CHAMPION: Matsumura Wins 2019 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Yasumasa
Tanida

Lead
Shinya
Abe

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.62
PA/G:	5.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) won 8-1 over Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) in the Final of the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel, held October 11 - 14, 2019 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won 5-4 over Daniel Wenzek (New Westminster, BC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and won 7-4 over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada;

Matsumura finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura lost 8-5 to Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Wenzek where Matsumura responded with a 8-1 win over Dayne Gagnon (Abbotsford, BC). Matsumura won 7-6 against Neil Dangerfield ( Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel Championship title, Matsumura earned 21.258 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. Matsumura move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 12.586 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 254.148 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Matsumura ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 73.226 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

2022: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Minori Suzuki, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Cameron de Jong, Miles Craig, William Duggan
Victoria, BC
2016: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2002: Pat Ryan
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
, BC
2001: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan
, BC
2000: Doug Wilcock
Pat Ryan
New Westminster, BC
1999: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
1998: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Darin Fenton
New Westminster, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC
1992: Steve Skillings
Steve Skillings, Mike Wood, Sean Cromarty, Colin Atkinson
Victoria, BC

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