Balderston2-3 at 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Tristan
Steinke

Second
Jason
Ginter

Lead
Brett
Winfield

Kurt Balderston (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston lost 7-2 to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 6-1 win over Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK). Balderston went on to lose 6-1 against John Morris (Vernon, BC). Balderston responded with a 7-6 win over Jamie King (Edmonton, AB). Balderston went on to lose 4-2 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Balderston earned 2.470 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 25 spots the World Ranking Standings into 217th place overall with 9.732 total points. Balderston ranks 143rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.470 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

2025: Evan Van Amsterdam
Evan Van Amsterdam, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Parker Konschuh, Darren Moulding
Edmonton, AB
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2016: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB

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