Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) won
5-4 over
Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, held October 2 - 5, 2014 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ogasawara won
5-3 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2014 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won
8-7 over
EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;
Ogasawara finished 4-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogasawara lost
7-6 to
Sweeting, then responded with a
4-3 win over
Sarah Wark (Victoria, BC). Ogasawara won
5-3 against
Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS), then won
7-4 against
Dailene Sivertson (Victoria , BC) and
8-4 against
Stephanie Prinse (Chilliwack, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Championship title, Ogasawara earned
16.100 world rankings points along with the $7,900CDN first prize cheque, moving up 18 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 20th place overall with
35.376 total points. Ogasawara ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
16.100 points earned so far this season.
