[[18:2.6250]] Ballance1-3 at 2025 Astec Safety Challenge

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M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 7 -- Fri, Aug 14 -- 8:30pm CET
Schwaller  
Ramsfjell  
Retornaz  
Jermann  
Brunner  
Waddell  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 2:00am ET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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Ballance1-3 at 2025 Astec Safety Challenge

Jan 8 - 11, 2025

Okotoks/Edmonton, Alberta
Player Photo
SKIP
James
Ballance
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Third
Beau
Cornelson
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Second
Nathan
Kelba
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Lead
Chris
Pratt
  
Games: 4  
Record: 1W - 3L  
PF/G: 6.45  
PA/G: 8.71  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.28  
Steal Defense: 0.42  
Force Efficiency: 0.44  
Steal Efficiency: 0.17  

 
James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance lost 7-4 to Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 7-5 win over Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Ballance went on to lose 7-3 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Ballance lost 8-6 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Ballance earned 2.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Ballance move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 2.437 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 113th overall with 20.695 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ballance ranks 103rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.001 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 RECORD W L T PCT HMR STL 1PT EEH EES 
 2025 12 33 0 0.267 3-2 1-7 1-1 1-0 0-0 
 SCORING ENDs PF PA PF/G PA/G +/- EF/G EA/G PF/E PA/E BE/G 
 2025 341 209 296 6.13 8.68 -2.55 4.11 4.90 1.49 1.77 1.00 
 WITH HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E HE SD 
 2025 172 167 78 16 3-3 9-5 31-12 0.97 0.45 0.28 0.27 
 WITHOUT HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E FE SE 
 2025 169 42 218 18 0-3 0-22 11-43 0.25 1.29 0.43 0.18 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  2 vs. Jacobs (AB) - WTR:4 L 4-7
  4 vs. Jacques (AB) - WTR:68 W 7-5
  5 vs. Gosgens (NED) - WTR:39 L 3-7
  7 vs. Edin (SWE) - WTR:10 L 6-8

Curling Scores

M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 7 -- Fri, Aug 14 -- 8:30pm CET
Schwaller  
Ramsfjell  
Retornaz  
Jermann  
Brunner  
Waddell  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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