Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) won
5-3 over
Kelly Scott (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the Hub International Crown of Curling, held October 17 - 20, 2014 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ogasawara won
10-2 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2014 Hub International Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
8-7 over
Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi-Do, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Hub International Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;
Ogasawara finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogasawara defeated
Amy Gibson (Vancouver, BC) 8-4, then won
7-2 against
Sarah Wark (Victoria, BC) and
7-4 against
Diane Gushulak (New Westminster, BC). Ogasawara won
8-0 against
Sarah Koltun (Whitehorse, YK). Ogasawara went on to lose
6-4 against
Alberta's Crystal Webster in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Hub International Crown of Curling Championship title, Ogasawara earned
10.350 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with
45.726 total points. Ogasawara ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
26.450 points earned so far this season.
