CHAMPION: Maeda Wins Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Hiroki
Maeda

Second
Uryu
Kamikawa

Lead
Gakuto
Tokoro

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	9.30
PA/G:	4.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) won 8-3 over Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25, held October 14 - 19 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Maeda won 6-3 over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; and won 10-4 over Dylan Derksen (Martensville, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Maeda finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Peter Hlushak (Edmonton, AB) 5-4, then won 4-3 against James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) and 7-3 against Jacob Libbus (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 Championship title, Maeda earned 18.000 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Maeda move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 6.3 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 118.719 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Maeda ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	40	20	0	0.667	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	423	352	275	8.32	6.50	1.82	4.68	4.07	1.78	1.60	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	202	257	57	25	10-3	19-1	49-5	1.27	0.28	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	221	95	218	28	1-3	5-16	21-43	0.43	0.99	0.53	0.27

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