Kakuhara1-3 at 2019 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

SKIP
Minori
Kakuhara

Third
Hiyori
Niimi

Second
Chiaki
Manaka

Lead
Natsuki
Mimura

Minori Kakuhara (Obihiro, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kakuhara lost 7-7 to Sari Kanbayashi (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 9-2 to Misako Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) where Kakuhara responded with a 5-4 win over Ami Tonozaki (Sapporo, JPN). Kakuhara went on to lose 11-1 against Mizuki Hara (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kakuhara earned 3.569 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup, moving up 58 spots the World Ranking Standings into 195th place overall with 4.491 total points. Kakuhara ranks 65th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.569 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

Manitoba's Kate Cameron (Photo: Curling Canada) announced on Monday that the team will look different for the new Olympic quadrennial.