Blandford Reaches 2011 World Financial Group Classic Quarters

Cold Lake, Alberta

SKIP
Matthew
Blandford

Third
Tom
Sallows

Second
Mike
Westlund

Lead
Chris
Sanford

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	6.89
PA/G:	6.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Matthew Blandford (Cold Lake, AB) qualified for the 2011 World Financial Group Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Tom Appelman (Edmonton, AB).

Blandford finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blandford defeated Dean Ross (Calgary, AB) 6-4, then won 6-3 against Josh Lambden (Calgary, AB). Blandford went on to lose 6-2 against Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). Blandford responded with a 7-3 win over Brandan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Blandford won 7-6 against Matt Willerton (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Blandford earned 3.285 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the World Financial Group Classic. For week 13 of the event schedule, Blandford did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 504th to 509th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Blandford ranks 325th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

2025: Johnson Tao
Johnson Tao, Kenan Wipf, Ben Morin, Andrew Nowell
Edmonton, AB
2024: Dustin Kalthoff
Dustin Kalthoff, Josh Heidt, Sam Wills, Mat Ring
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

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