Balderston Reaches 2015 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Semifinals

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Kurt
Balderston

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Sonnenberg

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Given

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Shaughnessy

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) run at the 2015 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-2 loss to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the 2015 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown in Grande Prairie, Alberta; Balderston advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-3 win over Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). of the 2015 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Balderston finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston lost 6-4 to Edin, then responded with a 7-1 win over Sean O'Connor (Calgary, AB). Balderston went on to lose 6-5 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Balderston responded with a 8-4 win over Scott Webb (Grande Prarie, AB). Balderston won 5-4 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Balderston earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown. For week 29 of the event schedule, Balderston did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 109th place on the World Ranking Standings with 14.325 total points. Balderston ranks 171st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.675 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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