CHAMPION: Frans Wins 2012 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel

Acton, Ontario

SKIP
Joe
Frans

Third
Ryan
Werenich

Second
Jeff
Gorda

Lead
Shawn
Kaufman

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	7.31
PA/G:	5.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Joe Frans (Acton, ON) won 6-5 over Ontario's Greg Balsdon in the Final of the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel, held October 11 - 14, 2012 at the Stroud Curling Club in Innisfil, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Frans won 7-6 over Jake Higgs (Harriston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2012 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada; and won 5-4 over Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada;

Frans finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Frans defeated Ontario's Jeff Clark 7-4, then went on to lose 5-4 against Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON). Frans responded with a 9-3 win over Al Corbeil (Barrie, ON). Frans won 5-4 against Northern Ontario's Mike Jakubo. Frans went on to lose 4-2 against Ontario's Greg Balsdon. Frans responded with a 4-2 win over Daryl Shane (Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Championship title, Frans earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 62.512 total points. Frans ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.170 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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