CHAMPION: Balderston Wins 2017 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel

Grande Prairie, Alberta

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Terry
Meek

Second
Rob
Bucholz

Lead
Del
Shaughnessy

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.81
PA/G:	5.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) won 5-0 over Tracy Steinke (Dawson Creek, BC) in the Final of the Dawson Creek Cash Spiel - Competitive, held December 8 - 10, 2017 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Balderston won 10-5 over Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2017 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel - Competitive in Dawson Creek, British Columbia;

Balderston finished 4-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston defeated Graham Powell (Grande Prairie, AB) 5-3, then won 6-4 against Cross and 8-6 against Steinke. Balderston won 6-2 against Scott Webb (Peace River, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Dawson Creek Cash Spiel - Competitive Championship title, Balderston earned 12.380 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque. For week 18 of the event schedule, Balderston did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 472nd to 475th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.763 total points. Balderston ranks 322nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.763 points earned so far this season.