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1996 Pacific Curling Championships | |
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Host city | Sydney, Australia |
Dates | November 26–29 |
Men's winner | Australia |
Curling club | Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney |
Skip | Hugh Millikin |
Third | Gerald Chick |
Second | Stephen Johns |
Lead | Stephen Hewitt |
Finalist | Japan (Hiroshi Sato) |
Women's winner | Japan |
Skip | Mayumi Ohkutsu |
Third | Akiko Katoh |
Second | Yukari Kondo |
Lead | Yoko Mimura |
Alternate | Akemi Niwa |
Finalist | Australia (Lynn Hewitt) |
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The 1996 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 26 to 29 in Sydney, Australia.
Australia won the men's event over Japan (it was the sixth Pacific title for the Australian men). On the women's side, Japan defeated Australia in the final (it was the fifth Pacific title for the Japanese women).
By virtue of winning, the Australian men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 1997 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Bern, Switzerland.
It was the first appearance at the Pacific championships for the men's and women's teams of South Korea.
Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Curling club |
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Australia | Hugh Millikin | Gerald Chick | Stephen Johns | Stephen Hewitt | Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney | ||
Japan | Hiroshi Sato | Makoto Tsuruga | Kazuhito Hori | Shinya Abe | Hirohumi Kudo | ||
South Korea | Park Kwon-il | Song He-dong | Lee Jac-in | Kim Chang-gyu | |||
New Zealand | Peter Becker | Sean Becker | Jim Allan | Ross A. Stevens | Lorne De Pape | Edwin Harley |
Place | Country | Skip | Wins | Losses | ||||
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1 | Australia | Hugh Millikin | * | 9:8 3:6 | 14:0 7:4 | 31:2 13:1 | 5 | 1 |
2 | Japan | Hiroshi Sato | 8:9 6:3 | * | 9:6 11:3 | 13:1 15:7 | 5 | 1 |
3 | New Zealand | Peter Becker | 0:14 4:7 | 6:9 3:11 | * | 20:1 14:7 | 2 | 4 |
4 | South Korea | Park Kwon-il | 2:31 1:13 | 1:13 7:15 | 1:20 7:14 | * | 0 | 6 |
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
Australia | 7 | ||||||||
Japan | 4 | ||||||||
Japan | 8 | ||||||||
New Zealand | 4 |
Semifinal
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Japan (Hiroshi Sato) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
New Zealand (Peter Becker) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Final
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Japan (Hiroshi Sato) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
Australia (Hugh Millikin) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
Place | Country | Skip | GP | W | L |
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Australia | Hugh Millikin | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
Japan | Hiroshi Sato | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
New Zealand | Peter Becker | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
4 | South Korea | Park Kwon-il | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Curling club |
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Australia | Lynn Hewitt | Linda Carter-Watts | Ellen Weir | Lyn Greenwood | Christine Traquair | Victoria Curling Association |
Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | Akemi Niwa | |
South Korea | Lee So-jung | Lee Hyun-jung | Lee Im-sum | Lim Jung-min | ||
New Zealand | Patsy Inder | Helen Greer | Wendy Becker | Kylie Petherick | Karen Rawcliffe |
Place | Country | Skip | Wins | Losses | ||||
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1 | Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | * | W:L W:L | - - | - - | ? | ? |
2 | Australia | Lynn Hewitt | L:W L:W | * | 7:3 L:W | 14:5 15:4 | 3 | 3 |
2 | New Zealand | Patsy Inder | - - | 3:7 W:L | * | - - | 3 | 3 |
4 | South Korea | Lee So-jung | - - | 5:14 4:15 | - - | * | ? | ? |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Australia (Lynn Hewitt) | 10 | ||||||||||
New Zealand (Patsy Inder) | 7 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Australia (Lynn Hewitt) | L | ||||||||||
Japan (Mayumi Ohkutsu) | W |
Place | Country | Skip | GP | W | L |
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Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | 7 | ? | ? | |
Australia | Lynn Hewitt | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
New Zealand | Patsy Inder | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
4 | South Korea | Lee So-jung | 6 | ? | ? |
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