CHAMPION: Balsdon Wins 2013 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Mark
Bice

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.85
PA/G:	5.19
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) won 5-2 over New York's Heath McCormick in the Final of the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel, held October 17 - 20, 2013 at the Stroud Curling Club in Innisfil, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 6-5 over Jake Higgs (Glencoe, ON) in the semifinals of the 2013 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-1 over Bill Irwin (Barrie, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada;

Balsdon finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Ontario's Jeff Clark 7-5, then went on to lose 7-4 against Matt Paul (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon responded with a 9-1 win over Ken Leach (Stroud, ON). Balsdon won 8-6 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Championship title, Balsdon earned 6.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 10 of the event schedule, Balsdon did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Balsdon ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Landan Rooney, Connor Duhaime, Robert Currie
Grimsby, ON
2022: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
Geneva, SUI
2019: Sandy MacEwan
Sandy MacEwan, Dustin Montpellier, Lee Toner, Luc Ouimet
Sudbury, NO
2018: John Willsey
John Willsey, Connor Lawes, Robert Currie, Evan Lilly
,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Chad Allen, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
, ON
2016: Chad Allen
Chad Allen, Travis Fanset, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
Brantford, ON
2015: Codey Maus
Scott McDonald, Codey Maus, Wesley Forget, Jeff Grant
Toronto, ON
2014: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Ritchie Gillan, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2013: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Mark Bice, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Toronto, ON
2012: Joe Frans
Joe Frans, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Acton, ON
2011: Jake Higgs
Brent Ross, Jake Higgs, Jonathan Beuk, Bill Buchanan
Harriston, ON
2010: John Epping
John Epping, Scott Bailey, Darryl Prebble, Trevor Wall
Toronto, ON
2009: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2008: Terry Corbin
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey
Brantford, ON
2007: Kirk Ziola
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey
London, ON
2006: Cary Luner
Cary Luner, Jon St. Denis, Ken McLaren, Bruce Scott
Toronto, ON
2005: Kirk Ziola
Kirk Ziola, Darcy Tomchick, Jake Higgs, Kevin Ackerman
Ilderton, ON

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