1997 Pacific Curling Championships

September 2020 May 2026 1997 Pacific Curling Championships Karuizawa, Japan Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Arena December 3–7 Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Hugh Millikin John Theriault Stephen Johns Trevor Schumm (Yoshiyuki Ohmiya) Mayumi Ohkutsu Akiko Katoh Yukari Kondo Akemi Niwa Yoko Mimura (Helen Greer) 1996 1998 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 1998 Men's and 1998 Women's Curling Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Men Teams Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club Hugh Millikin John Theriault Stephen Johns Trevor Schumm Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Hirohumi Kudo Hiroshi Sato Makoto Tsuruga Hisaaki Nakamine Song He-dong Lim Sung-min Kang Il-jin Kim Young-tae Jun Sung-il Kim Kyung-doo Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Ross A. Stevens Lorne De Pape Darren Carson Edwin Harley Round Robin PlaceCountrySkip AUS JPN NZL KORWinsLosses 1 Hugh Millikin * 6:4 6:513:211:215:113:3 6 0 2 Yoshiyuki Ohmiya 4:6 5:6 * 7:5 8:418:012:3 4 2 3 Sean Becker2:132:11 5:7 4:8 * 10:410:3 2 4 4 Song He-dong1:153:130:183:124:103:10 * 0 6 #ccffcc Teams to final Final (Yoshiyuki Ohmiya) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 (Hugh Millikin) 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 X 10 Final standings Place Country Skip GP W L Hugh Millikin 7 7 0 Yoshiyuki Ohmiya 7 4 3 Sean Becker 6 2 4 4 Song He-dong 6 0 6 Women Teams Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Mayumi Ohkutsu Akiko Katoh Yukari Kondo Akemi Niwa Yoko Mimura Lee Hyun-jung Choi Yun-mi Jang Ji-young Park Sun-nam Yoon Hye-kyung Helen Greer Lisa Gavreau Patsy Inder Kylie Petherick Karen Rawcliffe Round Robin PlaceCountrySkip JPN NZL KORWinsLosses 1 Mayumi Ohkutsu * 9:512:121:118:2 4 0 2 Helen Greer 5:91:12 * 11:2 8:2 2 2 3 Lee Hyun-jung1:212:182:11 2:8 * 0 4 #ccffcc Teams to final Final (Helen Greer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X 2 (Mayumi Ohkutsu) 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 X X X 9 Final standings Place Country Skip GP W L Mayumi Ohkutsu 5 5 0 Helen Greer 5 2 3 Lee Hyun-jung 4 0 4 References General 196 M 197 W Specific Pacific Curling Championships, 1997 Category:Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Category:International curling competitions hosted by Japan Category:1997 in Japanese sport Category:Sports competitions in Nagano Prefecture Category:December 1997 sports events in Asia Category:Karuizawa, Nagano