Curling at the 2009 New Zealand Winter Games

The curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

competition of the 2009 New Zealand Winter Games

2009 New Zealand Winter Games

The 2009 New Zealand Winter Games was a multi-sport event that was held in the Otago Region of New Zealand. It was held. It was the inaugal New Zealand Winter Games and was organised by the Winter Games New Zealand Trust...

was held at the Maniototo Curling Rink in Naseby, New Zealand

Naseby, New Zealand

Naseby is a small town, formerly a borough, in the Maniototo area of Central Otago, New Zealand. It is named after a village in Northamptonshire, England....

. Both the men's and women's competitions concluded on 29 August 2009. In the men's event Australia won gold after defeating China in the final, while in the women's event Japan won the gold, also beating China in the final.

Overview

The curling

Curling

competition was held from 23 August to 29 August 2009 at the Maniototo Curling Rink in Naseby, New Zealand

Naseby, New Zealand

Naseby is a small town, formerly a borough, in the Maniototo area of Central Otago, New Zealand. It is named after a village in Northamptonshire, England....

. It comprised a men's competition and a women's competition. Following the finals of both competitions an on-ice closing ceremony and medal presentation was held and then later an awards dinner.

The men's competition comprised a single round-robin format followed by a playoff round. Each team competed once against the other nations. At the end of the seven game each round-robin the top four nations progress to the playoff round. Japan, South Korea and Australia qualified after finishing first, second and third respectively. The fourth team through had to be determined with an tie-breaker game after China and the United States finished the round-robin finished with the same amount of wins. China won the tie-breaker 9–6 and advanced to the semi-final. In the first semi-final Australia was drawn against South Korea. Australia won the semi-final 8–5 and progressed to the gold medal final while South Korea moved to the bronze medal final. China won the second semi-final against Japan with a score of 11–3, moving on to the gold medal final and Japan to the bronze medal final. Japan defeated South Korea in the bronze medal game 10–7 while in the gold medal game Australia defeated China 9–6.

The women's competition comprised a double round-robin format followed by a playoff round. Each team competed twice against the other nations. At the end of the eight game each round-robin the top four nations progress to the playoff round. China finished first in the round-robin and was drawn against fourth place New Zealand, while second placed Japan was drawn against South Korea. In the first semi-final Japan defeated South Korea 6–5 with Japan advancing to the gold medal final and South Korea moving on to the bronze medal final. China won the second semi-final defeating New Zealand with a score of 7–4 to move on to the gold medal game and New Zealand moved on to the bronze medal game. South Korea defeated New Zealand in the bronze medal game 12–7 while in the gold medal game Japan defeated China 8–5.

Medal table

1		1	0	1	2
2		1	0	0	1
3		0	2	0	2
4		0	0	1	1
	Total	2	2	2	6

Men's

Hugh Millikin Hugh Millikin Hugh Ronald Alexander Millikin is an Australian curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario.-Career:... Ian Palangio John Theriault Steve Johns	Cliff Butchko Brian Carnahan Trevor Baker Brent Vanderlinden	Li Hongchen Li Hongchen Li Hongchen is an internationally elite curler who trains out of Harbin, China.Most of Li's experience at the World level has been as a coach, mainly working with the women and junior teams from 2003 to 2009.... Wang Fengchun Wang Fengchun Wang Fengchun is a Chinese curler. He is the skip of the national team.Wang was selected by the Chinese government to play the sport of curling. In China, the national team curls as their profession. By 2002, he played in his first international event- when he played third for Xu Xiaoming at the... Xu Xiaoming Xu Xiaoming Xu Xiaoming is an internationally elite curler from China.His team won bronze in the Curling at the 2007 Asian Winter Games and he will be competing for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Vancouver he will throw Second stones for the Chinese team.... Liu Rui Liu Rui Liu Rui is a Chinese curler.After a slow start in the 2009 World Men's Curling Championship, Liu switched to throw 4th stones while Fengchun Wang continued to call the game and throw 3rd stones.-Teams:... Zang Jialiang Zang Jialiang Zang Jialiang is an internationally elite curler who trains out of Harbin, China.He made his world championship debut at the 2008 Grand Forks World Championships. Team China achieved their best result to date. In the round robin portion they achieved upset wins over Team Canada and Team Norway...	Karel Kubeska Jan Letal Jiri Candra Zdenek Krampera Leos Fiala
Yusuke Morozumi Yusuke Morozumi Yusuke Morozumi is a Japanese curler from the Karuizawa Curling Club.In 2008, by finishing 2nd at the Pacific Curling Championships he and his team qualified for the 2009 World Men's Curling Championships.- Teams :... Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi	Kim Chang-Min Kim Min-Chan Lim Myung-Sup Jeong Tae-Yeon Seong Se-Hyeon	Dan Mustapic Scott Becker Warren Kearney Warren Dobson Warren Dobson Warren Dobson is a curler who was on the team for New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He was on the teams that won the 2003 and 2004 Pacific Curling Championships.- References :... Kris Miller Kris Miller Kristopher Thomas "Kris" Miller is an Australian rules footballer currently playing with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League . He previously represented East Fremantle, and was also rookie-listed by the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League for two seasons between...	Herod Roland Richard Maskel John Lilla Adam Nathan

Women's

Kim Forge Laure Weeden Lyn Gill Madeleine Wilson	Wang Bingyu Wang Bingyu Wang Bingyu is a Chinese curler. She is the skip of the national team, and throws last rocks.-Curling career:Wang began curling in 2001. By 2004, she played in her first international event- skipping the Chinese team at the World Junior B Curling Championships... Liu Yin Liu Yin (curler) Liu Yin is a Chinese curler from Harbin. She plays third on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.Liu has played internationally for China since 2002, when she was an alternate on the team at the Pacific Curling Championships when she had only been curling for two years.In 2004, she... Yue Qingshuang Yue Qingshuang Yue Qingshuang is a Chinese curler. She currently plays second on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.... Zhou Yan Zhou Yan (curler) Zhou Yan is a Chinese curler. She plays lead for the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.Zhou curled in her first tournament after having only curled for 2 years, at the 2002 Pacific Curling Championships. At that time she played third for the team... Liu Jinlu	Moe Meguro Moe Meguro is a Japanese curler, born November 20, 1984 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip Yumie Hayashi.... Mari Motohashi Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler, born June 10, 1986 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the 2006 Games she threw Second under skip Ayumi Onodera. She also competed with Team... Mayo Yamaura Mayo Yamaura is a curler from Aomori, Japan.Mayo Yamaura made her debut at a major curling competition at the 2008 World Championships in Vernon, Canada. She threw second stones... Kotomi Ishizaki Kotomi Ishizaki is a curler from Japan.Kotomi Ishizaki currently throws Lead stones for skip Moe Meguro.She made her World Championship debut at the 2003 Winnipeg World Championships playing lead for Shinobu Aota's team from Japan... Anna Ohmiya Anna Ohmiya is a Japanese curler, born October 12, 1989 in Tokoro District, Hokkaidō, Japan.Member of Team Aomori, Ohmiya competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada for Team Japan...	Kim Yeo-Myeong Kang Yoo-Ri Park Min-A Kyeong Een-Jeong Kim Ji-Suk	Bridget Becker Brydie Donald Marissa Jones Linda Geary Lucy Lane

Round robin

	Advanced to the playoff round
	Advanced to the tie-breaker


7	6	1	56	31	30	23
7	5	2	49	37	31	26
7	5	2	46	34	31	26
7	4	3	49	33	31	26
7	4	3	42	37	28	22
7	2	5	35	56	25	33
7	1	6	37	60	27	32
7	1	6	32	58	19	35

Round 1 – 23 August 2009, 14:00

Round 2 – 24 August 2009, 08:00

Round 3 – 24 August 2009, 16:00

Round 4 – 25 August 2009, 13:00

Round 5 – 26 August 2009, 09:00

Round 6 – 26 August 2009, 17:00

Round 7 – 27 August 2009, 13:00

Tie-breaker

Due to both China and the United States finishing with the same amount of wins after the end of the round robin a tie-breaker game was required to determine the fourth team to advance to the semi-final round. China won the game 9–6 and advanced to the second semi-final game against Japan.

28 August 2009 – 08:00

Semi-finals

28 August 2009 – Semi-final 1: 11:45, semi-final 2: 15:00

Bronze medal final

29 August 2009 – 13:45

Gold medal final