Yoshimura Reaches Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Quarters

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 4-3 against Nancy Martin (Saskatoon, SK).

Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Shae Bevan (Winnipeg, MB) 9-1, then won 8-0 against Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB) and 8-3 against Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB). Yoshimura won 9-5 against Michelle Englot (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic. For week 8 of the event schedule, Yoshimura did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 24th to 25th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 154.688 total points. Yoshimura ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.000 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: Delaney Strouse
Delaney Strouse, Anne O'Hara, Sydney Mullaney, Rebecca Rodgers, Susan Dudt, Courtney Benson
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2022: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Mackenzie Zacharias
Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine , Sheldon Zacharias
Altona, MB
2019: Laura Walker
Laura Walker, Kate Cameron, Taylor McDonald, Nadine Scotland
Edmonton, AB
2018: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Michelle Englot
Michelle Englot, Kate Cameron, Leslie Wilson-Westcott, Raunora Westcott, Krysten Karwacki
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Michelle Englot
Michelle Englot, Kate Cameron, Leslie Wilson-Westcott, Raunora Westcott
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Michelle Montford
Michelle Montford, Lisa McLeod, Sara Van Walleghem, Sarah Neufeld, Courtney Blanchard
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Kristy McDonald
Kristy McDonald, Kate Cameron, Leslie Wilson-Westcott, Raunora Westcott
Winnipeg, MB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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