Hara/Niino2-3 at 2024 Japanese Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.88
PA/G:	9.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Defense:	0.47
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.56

Mizuki Hara/Kazushi Niino (Sapporo, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hara/Niino lost 6-4 to Yumiko Kashiwagi/Koji Nisato (Nagano, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-5 to Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano, JPN) where Hara/Niino responded with a 1-0 win over Yuina Miura/Ayato Sasaki (Sapporo, JPN). Hara/Niino went on to lose 10-9 against Kai Tsuchiya/Kohei Okamura (Tokyo, JPN). Hara/Niino responded with a 7-6 win over Kohane Tsuruga/Yuki Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Hara/Niino earned 2.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 19 of the event schedule, Hara/Niino did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hara/Niino ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Jacobs wins Olympic Trials

Calgary's Brad Jacobs (Photo: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver) defeats Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone 6-5, winning 2 games to 0 in a best-of-three final at the Montana's Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Halifax, N.

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)