Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) lost
5-4 to
Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won
7-6 over
Sophie Jackson (Dumfries, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won
8-2 over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;
Balsdon finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost
8-5 to
Kaitlyn Jones (Toronto, ON), then responded with a
8-4 win over
Stephanie Senneker (Kalamazoo, MI). Balsdon won
7-4 against
Marie-Elaine Little (Ottawa, ON), then won
6-0 against
Erica Hopson (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the KW Fall Classic, Balsdon take home
27.626 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. Balsdon move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.946 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with
179.584 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Balsdon ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
52.820 points earned so far this season.
