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2012 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships
The 2012 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships were held from January 27 to February 2 in Jeonju City, South Korea. The Pacific Junior Championships acted as the Pacific Zone qualifiers for the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships. The teams competed in a double round robin, and the top three teams moved on to the playoffs. The winners of the tournament, China's junior men and Japan's junior women, will compete at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Östersund, Sweden. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round Robin Results All times are listed in Korea Standard Time (UTC+9). Draw 1 ''Saturday, January 28, 10:00'' Draw 2 ''Saturday, January 28, 16:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, January 29, 10:00'' Draw 4 ''Sunday, January 29, 16:00'' Draw 5 ''Monday, January 30, 10:00'' Draw 6 ''Monday, January 30, 16:00'' Draw 7 ''Tuesday, January 31, 10:00'' Draw 8 ''Tuesday, January 31, 16:00'' Draw 9 ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeonju City
Jeonju () is the 16th largest city in South Korea and the capital of North Jeolla Province. It is both urban and rural due to the closeness of Wanju County which almost entirely surrounds Jeonju (Wanju County has many residents who work in Jeonju). The name Jeonju literally means "Perfect Region" (from the hanja (; jeon) for perfect, (; ju) for region). It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities, and innovative festivals. In May 2012, Jeonju was chosen as a Creative City for Gastronomy as part of UNESCO's Creative Cities Network. This honour recognizes the city's traditional home cooking handed down over thousands of years, its active public and private food research, a system of nurturing talented chefs, and its hosting of distinctive food festivals. History The Baekje kingdom was located in southwestern Korea which included the area Jeonju is now located. It is believed that Jeonju was founded as a market town within Baekj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships
The Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (formerly known as the Pacific Junior Curling Championships) was an annual curling bonspiel held in the World Curling Federation's Pacific zone. The championships featured curlers under the age of 21 competing to qualify for a spot in the World Junior Curling Championships. Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea have participated in past championships. Replacing the European Junior Curling Challenge and the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships in 2016, the World Junior B Curling Championships will now serve as the qualifier for the World Junior Curling Championships. Summary Men Women References {{Reflist External linksWorld Curling Federation Results Archives International curling competitions Curling Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoya Yamazaki
Tomoya is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tomoya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *友也, "friend, to be" *友矢, "friend, arrow" *友哉, "friend, how (interrogative particle)" *友弥, "friend, more and more" *友彌, "friend, more and more" *友八, "friend, eight" *友耶, "friend, question mark" *知也, "know, to be" *知矢, "know, arrow" *知哉, "know, how (interrogative particle)" *知弥, "know, more and more" *知八, "know, eight" *智也, "intellect, to be" *智矢, "intellect, arrow" *智哉, "intellect, how (interrogative particle)" *共也, "together, to be" *朋也, "companion, to be" *朝也, "morning/dynasty, to be" *朝矢, "morning/dynasty, arrow" *朝弥, "morning/dynasty, more and more" *朝彌, "morning/dynasty, more and more" The name can also be written in hiragana ともや or katakana トモヤ. Notable people with the name *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoya Ogawa
Tomoya is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tomoya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *友也, "friend, to be" *友矢, "friend, arrow" *友哉, "friend, how (interrogative particle)" *友弥, "friend, more and more" *友彌, "friend, more and more" *友八, "friend, eight" *友耶, "friend, question mark" *知也, "know, to be" *知矢, "know, arrow" *知哉, "know, how (interrogative particle)" *知弥, "know, more and more" *知八, "know, eight" *智也, "intellect, to be" *智矢, "intellect, arrow" *智哉, "intellect, how (interrogative particle)" *共也, "together, to be" *朋也, "companion, to be" *朝也, "morning/dynasty, to be" *朝矢, "morning/dynasty, arrow" *朝弥, "morning/dynasty, more and more" *朝彌, "morning/dynasty, more and more" The name can also be written in hiragana ともや or katakana トモヤ. Notable people with the name *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuji Kobayashi
Yuji or Yu Ji may refer to: * Yuji Naka, is a Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer * Yu Ji (painter), a Qing dynasty painter and calligrapher * Yūji, a common masculine Japanese given name * Consort Yu (Xiang Yu's wife) (虞姬; Yuji), the concubine of Xiang Yu, subject of the play ''Farewell My Concubine'' * Gan Ji, a Taoist who lived in the late Han Dynasty. His name was believed to be misspelled as "Yu Ji". * 47077 Yuji, a main-belt asteroid ;Towns * Yuji, Wuqiao County (于集镇), in Wuqiao County, Hebei * Yuji, Shangcheng County (余集镇), in Shangcheng County, Henan * Yuji, Linghai (余积镇), in Linghai City, Liaoning * Yuji, Liaocheng (于集镇), in Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng, Shandong ;Townships * Yuji Township, Funan County (于集乡), Anhui * Yuji Township, Lingbi County (虞姬乡), in Lingbi County, Anhui * Yuji Township, Ling County (于集乡), in Ling County, Shandong ;Characters * Yuji is the name of a character in Regular Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusaku Shibaya
is a Japanese male curler. At the national level, he is a two-time Japan men's champion curler (2010, 2011). Teams References External links * Living people Japanese male curlers Japanese curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Hamsey
Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County (other) Australia * Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia United Kingdom * Castle Grant United States *Grant, Alabama * Grant, Inyo County, California *Grant, Colorado *Grant-Valkaria, Florida *Grant, Iowa * Grant, Michigan *Grant, Minnesota *Grant, Nebraska * Grant, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Grant, Washington * Grant, Wisconsin (other) (six towns) * Grant City, Indiana *Grant City, Missouri *Grant City, Staten Island *Grant Lake (other), several lakes *Grant Park, Illinois * Grant Park (Chicago) * Grant Town, West Virginia * Grant Township (other) (100 townships in 12 states) * Grant Village in Yellowstone National Park *Grants, New Mexico *Grants Pass, Oregon *U.S. Grant Bridge over Ohio River and Scioto River *General Grant National Memorial aka Grant's Tomb India *Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun, Uttarakhand Canada * Rural Municipality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Thomas (curler)
Max Thomas can refer to: * Max Thomas (bishop) (1926-2008), Australian bishop * Max Thomas (cricketer) (1921-2001), Australian cricketer * Max Thomas (footballer, born 1930) (born 1930), former Australian rules footballer for Carlton from 1952 to 1954 * Max Thomas (footballer, born 1945) John William Maxwell "Max" Thomas (born 11 May 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules footbal ... (born 1945), former Australian rules footballer for Carlton in 1966 * Max Thomas (gymnast) (1874-1929), American Olympic gymnast {{hndis, Thomas, Max ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Hewitt
Dean Hewitt (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian curler from Melbourne. At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021 Hewitt and his teammate Tahli Gill made history, when they won qualification to the mixed doubles tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They are the first ever Australian curling team (in any curling discipline) to qualify for the Winter Olympics. Personal life Hewitt is from a curling family. His mother, Canadian-born Lynn Hewitt, played curling in Canada from her childhood. When she met Australian farmer Stephen (Steve) Hewitt, she married him and they moved to Australia, and her husband began curling too. He was member of the Australian national men's team and played in several Pacific Curling Championships. Dean Hewitt began curling when he was 6 years old. Lynn and Dean together played as the Australian national mixed doubles curling team at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Young (curler)
Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only remaining founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023 edition of ''Rolling Stone''s 250 greatest guitarists of all-time list. In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Early life In the 1950s, Young's father, William Young (1911–1985), his mother, Margaret (1913–1988; maiden name also Young), and his elder seven siblings lived at 6 Skerryvore Road in the Cranhill district of Glasgow in Scotland. Cranhill was a tough, working-class suburb with high unemployment. Prior to moving to Cranhill, William worked first as a wheel boy in a rope works and then as a machine/saw operator in an asbestos/cement business. In 1940 William j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Östersund
Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön. It is the only city in Jämtland. The northern part of the urban area is located inside of the municipality of Krokom. Östersund is the region's cultural and economical centre and by tradition a city of trade and commerce. The city had one of the most extensive garrisons in Sweden prior to its closure in the early-21st century. Östersund has the Mid Sweden University's largest campus site with approximately 7,000 students. With a total population of 50,960 (2017) Östersund is the 22nd most populous city in Sweden, the 46th most populous city in Scandinavia, and by far the largest inland city in Northern Sweden. The city was the only Swedish city founded and chartered in the 18th century. Östersund wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
