Balsdon Reaches 2019 Finale du Circuit Quarters

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Jeffrey
Stewart

Second
Ian
South

Lead
Christian
Bouchard

Greg Balsdon (Montreal, QC) qualified for the 2019 Finale du Circuit playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-5 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC). of the 2019 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada;

Balsdon finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Alek Bedard (Lacolle, QC) 7-6, then won 8-7 against Pascal Michaud (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 8-3 against Roy in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 3.675 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Finale du Circuit. Balsdon move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 1.229 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 115th overall with 36.671 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Balsdon ranks 110th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.443 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: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Julien Tremblay , Eric Sylvain
LÃ©vis, QC
2018: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Maxime Elmaleh, Jasmin Gibeau, Philippe Brassard
Levis, QC
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Steven Munroe, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC

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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