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna/Vernon, BC
2011: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Chris Lemishka, Don Bartlett, Darcy Hafso
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2008: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2007: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2006: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Andrew Bilesky, Brendan Willis, Jay Batch
New Westminster, BC
2005: Bob Ursel
Bob Ursel, TJ Perepolkin, Brendan Willis, Lance McGinn
Kelowna, BC
2004: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Kevin Folk, Jeff Richard, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
2003: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2002: Rob Bucholz
Rob Bucholz, Dan Holowaychuk, Jim Bucholz, Jim Wallbank
Edmonton, AB
2001: Rick Folk
Rick Folk
Kelowna, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC

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