Balsdon Runner-Up at 2012 KW Fall Classic

Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Mark
Bice

Second
Steve
Bice

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.64
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Greg Balsdon (Ontario) lost 6-3 to Mark Kean (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the 2012 KW Fall Classic in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 5-2 over Jake Higgs (Ontario) in the semifinals and won 4-3 over Rob Rumfeldt (Ontario) in the quarterfinals.

Balsdon finished 3-2 in the 16 team KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 20 - 23, 2012 in , . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Wes Johnson (Toronto, ON) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-5 against Cory Heggestad (Orillia, ON). Balsdon responded with a 9-3 win over Scott McDonald (Ontario). Balsdon went on to lose 7-2 against Higgs. Balsdon responded with a 8-1 win over Mike Bryson (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the KW Fall Classic, Balsdon take home 4.760 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN prize, remaining in 23rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 53.661 total points. Balsdon ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.635 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2013	5	3	0	0.625	0-0	2-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2013	55	42	33	7.64	6.00	1.64	4.55	4.73	1.68	1.27	0.73

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2013	28	34	10	3	2-0	2-0	5-3	1.21	0.36	0.36	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2013	27	8	23	1	0-0	0-0	1-4	0.30	0.85	0.79	0.26

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