 Brad Gushue of St. John's won 6-2 at their opening round game at the Karuizawa International in Japan. Gushue with Mark Nichols at third, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker on the front end faced off against Korea's Soo-Hyuk Kim in the opening draw on Friday morning at the Kariuzawa Ice Park. Gushue began with steals in the first and second end, then after forcing Kim to a single in the third end, scored one in the fourth end, and stole another point to lead 4-1 after five ends. Kim scored a single in the sixth end, with Gushue scoring two in the seventh end to seal the victory.
Sweden's Niklas Edin was defeated 9-6 by Hayato Sato of Sapporo, one of the many young Japanese teams that have been competing on the International tour all season. Sato spent September in southern Ontario, competing in four tournaments reaching the quarterfinals at the Invitation Valleyfield in Quebec. A great experience for the young team, and a big win to open the Karuiizawa International where four teams reach the playoff round. In the third match of the opening draw, Kotaro Noguchi of Sendai-shi, Japan won 9-5 over Yuun Ishimura of Aomori, Japan. In their next game, Gushue plays Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, Japan) on Friday evening (4:30 am Newfoundland Time) and Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, Japan) on Saturday afternoon (12:30 am Sunday Newfoundland Time). |
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World number three ranked Gyeonggi Province's Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Curling1spoon) defend their national title in a thrilling extra end final Monday in Uijeongbu.
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