Yanagisawa Reaches 2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Quarters

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Riku
Yanagisawa

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead
Satoshi
Koizumi

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	6.59
PA/G:	7.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-0 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the 2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Yanagisawa finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated Alex Champ (Toronto, ON) 6-1, then went on to lose 9-2 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). Yanagisawa lost 5-4 to Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) where Yanagisawa responded with a 7-0 win over Kibo Mulima (Waterloo, ON). Yanagisawa won 4-2 against Jordan Chandler (Little Current, NO) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 6-5 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Yanagisawa earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. For week 6 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Yanagisawa ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat-Couchepin
Geneve, SUI
2023: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2021: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2020: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2019: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing
Toronto, ON
2018: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler , Bernhard Werthemann
Bern, SUI
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, ON
2012: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Mathew Camm
Mathew Camm, David Mathers, Fraser Reid, Andrew Hamilton
Ottawa, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Mathew Camm, David Mathers, Fraser Reid, Andrew Hamilton
Churchill, ON
2007: Joe Frans
Mathew Camm, David Mathers, Fraser Reid, Andrew Hamilton
Oakville, ON
2006: Jay Young
Jay Young, Mark Bice, Steve Bice, Jeff Wilson
,
2005: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2004: Tim Morrison
Tim Morrison, Jason Boyce, Dennis Noakes, Kevin Noakes
,
1995: Steve Pruliere
Steve Pruliere, Bill Smith, Dana Pyke, Jim Brad
Sarnia, ON

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