Balderston3-3 at 2013 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Les
Sonnenberg

Second
Rob
Maksymetz

Lead
Del
Shaughnessy

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) finished 3-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston defeated Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) 6-4, then went on to lose 5-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Balderston responded with a 5-0 win over Kevin Park (Edmonton, AB). Balderston went on to lose 3-2 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Balderston responded with a 6-3 win over Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Balderston went on to lose 7-4 against Laycock in their final qualifying round match.

Balderston earned 3.580 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 195 spots the World Ranking Standings into 226th place overall with 3.580 total points. Balderston ranks 156th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.580 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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