Momoha Tabata (Japan) won
9-6 over
Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Tabata won
7-2 over
Mari Motohashi (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships in Hokkaido, Japan;
Tabata finished 5-2 in the 8 team
Hokkaido Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 12 - 17, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Tabata defeated
Azuki Akimoto (Sapporo, JPN) 7-1, then won
5-2 against
Momono Shirahata (Kitami, JPN) and
7-5 against
Miyu Tanaka (Obihiro, JPN). Tabata won
4-3 against
Yuuna Takahashi (Nayoro, JPN), then won
7-6 against
Mizuki Tmura (Japan). Tabata went on to lose
6-2 against
Minami. Tabata lost
7-4 to
Motohashi in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Hokkaido Curling Championships Championship title, Tabata earned
5.063 world rankings points. For week 25 of the event schedule, Tabata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Tabata ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
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)
On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
Seventeen years ago, I wrote an essay that was published in The Globe ; Mail. It was titled "Curling etiquette offers rules for life", and it got... (read more)
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)