Tabata Reaches 2023 Alberta Curling Series

SKIP
Momoha
Tabata

Third
Miku
Nihira

Second
Sae
Yamamoto

Lead
Mikoto
Nakajima

Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2023 Alberta Curling Series - Event 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN). of the 2023 Alberta Curling Series - Event 1 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Tabata finished 4-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tabata defeated Adele Purcell (Edmonton, AB) 11-2, then won 7-2 against Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR) and 6-2 against Jessica Wytrychowski (Edmonton, AB). Tabata won 6-4 against Atina Ford Johnston (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tabata earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Alberta Curling Series - Event 1. For week 12 of the event schedule, Tabata did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 48th to 50th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 62.306 total points. Tabata ranks 34th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	50	25	0	0.667	18-1	12-5	6-1	3-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	572	446	341	7.80	5.96	1.84	4.77	4.06	1.63	1.47	1.17

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	268	288	96	28	6-3	19-5	53-10	1.07	0.36	0.33	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	304	158	245	39	2-3	11-9	30-52	0.52	0.81	0.61	0.33

2023: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, Yanan Guo, Ziqi Dong, Ying Yang , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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