Balsdon Runner-Up at 2019 KW Fall Classic

Woodstock, Ontario

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Lynn
Kreviazuk

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Guyatt

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.38
PA/G:	6.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

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.

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: Hollie Duncan
Hollie Duncan, Megan Balsdon, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
Woodstock, ON
2024: Breanna Rozon
Breanna Rozon, Chrissy Cadorin, Stephanie Thompson, Jillian Page, Leigh Armstrong
Oshawa, ON
2023: Krista Scharf
Krista Scharf, Andrea Kelly, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Rick Lang
Thunder Bay, NO
2022: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka
Nagano, JPN
2021: Kerry Galusha
Kerry Galusha, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun, Megan Koehler, Shona Barbour
Yellowknife, NT
2020: Susan Froud
Susan Froud, Kristina Brauch, Kaelyn Gregory, Karen Rowsell, Katie McLaughlin
Alliston, ON
2019: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2018: Krista Scharf
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts
Thunder Bay, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2014: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Cheryl McPherson, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2013: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Cheryl McPherson, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale, Christy Trombley
Toronto, ON
2012: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swisshelm
Madison, WI
2011: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2010: Kathy Brown
Kathy Brown, Janet Langevin, Abbie Darnley, Margie Hewitt
Guelph, ON
2009: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2008: Carrie Delahunt
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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