 Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, Japan) wins the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, defeating Scott McDonald (Kingston, Ontario) 7-2 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. Matsumura with Tetsuro Shimizu at third, Yasumasa Tanida and Shinya Abe on the front end take home the 1million yen ($12,502CDN) first place cheque along with 39.854 world ranking points for the win while McDonald takes home 500,000yen ($6,251CDN) along with 29.226 world ranking points for their runner-up finish. Starting with hammer, Matsumura scored 3 in the first end, then forced McDonald to a single in the second end. Matsumura scored 2 in the third end, then added steals in the fourth and fifth ends. McDonald scored a single in the sixth end but conceded the game giving Matsumura the 7-2 win. Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) wins the bronze medal game, defeating SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, Korea) 7-3. In the semifinals, Matsumura defeated Muyres 6-5 in an extra end and McDonald defeated Kim 7-2. Matsumura went 3-1 in the 10 team round-robin pools qualifying round, opening with a 6-0 win over Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, Japan). Matsumura defeated Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 7-5, then dropped a 7-6 decision to Kim. Matsumura won their last round-robin game 6-4 over Qiang Zou (Beijing, China) to secure their berth into the playoff round. |
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(Photo: WCF / Peter Harsanyi) The length of curling games and the potential impact of shortening games - predominantly by reducing the number of ends from ten to eight - will be a vital topic of discussion at the upcoming World Curling Congress and Annual General Assembly in held September 4-6 in Cancun, Mexico.
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