Usui1-3 at 2019 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic

Kitami, Japan

Fourth
Kohsuke
Hirata

SKIP
Shingo
Usui

Second
Yoshiya
Miura

Lead
Sota
Jutori

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	7.59
PA/G:	11.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.00

Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Usui defeated Rob Johnson (Calgary, AB) 9-8, then went on to lose 9-5 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Usui lost 7-1 to Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). Usui lost 8-7 to Chris Medford (Cranbrook, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Usui earned 0.991 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 12 of the event schedule, Usui did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 90th to 92nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 44.239 total points. Usui ranks 84th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.357 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

2024: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Ryan Parent, Jordan Tardi, Ethan Drysdale, Tyler Powell, Kevin Parent
Edmonton, AB
2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2021: Warren Cross
Warren Cross, Tyler Pfeiffer, Morgan Van Doesburg, Mike Lambert
Edmonton, AB
2020: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Desmond Young, Andrew Gittis, Gabriel Dyck
Edmonton, AB
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
,
2017: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Shane Park, Robert Collins, Ben Savage
Edmonton, AB
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2014: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2013: Matthew Blandford
Matthew Blandford, Darren Moulding, Brent Hamilton, Brad Chyz
Calgary, AB

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