Balderston Reaches 2016 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel Quarters

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Terry
Meek

Second
Rob
Bucholz

Lead
Del
Shaughnessy

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) qualified for the 2016 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Jeff Ginter (Dawson Creek, BC). of the 2016 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel in Dawson Creek, British Columbia;

Balderston finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston defeated Graham Powell (Grande Prarie, AB) 6-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against Thomas Scoffin (Edmonton, AB). Balderston responded with a 7-0 win over Glen Godberson (Fort St. John, BC). Balderston won 7-6 against Darrel Veiner (Dawson Creek, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Balderston earned 5.411 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Dawson Creek Cash Spiel, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 101st place overall with 47.082 total points. Balderston ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.582 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

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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