Minami Runner-Up at 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

SKIP
Mayu
Minami

Third
Kana
Ogawa

Second
Suzune
Yasui

Lead
Momo
Kaneta

Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) lost 9-6 to Japan's Momoha Tabata in the Final of the Hokkaido Curling Championships, held January 12 - 17, 2022 in Hokkaido, Japan.

Minami finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minami defeated Japan's Mizuki Tmura 5-4, then won 7-5 against Yuuna Takahashi (Nayoro, JPN) and 9-5 against Momono Shirahata (Kitami, JPN). Minami won 8-5 against Mari Motohashi (Kitami, JPN), then won 7-2 against Azuki Akimoto (Sapporo, JPN) and 6-2 against Japan's Momoha Tabata. Minami won 7-5 against Miyu Tanaka (Obihiro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Hokkaido Curling Championships, Minami take home 3.713 world rankings points, moving up 28 spots the World Ranking Standings into 158th place overall with 7.068 total points. Minami ranks 156th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.713 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

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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