CHAMPION: Matsumura Wins 2019 Kamloops Crown of Curling

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Yasumasa
Tanida

Lead
Shinya
Abe

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.52
PA/G:	4.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.82
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) won 7-5 over Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC) in the Final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, held October 25 - 27, 2019 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Matsumura won 10-4 over Wes Craig (Kerry Park, BC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; of the 2019 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;

Matsumura finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Craig 6-2, then went on to lose 6-5 against Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC). Matsumura responded with a 5-0 win over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Matsumura won 7-1 against Dean Joanisse (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kamloops Crown of Curling Championship title, Matsumura earned 22.926 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Matsumura move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 7.521 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 260.160 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Matsumura ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 99.340 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

2023: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Cody Johnston, Matthew McCrady, Nicholas Umbach
New Westminster, BC
2022: Hayato Sato
Go Aoki, Hayato Sato, Koki Ogiwara, Kazushi Niino, Ayato Sasaki, Takayuki Doi
Sapporo, JPN
2021: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Chang-Min Kim, Jae Ik Jeon, Hak Kyun Kim , So Min Yoon
Uiseong, KOR
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Jeff Richard, Andrew Nerpin, David Harper
Kelowna, BC
2016: Dean Joanisse
Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
Maple Ridge, BC
2015: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Mark Olson
New Westminster , BC
2014: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, David Harper
Kelowna , BC
2013: Grant Dezura
Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura, Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler
Kelowna, BC
2012: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Kevin Recksiedler, Grant Dezura
New Westminster, BC
2011: Andrew Bilesky
Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Derek Errington, Aaron Watson
New Westminster , BC
2010: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ken Maskiewich, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2009: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2008: Rick Folk
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
Kelowna, BC
2007: Bryan Miki
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
New Westminster, BC
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Tom Shypitka, Dave Mellof
Kelowna, BC
2004: Bob Ursel
Bob Ursel, TJ Perepolkin, Brendan Willis, Lance McGinn
Kelowna, BC
2003: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
Kelowna, BC
2002: Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Victoria, BC
2001: Adrian Bakker
Adrian Bakker
Calgary, AB
2000: Dennis Graber
Dennis Graber, Ralph Brust, Stacey Coomber, Dan Lemieux
Beaver Lodge, AB
1999: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC
1998: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Carter Rycroft
Edmonton, AB
1994: Al Hackner
Al Hackner, Randy Ferbey, Pat McCallum, Richie Yurko
Thunder Bay, ON
1992: Mickey Pendergast
Mickey Pendergast
Calgary, AB

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