Balsdon Reaches 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Semifinals

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
Don
Bowser

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) run at the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Balsdon advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-6 win over Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa, ON). of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Balsdon finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost 5-1 to Ritchie Gillan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 5-4 win over Yannick Martel (Kenogami, QC). Balsdon won 8-5 against Bryan Cochrane (Russell, ON), then won 6-5 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) and 4-3 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS). Balsdon won 6-4 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 29.686 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 184.692 total points. Balsdon ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.831 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

Matt Dunstone (Photo: Curling Canada) and his Winnipeg-based squad begin play at the CO-OP Tour Challenge in Nisku, Alta.

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