Soo-Hyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR) won
7-3 over
Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, held October 22 - 24, 2021 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kim won
8-7 over
Sebastien Robillard (New Westminster, BC) in the semifinals of the 2021 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
8-1 over
Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;
Kim finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated
Brent Yamada (Kamloops, BC) 5-4, then won
9-4 against
Connor Deane (New Westminster, BC). Kim went on to lose
6-3 against
Montgomery. Kim responded with a
7-4 win over
Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Kamloops Crown of Curling Championship title, Kim earned
17.089 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. Kim move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 7.808 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 36th overall with
79.643 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 37th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
33.205 points earned so far this season.
