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1997 Pacific Curling Championships | |
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Host city | Karuizawa, Japan |
Arena | Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena |
Dates | December 3–7 |
Men's winner | Australia |
Curling club | Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney |
Skip | Hugh Millikin |
Third | John Theriault |
Second | Stephen Johns |
Lead | Trevor Schumm |
Finalist | Japan (Yoshiyuki Ohmiya) |
Women's winner | Japan |
Skip | Mayumi Ohkutsu |
Third | Akiko Katoh |
Second | Yukari Kondo |
Lead | Akemi Niwa |
Alternate | Yoko 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.
Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Curling club |
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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 |
Place | Country | Skip | Wins | Losses | ||||
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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 |
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) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |
Place | Country | Skip | GP | W | L |
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Australia | Hugh Millikin | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
Japan | Yoshiyuki Ohmiya | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
New Zealand | Sean Becker | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
4 | South Korea | Song He-dong | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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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 |
Place | Country | Skip | Wins | Losses | |||
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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 |
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) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 |
Place | Country | Skip | GP | W | L |
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Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
New Zealand | Helen Greer | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
South Korea | Lee Hyun-jung | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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