Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) lost
3-2 to
Minnesota's Allison Pottinger in the Final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, held October 18 - 21, 2013 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ogasawara won
8-5 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2013 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Allison MacInnes (Kamloops, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;
Ogasawara finished 3-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogasawara defeated
Marilou Richter (New Westminster, BC) 10-2, then won
7-6 against
Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN). Ogasawara went on to lose
7-6 against
MacInnes. Ogasawara responded with a
8-3 win over
Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Kamloops Crown of Curling, Ogasawara take home
6.650 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize, moving up 9 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 44th place overall with
21.956 total points. Ogasawara ranks 31st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
11.650 points earned so far this season.
