Balsdon2-2 at Listowel Womens Classic

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Nicole
Westlund Stewart

Second
Laura
Hickey

Lead
Marteen
Jones

Megan Balsdon (London, ON) finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Heather Heggestad (Oakville, ON) 8-5, then went on to lose 5-4 against Ontario's Susan Froud. Balsdon lost 8-7 to Ontario's Katelyn Wasylkiw where Balsdon responded with a 7-1 win over 's Kim Rhyme in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 0.761 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 106th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 31.181 total points. Balsdon ranks 185th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.761 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

2021: Irene Schori
Irene Schori, Carole Howald, Lara Stocker, Stefanie Berset
Langenthal , SUI
2019: Katelyn Wasylkiw
Katelyn Wasylkiw, Lauren Wasylkiw, Stephanie Thompson, Erin Way
Toronto, ON
2018: Jestyn Murphy
Jestyn Murphy, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Grace Holyoke
Mississauga, ON
2017: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Lori Eddy, Katie Cottrill, Jenna Bonner, Karen Rowsell
Toronto, ON
2016: Danielle Inglis
Danielle Inglis, Stephanie Van Huyse, Cassandra de Groot, Kiri Campbell
, ON
2015: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt, Kaitlyn Knipe
, ON
2005: Patti Lank
Patti Lank, Erika Brown
Lewiston, NY

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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