Pacific-Asia C u r l i n g Championships

November 2-9 2017 World Federation President’s Message

It has been 21 years since we hosted an international curling event in Australia and I, like you, am very much looking forward to its unique blend of action on the ice and the warm weather to be enjoyed between draws. For our teams in the Pacific-Asia zone, that have already qualified for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea, and those who are looking to qualify through the Olympic Qualification Event, in Pilsen, Czech Republic, this will be the final It is my great chance to prepare for those events. pleasure to The teams will also be battling hard to qualify for the Ford World welcome Women’s Curling Championship 2018 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada and the World Men’s Curling Championship 2018 in Las Vegas, United you to the States. Pacific-Asia Contents Following a vote at our recent Annual General Assembly, three Curling 3 Message from the President teams rather than the traditional two teams, will qualify for our World Curling Championships this season. This change offers a great Championships 4 Playing Schedule opportunity for the Member Associations competing in this region 2017, in Erina, 6 Aus & China Team Players and highlights the growth of our sport in an area where the next two Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held. Australia. 7 HKG & JPN Team Players I know that for each team playing here, it will be an unforgettable 8 kor & NZL Team Players experience and I know the organisers will do their utmost to put on an outstanding event, whilst also embracing the true ‘Spirit of 10 kaz & QAT & CHN Team Players Curling’ for which our sport is renowned. 12 Contact Details I’m sure that everyone in Erina is looking forward to welcoming the teams and supporters to the city, with a ‘warm’ curling welcome.

Kate Caithness OBE President

2 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017 3 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017 playing schedule TRAINING SCHEDULE & OFFICIAL EVENTS

PLAYING SCHEDULE TRAINING SCHEDULE & OFFICIAL EVENTS

Day D M Draw Time Sheet A Sheet B Sheet C Sheet D Sheet E Day D M Sheet A Sheet B Sheet C Sheet D Sheet E

Wed 01 Nov Arrival of the Teams 0900-1000 AUS NZL CHN HKG X M 0900-1000 Training Men’s Teams - NZL, HKG, CHN, AUS 1100-1200 KAZ KOR TPE JPN X M 1100-1200 Training Men’s Teams - JPN, KAZ, KOR, TPE 1215-1235 Team Meeting at the Erina Ice Arena M/w 1215-1235 Team Meeting at the Erina Ice Arena Thu 02 Nov 1330-1430 QAT jpn kor hkg Thu 02 Nov M/w 1330-1430 Training Men’s & Women’s Teams - QAT, jpn, kor hkg 1530-1630 chn AUS NZL w 1530-1630 Training Women’s Teams - chn, nzl, aus 1640-1700 Opening Ceremonies (on ice) M/w 1640-1700 Opening Ceremonies (on ice) 1830 1st Men's Games M1 1830 NZL v CHN TPE v JPN HKG v AUS KOR v KAZ 1700 Closing Ceremony (on ice) immediately after the Finals (Approx) M2 0900 KAZ v JPN AUS v QAT NZL v KOR HKG v TPE jpn v kor Thu 09 Nov 1900 Farewell Banquet - Crown Plaza Hotel Terrigal. Fri 03 Nov w1 1400 aus v hkg kor v nzl jpn v chn Men’s training on Thursday, 2 November, 15 mins on each sheet, rotating A to B to C to D. M3 1900 KOR v TPE CHN v KAZ JPN v QAT AUS v NZL aus v chn Women’s training on Thursday, 2 November, 12 mins on each sheet, rotating A to B to C to D to E

w2 0900 aus v kor nzl v jpn hkg v chn

Sat 04 Nov M4 1400 QAT v NZL HKG v KOR TPE v KAZ CHN v JPN

w3 1900 jpn v hkg* chn v kor nzl v aus

M5 0900 JPN v HKG NZL v TPE AUS v CHN KAZ v QAT hkg v nzl*

Sun 05 Nov w4 1400 nzl v chn aus v jpn kor v hkg

M6 1900 TPE v AUS QAT v CHN KOR v JPN NZL v HKG kor v aus

w5 0900 hkg v aus nzl v kor chn v jpn

Mon 06 Nov M7 1400 CHN v KOR KAZ v HKG QAT v TPE JPN v AUS

w6 1900 kor v jpn hkg v nzl chn v aus

M8 0900 HKG v QAT KOR v AUS KAZ v NZL TPE v CHN chn v hkg

Tue 07 Nov w7 1400 kor v chn jpn v hkg aus v nzl

M9 1900 AUS v KAZ JPN v NZL CHN v HKG QAT v KOR nzl v jpn*

M/w 0830 chn v nzl jpn v aus hkg v kor

Wed 08 Nov w 1400 Women’s Semi-finals (1 v 4 and 2 v 3)

M 1900 Men’s Semi-finals (1 v 4 and 2 v 3)

w 0900 Women's Gold and Bronze Medal Games

M 1400 Men's Gold and Bronze Medal Games Thu 09 Nov M/w 1700 Closing Ceremonies (on ice)

M/w 1900 Farewell Banquet - Crown Plaza Hotel Terrigal

4 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017 5 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017 teams PACC 2017 teams PACC 2017

AUSTralian – Men Hong KonG – Men 4 HEWITT Dean 4 CHANG Jason 3 PALANGIO Ian 3 LEUNG Derek 2 ORDOG Christopher 2 LEUNG Teddie 1 MILLIKIN Hugh 1 YAN Martin A MERCHANT Jay A LI John C MERCHANT Archie C COLLLINS Rick

AUSTralian – Women Hong KonG – Women 4 WILLIAMS Helen 4 HUNG Ling-Yue 3 FORGE Kimberly 3 MORRISON Julie 2 STREET Ashleigh 2 SHANG Ada 1 FREDERICKS ARMSTRONG Michelle 1 WONG Ashura A POWELL Anne A BUGG Grace C ARMSTRONG Robert C COLLINS Rick

CHINA – Men japan – Men 4 ZOU Dejia 4 MOROZUMI Yusuke 3 ZOU Qiang 3 SHIMIZU Tetsuro 2 2 YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi 1 SHAO Zhilin 1 MOROZUMI Kosuke A A HIRATA Kohsuke C ROCQUE Marcel C NAGAOKA Hatomi

CHINA – Women japan – Women 4 4 FUJISAWA Satsuki 3 3 YOSHIDA Chinami 2 2 SUZUKI Yumi 1 1 YOSHIDA Yurika A MENG Xu A MOTOHASHI Mari C ROCQUE Marcel C LIND James

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Korean – Men 4 KIM Chang-Min 3 SEONG Se-Hyeon 2 OH Eun-Su 1 LEE Ki-Bok A KIM Min-Chan C LIM Myung-Sup

Korean – Women 4 KIM Eunjung 3 KIM Kyeong-Ae 2 KIM Seonyeong 1 KIM Yeongmi A KIM Chohi C KIM Minjung

new zealand – Men 4 BECKER Sean 3 DOBSON Warren 2 SARGON Brett 1 WALKER Hamish A HOOD Anton C BECKER Peter

new zealand – Women 4 BECKER Bridget 3 SMITH Jessica 2 JEYARANJAN Thivya 1 THOMPSON Holly A SUTHERLAND Emma C EDE Nelson

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KAZ - – Men 4 KIM Viktor 3 ZHUZBAY Abylaikhan 2 AKHMAD Joan 1 AIMISHEV Dinislam A NADIRBAYEV Azizbek C KUDAIBERGENOV Muzdybay

Qatar – Men 4 ALYAFEI Nabeel 3 AL-FAHAD Ahmed 2 ALI MOHSEN Abdulrahman 1 ALYAFEI Abdulrahman A ALI Salem C BELLELI Lajos

Chinese Taipei – Men 4 SHEN Randolph 3 HSU Nicholas 2 LIU Brendon 1 LIN Ting-Li A C FRIESEN Roger

4 = Fourth, 3 = Third, 2 = Second, 1 = Lead, A = Alternate, S = , V = Vice-Skip, C = Coach

10 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017 Event Hosts: Erina Curling Club Erina Ice Arena Erina Fair Shopping Centre Terrigal Drive, Erina NSW 2250, Australia [email protected]