Balderston Reaches 2016 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel Quarters

Grande Prairie, Alberta

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Terry
Meek

Second
Rob
Bucholz

Lead
Del
Shaughnessy

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.53
PA/G:	6.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) qualified for the 2016 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Jeff Ginter (Dawson Creek, BC). of the 2016 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel in Dawson Creek, British Columbia;

Balderston finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston defeated Graham Powell (Grande Prarie, AB) 6-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against Thomas Scoffin (Edmonton, AB). Balderston responded with a 7-0 win over Glen Godberson (Fort St. John, BC). Balderston won 7-6 against Darrel Veiner (Dawson Creek, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Balderston earned 5.411 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Dawson Creek Cash Spiel, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 101st place overall with 47.082 total points. Balderston ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.582 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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