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1997 Pacific Curling Championships

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1997 Pacific Curling Championships
Host cityKaruizawa, Japan
ArenaKaruizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena
DatesDecember 3–7
Men's winner Australia
Curling clubSydney Harbour CC, Sydney
SkipHugh Millikin
ThirdJohn Theriault
SecondStephen Johns
LeadTrevor Schumm
Finalist Japan (Yoshiyuki Ohmiya)
Women's winner Japan
SkipMayumi Ohkutsu
ThirdAkiko Katoh
SecondYukari Kondo
LeadAkemi Niwa
AlternateYoko Mimura
Finalist New Zealand (Helen Greer)
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The 1997 Pacific Curling Championships were held from December 3 to 7 at the Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena in Karuizawa, Japan.

Australia won the men's event over Japan (it was the seventh Pacific title for the Australian men). On the women's side, Japan defeated New Zealand in the final (it was the sixth Pacific title for the Japanese women).

By virtue of winning, the Australian men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 1998 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Men

Teams

Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club
 Australia Hugh Millikin John Theriault Stephen Johns Trevor Schumm Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
 Japan Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Hirohumi Kudo Hiroshi Sato Makoto Tsuruga Hisaaki Nakamine
 South Korea Song He-dong Lim Sung-min Kang Il-jin Kim Young-tae Jun Sung-il Kim Kyung-doo
 New Zealand Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Ross A. Stevens Lorne De Pape Darren Carson Edwin Harley

Round Robin

Place Country Skip Australia Japan New Zealand South Korea Wins Losses
1  Australia Hugh Millikin * 6:4
6:5
13:2
11:2
15:1
13:3
6 0
2  Japan Yoshiyuki Ohmiya 4:6
5:6
* 7:5
8:4
18:0
12:3
4 2
3  New Zealand Sean Becker 2:13
2:11
5:7
4:8
* 10:4
10:3
2 4
4  South Korea Song He-dong 1:15
3:13
0:18
3:12
4:10
3:10
* 0 6
  Teams to final

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yoshiyuki Ohmiya) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Australia (Hugh Millikin) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 X 10

Final Standings

Place Country Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia Hugh Millikin 7 7 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan Makoto Tsuruga 7 4 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand Sean Becker 6 2 4
4  South Korea Song He-dong 6 0 6

Women

Teams

Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
 Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu Akiko Katoh Yukari Kondo Akemi Niwa Yoko Mimura
 South Korea Lee Hyun-jung Choi Yun-mi Jang Ji-young Park Sun-nam Yoon Hye-kyung
 New Zealand Helen Greer Lisa Gavreau Patsy Inder Kylie Petherick Karen Rawcliffe

Round Robin

Place Country Skip Japan New Zealand South Korea Wins Losses
1  Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu * 9:5
12:1
21:1
18:2
4 0
2  New Zealand Helen Greer 5:9
1:12
* 11:2
8:2
2 2
3  South Korea Lee Hyun-jung 1:21
2:18
2:11
2:8
* 0 4
  Teams to final

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Helen Greer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X 2
 Japan (Mayumi Ohkutsu) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 X X X 9

Final Standings

Place Country Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 5 5 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand Helen Greer 5 2 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea Lee Hyun-jung 4 0 4

References