Balsdon Reaches 2015 Mercure Perth Masters Quarters

Hamilton, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Mark
Bice

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	6.91
PA/G:	6.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Greg Balsdon (Hamilton, ON) qualified for the 2015 Mercure Perth Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-1 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the 2015 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;

Balsdon finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated David Sik (Prague, CZE) 5-2, then went on to lose 5-2 against Ewan MacDonald (Perth, SCO). Balsdon responded with a 9-5 win over Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI). Balsdon won 6-2 against Pete Fenson (Perth, SCO). Balsdon went on to lose 7-5 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Balsdon responded with a 6-3 win over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, UK). Balsdon won 4-3 against Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gang Won, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 6.285 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mercure Perth Masters, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 26th place overall with 77.635 total points. Balsdon ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.985 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

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2020: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2019: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2016: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Logan Gray
Logan Gray, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Richard Woods
Stirling, SCO
2013: Thomas Loevold
Thomas Ulsrud, Christoffer Svae, Thomas Loevold, Markus Hoiberg
Oslo, NOR
2012: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Duncan Fernie, Ron Brewster, David Edwards
Aberdeen, SCO
2009: Kevin Koe
Tom Brewster, Duncan Fernie, Ron Brewster, David Edwards
Edmonton, AB
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2006: David Edwards
David Edwards, Paul Westwood, Ross Paterson, Sandy Gilmour
Lockerbie, SCO
2005: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2004: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Graeme Connal, Ron Brewster, Colin Campbell
Glasgow, SCO
2003: Pal Trulsen
Pal Trulsen
, NOR
2002: Bob Kelly
Bob Kelly, Neil Hampton, Tom Pendreigh, Ross Hepburn
Inverness, SCO
2001: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Graeme Connal, Ron Brewster, Mark Brass
Greenacres, SCO
1995: Hammy McMillan
Hammy McMillan, Norman Brown, Mike Hay, Roger McIntyre
, SCO

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