CHAMPION: Han Wins 2023 Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major

SKIP
Yu
Han

Third
Meini
Wang

Second
Linyuan
Tian

Lead
Jiaxin
Yu

Yu Han (Beijing, CHN) won 7-3 over Kate Cameron (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major, held September 21 - 25, 2023 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Han won 8-2 over Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; and won 5-4 over Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Han finished 4-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han defeated Jessica Wytrychowski (Edmonton, AB) 10-4, then won 8-4 against Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) and 8-4 against Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN). Han won 4-2 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major Championship title, Han earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 102 spots the World Ranking Standings into 81st place overall with 34.688 total points. Han ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	5	0	0.848	6-1	1-1	0-1	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	224	241	108	10.76	4.82	5.94	5.45	3.48	1.98	1.38	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	105	148	27	14	10-0	8-2	23-4	1.41	0.26	0.45	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	119	93	81	10	7-0	5-4	10-14	0.78	0.68	0.69	0.42

2024: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2023: Yu Han
Yu Han, Meini Wang, Linyuan Tian, Jiaxin Yu , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka
Nagano, JPN

Matt Dunstone (Photo: Curling Canada) and his Winnipeg-based squad begin play at the CO-OP Tour Challenge in Nisku, Alta.

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)