1996 Pacific Curling Championships
Host city	Sydney, Australia
Dates	November 26–29
Men's winner	Australia
Curling club	Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
Skip	Hugh Millikin
Third	Gerald Chick
Second	Stephen Johns
Lead	Stephen Hewitt
Finalist	Japan (Hiroshi Sato)
Women's winner	Japan
Skip	Mayumi Ohkutsu
Third	Akiko Katoh
Second	Yukari Kondo
Lead	Yoko Mimura
Alternate	Akemi Niwa
Finalist	Australia (Lynn Hewitt)
« 1995 1997 »

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.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club
Australia	Hugh Millikin	Gerald Chick	Stephen Johns	Stephen Hewitt			Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
Japan	Hiroshi Sato	Makoto Tsuruga	Kazuhito Hori	Shinya Abe	Hirohumi Kudo
South Korea	Park Kwon-il	Song He-dong	Lee Jac-in	Kim Chang-gyu
New Zealand	Peter Becker	Sean Becker	Jim Allan	Ross A. Stevens	Lorne De Pape	Edwin Harley

Round Robin

Place	Country	Skip					Wins	Losses
1	Australia	Hugh Millikin	*	9:8 3:6	14:0 7:4	31:2 13:1	5	1
2	Japan	Hiroshi Sato	8:9 6:3	*	9:6 11:3	13:1 15:7	5	1
3	New Zealand	Peter Becker	0:14 4:7	6:9 3:11	*	20:1 14:7	2	4
4	South Korea	Park Kwon-il	2:31 1:13	1:13 7:15	1:20 7:14	*	0	6

  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
							Australia	7
		Japan	8				Japan	4
		New Zealand	4

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Hiroshi Sato)	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	8
New Zealand (Peter Becker)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	4

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Hiroshi Sato)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	4
Australia (Hugh Millikin)	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	X	7

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	GP	W	L
	Australia	Hugh Millikin	7	6	1
	Japan	Hiroshi Sato	7	5	2
	New Zealand	Peter Becker	7	2	5
4	South Korea	Park Kwon-il	6	0	6

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Curling club
Australia	Lynn Hewitt	Linda Carter-Watts	Ellen Weir	Lyn Greenwood	Christine Traquair	Victoria Curling Association
Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	Akiko Katoh	Yukari Kondo	Yoko Mimura	Akemi Niwa
South Korea	Lee So-jung	Lee Hyun-jung	Lee Im-sum	Lim Jung-min
New Zealand	Patsy Inder	Helen Greer	Wendy Becker	Kylie Petherick	Karen Rawcliffe

Round Robin

Place	Country	Skip					Wins	Losses
1	Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	*	W:L W:L	- -	- -	?	?
2	Australia	Lynn Hewitt	L:W L:W	*	7:3 L:W	14:5 15:4	3	3
2	New Zealand	Patsy Inder	- -	3:7 W:L	*	- -	3	3
4	South Korea	Lee So-jung	- -	5:14 4:15	- -	*	?	?

  Team to final

  Teams to tie-break

"-" – no data about game result

Tie-break

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Lynn Hewitt)											10
New Zealand (Patsy Inder)											7

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Lynn Hewitt)											L
Japan (Mayumi Ohkutsu)											W

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	GP	W	L
	Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	7	?	?
	Australia	Lynn Hewitt	8	4	4
	New Zealand	Patsy Inder	7	3	4
4	South Korea	Lee So-jung	6	?	?

References