The 2016 CCT Uiseong Masters was held from March 8 to 11 at the Uiseong Curling Club in Uiseong-eup, Uiseong County, South Korea as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format with a total purse of ₩ 200,000,000.
In the final, Kelsey Rocque and her team out of the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada defeated the Swiss rink of Silvana Tirinzoni from Aarau 5–1, thanks to a steal of three in the seventh end. It was Rocque's second tour win of the 2015–16 season, having won the Red Deer Curling Classic in October 2015. In the third place game, Allison Flaxey and her team from Caledon, Ontario, Canada defeated the Korean team of Kim Eun-jung from Uiseong 9–7. To reach the final, Rocque defeated Flaxey 4–2 in one semifinal and Tirinzoni upended Kim 7–5 in the other. Teams Val Sweeting, Michelle Englot, Nina Roth and Ayumi Ogasawara all reached the quarterfinals.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Michelle Englot Kate Cameron Leslie Wilson-Westcott Raunora Westcott Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Allison Flaxey Clancy Grandy Megan Balsdon Morgan Court Caledon, Ontario, Canada Kim Eun-jung Kim Kyeong-ae Kim Seon-yeong Kim Yeong-mi Kim Cho-hi Uiseong, South Korea Kim Ji-suk Kang Yoo-ri Chung Jae-yi Hyoung Bo-ram Jeonbuk, South Korea Ayumi Ogasawara Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama Sapporo, Japan Kelsey Rocque Laura Crocker Taylor McDonald Jen Gates Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Nina Roth Aileen Sormunen Monica Walker Vicky Persinger Blaine, Minnesota, United States Ryu Young-ju Kim Su-hyeon Yeo Eun-byeol Choi Su-yeon Uiseong, South Korea Val Sweeting Lori Olson-Johns Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Silvana Tirinzoni Manuela Siegrist Esther Neuenschwander Marlene Albrecht Aarau, Switzerland
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Val Sweeting 3 1 20 18 143.1 Kim Eun-jung 3 1 26 16 186.5 Nina Roth 3 1 17 15 189.8 Michelle Englot 1 3 17 22 331.2 Ryu Young-ju 0 4 12 21 277.5 Pool B W L PF PA Silvana Tirinzoni 4 0 27 13 284.0 Kelsey Rocque 3 1 23 18 208.8 Ayumi Ogasawara 2 2 25 24 294.1 Allison Flaxey 1 3 19 21 322.2 Kim Ji-suk 0 4 12 30 357.6
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Tuesday, March 8, 9:00 am
Draw 2 Tuesday, March 8, 2:00 pm
Draw 3 Tuesday, March 8, 7:00 pm
Draw 4 Wednesday, March 9, 9:00 am
Draw 5 Wednesday, March 9, 2:00 pm
Draw 6 Wednesday, March 9, 7:00 pm
Draw 7 Thursday, March 10, 9:00 am
Playoffs
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Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10, 2:00 pm
Thursday, March 10, 7:00 pm
Semifinals Friday, March 11, 9:00 am
Third place game Friday, March 11, 12:45 pm
Final Friday, March 11, 12:45 pm
References
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