1996 Pacific Curling Championships

1996 Pacific Curling Championships
Host citySydney, Australia
DatesNovember 26–29
Men's winner Australia
Curling clubSydney Harbour CC, Sydney
SkipHugh Millikin
ThirdGerald Chick
SecondStephen Johns
LeadStephen Hewitt
Finalist Japan (Hiroshi Sato)
Women's winner Japan
SkipMayumi Ohkutsu
ThirdAkiko Katoh
SecondYukari Kondo
LeadYoko Mimura
AlternateAkemi Niwa
Finalist Australia (Lynn Hewitt)
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The 1996 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 26 to 29 in Sydney, Australia.

Australia won the men's event over Japan (it was the sixth Pacific title for the Australian men). On the women's side, Japan defeated Australia in the final (it was the fifth Pacific title for the Japanese women).

By virtue of winning, the Australian men's team and the Japanese women's team qualified for the 1997 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Bern, Switzerland.

It was the first appearance at the Pacific championships for the men's and women's teams of South Korea.


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