Nakamura Runner-Up at Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic

Aomori, Japan

Fourth
Misaki
Tanaka

SKIP
Miori
Nakamura

Second
Haruka
Kihara

Lead
Hiyori
Ichinohe

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	6.97
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) lost 8-3 to Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the Final of the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, held October 6 - 9 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Nakamura won 6-5 over Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals of the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Nakamura finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakamura lost 6-4 to Brown, then responded with a 5-4 win over Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB). Nakamura won 8-2 against Emira Abbes (Fuessen, GER). Nakamura went on to lose 10-4 against Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK). Nakamura responded with a 5-4 win over Michelle Englot (Regina, SK). Nakamura won 6-3 against Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon , KOR) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 9-6 against Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, Nakamura take home 35.750 world rankings points along with the $8,200CDN prize. Nakamura move up 25 spots after posting a net gain of 34.625 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 43rd overall with 71.266 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Nakamura ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	16	0	0.636	9-4	5-2	3-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	321	255	216	7.94	6.73	1.22	4.83	4.33	1.65	1.55	0.84

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	160	171	61	15	3-1	12-1	36-11	1.07	0.38	0.35	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	161	84	155	12	0-2	6-11	18-32	0.52	0.96	0.53	0.34

2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Ye ji Seol, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Min Ji Kim, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson , Laine Peters
Chaska, MN
2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
,
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
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2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Stirling, SCO
2012: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong
Coldwater, ON
2011: Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jenna Loder, Ashley Howard, Breanne Knapp, Leslie Wilson-Westcott
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yin Liu, Qingshuang Yue, Yue Sun
Wang, CHN
2009: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Shannon Kleibrink
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Calgary, AB
2007: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Renee Simons
Kelowna, BC
2005: Jenn Hanna
Jenn Hanna, Joelle Sabourin, Dawn McEwen, Stephanie Hanna
Ottawa, ON
2004: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Marliese Kasner, Sherri Singler, Chelsey Matson
Saskatoon, SK
1995: Elisabet Gustafson
Elisabet Gustafson, Elisabet Persson, Louise Marmont, Katarina Nyberg
Orebro, SWE

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