CHAMPION: Yamamoto Wins 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #5

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sae
Yamamoto

Third
Momoka
Iwase

Second
Suzune
Yasui

Lead
Mizuki
Hara

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	9.19
PA/G:	4.32
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN) won 5-1 over Michelle Hartwell (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #5, held December 2 - 4, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Yamamoto won 8-3 over Kellie Stiksma (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #5 in Leduc, Alberta, Canada; of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #5 in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Yamamoto finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamamoto defeated Lisa Parent (Calgary, AB) 7-6, then won 8-4 against Trina Ball (Edmonton, AB) and 6-2 against Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #5 Championship title, Yamamoto earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN first prize cheque. Yamamoto move up 23 spots after posting a net gain of 21.562 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 63rd overall with 51.309 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yamamoto ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.813 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

2024: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Lindsey Burgess, Zoe Cinnamon , Rob Krepps
Edmonton, AB
2023: Kayla Skrlik
Kayla Skrlik, Brittany Tran, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Ashton Skrlik
Calgary, AB
2022: Sae Yamamoto
Sae Yamamoto, Momoka Iwase, Suzune Yasui, Mizuki Hara , Ayumi Ogasawara
Sapporo, JPN

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