Balsdon Reaches 2011 Sun Life Classic Quarters

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Chris
Ciasnocha

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) qualified for the 2011 Sun Life Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI).

Balsdon finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost 6-0 to Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON), then responded with a 9-2 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Balsdon won 8-4 against Mike Harris (Oakville, ON), then won 7-1 against Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) and 6-4 against Jake Higgs (Harriston, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 8-2 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Balsdon responded with a 9-4 win over Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 15.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Sun Life Classic, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 91.815 total points. Balsdon ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.075 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

2005: Kirk Ziola
Kirk Ziola, Darcy Tomchick, Jake Higgs, Kevin Ackerman
Ilderton, ON
2006: Dwayne Fowler
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Montreal, QC
2007: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater,
2008: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater, ON
2009: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg, Viktor Kjell
Karlstad, SWE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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