Balsdon Reaches 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Quarters

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Don
Bowser

Second
Jonathan
Beuk

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) qualified for the 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). of the 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Balsdon finished 4-1 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) 8-1, then went on to lose 7-1 against Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN). Balsdon responded with a 8-6 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Balsdon won 6-5 against Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA), then won 7-6 against Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 20.494 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena), remaining in 21st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 240.117 total points. Balsdon ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.509 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