Yanagisawa Reaches 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel Semifinals

SKIP
Riku
Yanagisawa

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead
Satoshi
Koizumi

Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) run at the 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-0 loss to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Yanagisawa advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-1 win over Sebastien Robillard (Port Coquitlam, BC). of the 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada;

Yanagisawa finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated Randie Shen (Taipei, TPE) 6-3, then won 7-3 against Cody Tanaka (New Westminster, BC) and 6-4 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

Yanagisawa earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel. For week 11 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 33rd to 34th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 77.989 total points. Yanagisawa ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	64	31	0	0.674	10-6	13-10	8-3	1-0	2-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	720	556	447	7.72	6.21	1.51	4.58	3.93	1.68	1.58	1.49

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	344	427	79	43	10-1	28-5	96-9	1.24	0.23	0.45	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	376	129	368	64	1-10	6-21	28-66	0.34	0.98	0.57	0.23

2024: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Shinya Abe, Haruto Ouchi, Hayato Sato, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Minori Suzuki, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Cameron de Jong, Miles Craig, William Duggan
Victoria, BC
2016: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2002: Pat Ryan
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
, BC
2001: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan
, BC
2000: Doug Wilcock
Pat Ryan
New Westminster, BC
1999: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
1998: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Darin Fenton
New Westminster, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC
1992: Steve Skillings
Steve Skillings, Mike Wood, Sean Cromarty, Colin Atkinson
Victoria, BC

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