Japan's Harunobu Kawahira1-6 at 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Harunobu
Kawahira

Third
Haruto
Nakamori

Second
Ryouta
Watanabe

Lead
Syouta
Tsuchiya

Games:	7
Record:	1W - 6L
PF/G:	5.92
PA/G:	10.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Japan's Harunobu Kawahira finished 1-6 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Harunobu Kawahira lost 9-6 to Japan's Masaki Ishikawa, droppimg another game, 6-5 to Japan's Toa Nakahara. Japan's Harunobu Kawahira lost 7-2 to Japan's Yuya Takigahira. Japan's Harunobu Kawahira lost 8-4 to Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) where Japan's Harunobu Kawahira responded with a 9-3 win over Japan's Ryouichi Saitou. Japan's Harunobu Kawahira went on to lose 8-2 against Japan's Kohsuke Hirata. Japan's Harunobu Kawahira lost 9-1 to Japan's Naoki Kanazawa in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Harunobu Kawahira earned 0.225 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 80 spots the World Ranking Standings into 436th place overall with 0.225 total points. Japan's Harunobu Kawahira ranks 359th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.225 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	1	6	0	0.143	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	49	29	50	5.92	10.20	-4.29	3.67	5.92	1.61	1.72	0.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	25	22	16	1	0-0	1-2	5-3	0.88	0.64	0.25	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	24	7	34	1	0-0	2-5	0-4	0.29	1.42	0.55	0.13

Thiesse/Dropkin off to winning start in Italy

The United States' Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin (Photo: USA Curling) kicked off their Olympic campaign on Thursday with two big wins against European powerhouses.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)