CHAMPION: Balsdon Wins 2015 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Don
Bowser

Second
Jonathan
Beuk

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.25
PA/G:	4.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) won 5-3 over Jean-Michel Menard (Quebec, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, held November 26 - 29, 2015 in Clermont, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 7-5 over Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2015 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix in Clermont, Quebec; and won 9-2 over Mike Kennedy (Moncton, NB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix in Clermont, Quebec;

Balsdon finished 3-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Willie Jeffries (Ottawa, ON) 7-2, then won 7-2 against Mathieu Beaufort (Sorel-Tracy, QC) and 6-2 against Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Championship title, Balsdon earned 26.918 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 24th place overall with 168.158 total points. Balsdon ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.869 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

2023: Jean-Michel Arsenault
Julien Tremblay, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Philippe Brassard , Eric Sylvain
Levis, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Michael Fournier
Martin Crete, Felix Asselin, Michael Fournier, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2019: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2018: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Robert Desjardins, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Rene Dubois
Saguenay, QC
2017: Martin Ferland
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Maxime Elmaleh, Jean Gagnon
Levis, QC
2016: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Colten Steele, Travis Colter, Billy MacPhee, Alex MacNeil
Dartmouth, NS
2015: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Don Bowser, Jonathan Beuk, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2014: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2013: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, ON
2012: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Peter De Cruz, Dominik Maerki, Valentin Tanner, Claudio Pescia
Geneve, SUI
2011: Brett Gallant
Brett Gallant, Eddie MacKenzie, Anson Carmody, Alex MacFadyen
Charlottetown, PEI
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2008: Fengchun Wang
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Harbin, CHN
2007: Peter Steski
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Sarnia,
2006: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2005: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Mark Dobson, Steven Howard, Grant Odishaw
Moncton, NB
2004: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Michel Beaudet, Dany Bergeron
Kenogami, QC
2003: Francois Gagne
Francois Gagne, Jean-Pierre Venne, Daniel Gregoire, Martin Brosseau
Montreal, QC

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