Furuta2-6 at 2015 Japan Curling Championships

SKIP
Touka
Furuta

Third
Akirayori
Hirose

Second
Chiyo
Kudou

Lead
Yuki
Miyamoto

Touka Furuta (Kitami, JPN) finished 2-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Furuta lost 8-7 to Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN), droppimg another game, 12-2 to Mari Motohashi (Aomori, JPN). Furuta lost 15-1 to Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN). Furuta lost 9-6 to Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) where Furuta responded with a 8-6 win over Masami Fujii (Nayaro, JPN). Furuta won 9-7 against Natsuki Saitou (Aomori, JPN). Furuta went on to lose 8-3 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Nagano, JPN). Furuta lost 8-3 to Japan's Rina Ida in their final qualifying round match.

Furuta earned 0.477 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 45 spots the World Ranking Standings into 245th place overall with 0.477 total points. Furuta ranks 208th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.477 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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