Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) won
7-6 over
Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel, held October 14 - 16, 2022 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Abe won
6-0 over
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and won
6-1 over
Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada;
Abe finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated
Chris Medford (Kimberley, BC) 6-3, then won
8-3 against
Matthew McCrady (New Westminster , BC) and
7-6 against
Cseke in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel Championship title, Abe earned
18.750 world rankings points along with the $5,800CDN first prize cheque, moving up 20 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with
63.398 total points. Abe ranks 42nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
27.750 points earned so far this season.
