Matsumura Reaches 2017 Womens Masters Basel Quarters

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Chiaki
Matsumura

Third
Emi
Shimizu

Second
Ikue
Kitazawa

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.56
PA/G:	5.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.85
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2017 Womens Masters Basel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI). of the 2017 Womens Masters Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

Matsumura finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Elena Stern (Wetzikon, SUI) 6-2, then won 6-2 against Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS). Matsumura went on to lose 5-4 against Hannah Fleming (Lockerbie, SCO). Matsumura responded with a 7-5 win over Diana Gaspari (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Matsumura won 8-3 against Anette Norberg (Stocksund, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Matsumura earned 19.663 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Womens Masters Basel, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 42nd place overall with 109.026 total points. Matsumura ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.194 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

2022: Raphaela Keiser
Selina Witschonke, Elena Mathis, Raphaela Keiser, Marina Loertscher
St. Moritz, SUI
2021: Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont, My Larsen, Lina Knudsen
Hvidovre, DEN
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Jingyi Ma, Ziqi Dong
Harbin, CHN
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray
Perth, SCO
2015: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Alina Kovaleva
Moscow, RUS
2014: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI
2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht, Jenny Perret
Aarau, SUI
2012: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Skelleftea, SWE
2011: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Maria Prytz
Skelleftea, SWE
2010: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Monika Wagner, Stella Heiss
, GER
2009: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine
, SWE
2008: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2007: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2006: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE

Bottcher Out!

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

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
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)