Smith Runner-Up at 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel

SKIP
Greg
Smith

Third
Greg
Blyde

Second
Carter
Small

Lead
Alex
McDonah

Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) lost 7-2 to Owen Purcell (Upper Tantallon, NS) in the Final of the Bally Haly Cash Spiel, held November 4 - 7, 2021 at the Bally Haly Golf and Curling Club in St. John's, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 6-3 over Bjorn Jungen (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel in St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador, Canada; and won 4-3 over Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel in St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador, Canada;

Smith finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 7-1 to Purcell, then responded with a 6-5 win over Gary Oke (Corner Brook, NL). Smith won 6-2 against Sean O'Leary (St. John's, NL), then won 8-6 against Ryan McNeil Lamswood (St. John's, NL) and 7-3 against Alex Smith (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Bally Haly Cash Spiel, Smith take home 10.821 world rankings points along with the $1,760CDN prize. Smith move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 5.687 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 111th overall with 28.908 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Smith ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.679 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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