Nakahara Reaches 2024 Hokkaido Curling Championships Semifinals

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Toa
Nakahara

Third
Yota
Michitani

Second
Riku
Takemura

Lead
Yuta
Kimura

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	10.78
PA/G:	6.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Taia Nakahara (Kitami, JPN) run at the 2024 Hokkaido Curling Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Shunta Kobayashi (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2024 Hokkaido Curling Championships in Sapporo, Japan;

Nakahara finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakahara defeated Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) 7-1, then won 9-2 against Yutaro Kasai (Sapporo, JPN) and 8-6 against Yuya Takigahira (Hokkaido, JPN). Nakahara won 22-1 against Keita Takano (Hokkaido, JPN). Nakahara went on to lose 9-1 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN). Nakahara responded with a 6-2 win over Fukuhiro Ohno (Hokkaido, JPN). Nakahara won 9-5 against Kobayashi in their final qualifying round match.

Nakahara earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Hokkaido Curling Championships, moving up 85 spots the World Ranking Standings into 278th place overall with 3.906 total points. Nakahara ranks 232nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	8	9	0	0.471	1-2	6-4	1-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	120	98	88	8.17	7.33	0.83	4.33	5.00	1.88	1.47	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	60	65	30	4	2-0	4-0	14-6	1.08	0.50	0.36	0.40

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	60	33	58	4	2-0	1-6	3-10	0.55	0.97	0.56	0.33

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