CHAMPION: Balsdon Wins 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
David
Staples

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) won 5-4 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 8 - 13, 2016 in Cranbrook, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 4-2 over Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) in the semifinals of the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Cranbrook, British Columbia; and won 5-4 over Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Balsdon finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Brady Clark (Seattle, USA) 7-4, then won 6-4 against Bruce Mouat (Stirlng, SCO) and 7-1 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Balsdon won 7-1 against Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Balsdon earned 47.293 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Balsdon move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 46.381 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 231.985 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Balsdon ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 134.124 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: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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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