The Japan Curling Championships opened in Kitami City, Hokkaido, and the women's Loco Solare and the men's SC Karuizawa Club, both aiming for their second consecutive title, got off to a good start by winning their first match in the qualifying league.
Nine men's and women's curling teams each participated in the Japanese curling championship, and on the first day, the 29th, 12 qualifying league games were held.
On the women's side, Loco Solare, who are based in Kitami City and won the silver medal at last year's Beijing Olympics, played against SC Karuizawa Club.
In the match, Loco Solare took the lead by 4 points from the 1st end and scored more points after that.
In the 8th end, third player Chinami Yoshida and skipper Satsuki Fujisawa scored shots that pushed the opponent's stone outside the circle, and SC Karuizawa club admitted defeat when they added two points. I was.
With a comfortable 15-4 win, Loco Solare got off to a winning start towards their second straight victory.
In the men's team, SC Karuizawa Club and Sapporo International University, who faced each other in last year's final, played their first match.
SC Karuizawa Club was leading in the early stages, but in the sixth end, where they were chasing one goal, Yanagisawa Riku showed a shot that repelled the opponent's stone, which was closest to the center of the circle, and calmly scored the final shot. I took 3 points and reversed it.
SC Karuizawa Club continued to score, and at the end of the 8th end, Sapporo International University conceded defeat and won 9-4, making it a winning start.
In the qualifying league for the Japan Championship, 9 teams of both men and women compete in round robin, and the top 4 teams advance to the playoffs.
NHK will broadcast the match up to the final on the 5th of next month on BS1.