Han Runner-Up at 2023 Alberta Curling Series

SKIP
Yu
Han

Third
Meini
Wang

Second
Linyuan
Tian

Lead
Jiaxin
Yu

Yu Han (Beijing, CHN) lost 1-0 to Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series - Event 1, held October 13 - 15, 2023 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Han won 5-4 over Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Alberta Curling Series - Event 1 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Alberta Curling Series - Event 1 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Han finished 4-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han defeated Minseo Kim (Jeonbuk, KOR) 5-3, then won 9-1 against Kaylee McNamee (Calgary, AB) and 7-4 against Michelle Hartwell (Sherwood Park, AB). Han won 9-4 against Trina Ball (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Curling Series - Event 1, Han take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $2,300CDN prize. For week 12 of the event schedule, Han did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 45th place on the World Ranking Standings with 67.516 total points. Han ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	5	0	0.848	6-1	1-1	0-1	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	224	241	108	10.76	4.82	5.94	5.45	3.48	1.98	1.38	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	105	148	27	14	10-0	8-2	23-4	1.41	0.26	0.45	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	119	93	81	10	7-0	5-4	10-14	0.78	0.68	0.69	0.42

2023: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, Yanan Guo, Ziqi Dong, Ying Yang , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

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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