CHAMPION: Motohashi Wins 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel

Aomori, Japan

SKIP
Mari
Motohashi

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.84
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Mari Motohashi (Aomori, JPN) won 7-5 over Tiffany Game (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Avonair Cash Spiel, held October 3 - 5, 2014 at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Motohashi won 8-6 over Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 4-1 over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Motohashi finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Motohashi defeated Chana Martineau (Edmonton, AB) 6-0, then won 6-4 against Jodi Marthaller (Lethbridge, AB). Motohashi went on to lose 8-7 against Kaufman in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Avonair Cash Spiel Championship title, Motohashi earned 3.250 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 11.591 total points. Motohashi ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.250 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

2023: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, Yanan Guo, Ziqi Dong, Ying Yang , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

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