Balsdon

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Don
Bowser

Second
Jonathan
Beuk

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	6.59
PA/G:	5.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.16

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Balsdon finished 3-3 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost 9-5 to Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC), then responded with a 6-5 win over William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB). Balsdon won 10-7 against Dayna Deruelle (Kingston, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 5-4 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Balsdon responded with a 7-2 win over Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB). Balsdon went on to lose 7-6 against Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 24.111 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 264.228 total points. Balsdon ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 98.620 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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