Kikuchi Reaches 2023 Chubu Curling Championships Semifinals

Fourth
Iljima
Natsumi

Third
Mei
Hirose

Second
Sayo
Fukada

SKIP
Yuko
Kikuchi

Yuko Kikuchi (Karuizawa, JPN) run at the 2023 Chubu Curling Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-4 loss to Yuka Takimoto (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2023 Chubu Curling Championships in Chubu, Japan;

Kikuchi finished 3-2 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kikuchi lost 11-1 to Takimoto, droppimg another game, 11-2 to Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) where Kikuchi responded with a 11-4 win over Japan's Arina Ikeda. Kikuchi won 10-3 against Japan's Akemi Kawahara, then won 8-6 against Japan's Yui Miyagawa in their final qualifying round match.

Kikuchi earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Chubu Curling Championships. For week 24 of the event schedule, Kikuchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kikuchi ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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.

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

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)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)