Balsdon

Hamilton, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Mark
Bice

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Steve
Bice

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	7.47
PA/G:	7.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Greg Balsdon (Hamilton, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Balsdon finished 6-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Aaron Squires (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) 8-6, then went on to lose 9-3 against Mark Kean (Fenelon Falls, ON). Balsdon responded with a 7-3 win over Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON). Balsdon won 6-4 against Jon St. Denis (Listowel, ON), then won 7-0 against Peter Corner (Toronto, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 9-5 against Ian MacAulay (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon lost 7-5 to John Epping (Toronto, ON). Balsdon lost 8-5 to Cory Heggestad (Markdale, ON) where Balsdon responded with a 7-4 win over Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon won 8-3 against Joe Frans (St Thomas , ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 2.606 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with 80.241 total points. Balsdon ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.591 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

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