Balderston Reaches 2017 Grande Prairie Cash Spiel Semifinals

Grande Prairie, Alberta

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Terry
Meek

Second
Rob
Bucholz

Lead
Del
Shaughnessy

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.88
PA/G:	6.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) run at the 2017 Grande Prairie Cash Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Scott Webb (Peace River, AB). of the 2017 Grande Prairie Cash Spiel in Grande Prairie, Alberta; Balderston advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-5 win over Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB). of the 2017 Grande Prairie Cash Spiel in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Balderston finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston lost 8-7 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 4-2 win over Delia DeJong (Grande Prairie, AB). Balderston went on to lose 6-5 against Nick Saturnino (Inuvik, NT). Balderston responded with a 9-2 win over Colin Griffith (Grande Prairie, AB). Balderston won 5-4 against Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

Balderston earned 8.610 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Grande Prairie Cash Spiel. For week 12 of the event schedule, Balderston did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 648th to 649th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Balderston ranks 509th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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