Balsdon Reaches 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Chris
Gardner

Second
Brad
Kidd

Lead
Andrew
Denny-Petch

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	8.42
PA/G:	7.37
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) run at the 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-2 loss to Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON). of the 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP in Omaha, Nebraska;

Balsdon finished 2-2 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Dennis Elgie (Metcalfe, ON) 9-3, then went on to lose 9-8 against Frank O'Driscoll (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon lost 7-6 to Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) where Balsdon responded with a 7-3 win over Allen in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 1.913 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP. For week 18 of the event schedule, Balsdon did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Balsdon ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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