CHAMPION: Balsdon Wins 2014 Ontario Travelers Tankard

[[1:16.0000]] CHAMPION: Balsdon Wins 2014 Ontario Travelers Tankard

Toronto, Ontario

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SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

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Third
Mark
Bice

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Second
Tyler
Morgan

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Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	13
Record:	10W - 3L
PF/G:	7.63
PA/G:	6.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) won 6-5 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the Final of the Ontario Travelers Tankard, held January 25 - February 2, 2014 in Smiths Falls, Ontario.

Balsdon finished 8-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Jake Higgs (Glencoe, ON) 7-6, then won 8-5 against Mark Homan (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 9-3 against Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON). Balsdon responded with a 7-3 win over Jake Walker (Brampton, ON). Balsdon won 8-6 against Rob Lobel (Whitby, ON), then won 11-3 against Shannon Beddows (Cannington, ON) and 8-5 against Craig Van Ymeren (St. Thomas, ON). Balsdon won 5-3 against Howard. Balsdon went on to lose 10-4 against Bryan Cochrane (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon responded with a 10-6 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ontario Travelers Tankard Championship title, Balsdon earned 16.000 world rankings points, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 20th place overall with 122.555 total points. Balsdon ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.650 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	39	22	0	0.639	14-12	11-5	7-2	2-1	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	505	376	337	7.45	6.67	0.77	4.55	4.22	1.63	1.58	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	256	306	65	28	6-0	20-2	67-13	1.20	0.25	0.41	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	249	70	272	34	0-6	4-14	12-59	0.28	1.09	0.52	0.20

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