Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) won
6-5 over
Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, held October 28 - 30, 2022 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Sato won
6-2 over
Sebastien Robillard (Port Coquitlam, BC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
6-1 over
Calder Fadden (Kamloops, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;
Sato finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sato defeated
Denis Sutton (Victoria, BC) 8-0, then went on to lose
6-1 against
Wes Craig (Nanaimo, BC). Sato lost
6-2 to
Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) where Sato responded with a
5-2 win over
Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC). Sato won
4-1 against
Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Kamloops Crown of Curling Championship title, Sato earned
15.000 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Sato move up 29 spots after posting a net gain of 14.25 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 85th overall with
38.079 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Sato ranks 49th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
32.250 points earned so far this season.
