Bale Reaches 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Semifinals

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Travis
Bale

Third
Andrew
Irving

Second
Geoff
Lang

Lead
Brad
Van Walleghem

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.61
PA/G:	5.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Travis Bale (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-6 loss to David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Bale advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-1 win over Jordan Smith (Winnipeg , MB).

Bale finished 3-0 in the 16 team The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul qualifying round, held November 23 - 26, 2018 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. In their opening game, Bale defeated William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) 6-5, then won 6-4 against Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) and 7-4 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Bale earned 16.492 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 56th place overall with 80.259 total points. Bale ranks 67th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.949 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	4	1	0	0.800	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	36	31	21	8.61	5.83	2.78	4.44	4.17	1.94	1.40	1.39

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	18	25	2	3	3-0	0-0	3-0	1.39	0.11	0.40	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	18	6	19	2	0-0	1-0	1-6	0.33	1.06	0.54	0.17

2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Robbie Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Taylor McIntyre
Taylor McIntyre, Sam Good, Riley Smith, Jared Hancox
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

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