1997 Pacific Curling Championships Explained

1997 Pacific Curling Championships
Host City:	Karuizawa, Japan
Arena:	Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena
Dates:	December 3–7
Men's Winner:
Curling Club:	Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
Skip:	Hugh Millikin
Third:	John Theriault
Second:	Stephen Johns
Lead:	Trevor Schumm
Finalist:	(Yoshiyuki Ohmiya)
Women's Winner:
Skip2:	Mayumi Ohkutsu
Third2:	Akiko Katoh
Second2:	Yukari Kondo
Lead2:	Akemi Niwa
Alternate2:	Yoko Mimura
Finalist2:	(Helen Greer)

The 1997 Pacific Curling Championships were held from December 3 to 7 at the Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena in Karuizawa, Japan.

Australia won the men's event over Japan (it was the seventh Pacific title for the Australian men). On the women's side, Japan defeated New Zealand in the final (it was the sixth Pacific title for the Japanese women).

By virtue of winning, the Australian men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 1998 World and Curling Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Men

Teams

Country		Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club
							Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney


			Ross A. Stevens

Round Robin

Place	Skip					Wins	Losses
1	Hugh Millikin		6:4 6:5	13:2 11:2	15:1 13:3	6	0
2	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	4:6 5:6		7:5 8:4	18:0 12:3	4	2
3	Sean Becker	2:13 2:11	5:7 4:8		10:4 10:3	2	4
4	Song He-dong	1:15 3:13	0:18 3:12	4:10 3:10		0	6

Teams to final

Final standings

Place	GP	W	L
	7	7	0
	7	4	3
	6	2	4
4	6	0	6

Women

Teams

	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
				Yoko Mimura
				Yoon Hye-kyung
Helen Greer	Lisa Gavreau	Patsy Inder	Kylie Petherick	Karen Rawcliffe

Round Robin

Place	Skip				Wins	Losses
1	Mayumi Ohkutsu		9:5 12:1	21:1 18:2	4	0
2	Helen Greer	5:9 1:12		11:2 8:2	2	2
3	Lee Hyun-jung	1:21 2:18	2:11 2:8		0	4

Teams to final

Final standings

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Skip	GP	W	L
	5	5	0
Helen Greer	5	2	3
	4	0	4