Sakura Finishes Fourth at Tohoku Curling Championships

SKIP
Moe
Sakura

Third
Katsuko
Suzuki

Second
Honoka
Sato

Lead
Yuriko
Yamaji

Moe Sakura (Tohoku, JPN) lost 9-6 to Juri Kojima (Tohoku, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Tohoku Curling Championships in Tohoku, Japan. of the Tohoku Curling Championships in Tohoku, Japan; Moe Sakura (Tohoku, JPN) lost 9-6 to Juri Kojima (Tohoku, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Tohoku Curling Championships in Tohoku, Japan. Sakura lost 11-4 to Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the Tohoku Curling Championships in Tohoku, Japan;

Sakura finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sakura defeated Rin Suzuki (Aomori, JPN) 8-4, then went on to lose 16-0 against Kotoka Segawa (Morioka, JPN). Sakura responded with a 6-5 win over Tomomi Noguchi (Tohoku, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Tohoku Curling Championships, Sakura take home 1.500 world rankings points. For week 20 of the event schedule, Sakura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sakura 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.

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