Balsdon Runner-Up at 2019 KW Fall Classic

Woodstock, Ontario

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Lynn
Kreviazuk

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Bobbie

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.38
PA/G:	6.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) lost 5-4 to Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 7-6 over Sophie Jackson (Dumfries, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-2 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Balsdon finished 3-1 in the 20 team KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. In their opening game, Balsdon lost 8-5 to Kaitlyn Jones (Toronto, ON), then responded with a 8-4 win over Stephanie Senneker (Kalamazoo, MI). Balsdon won 7-4 against Marie-Elaine Little (Ottawa, ON), then won 6-0 against Erica Hopson (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the KW Fall Classic, Balsdon take home 27.626 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. Balsdon move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.946 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 179.584 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Balsdon ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.820 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	2	0	0.714	1-0	2-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	48	45	29	9.38	6.04	3.33	5.42	3.96	1.73	1.53	0.63

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	18	20	4	2	0-0	3-0	2-0	1.11	0.22	0.31	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	30	25	25	1	1-0	2-2	4-6	0.83	0.83	0.47	0.47

2019: Un-Chi Gim
Un-Chi Gim, Min-Ji Um, Suji Kim, Ye-Eun Seol, Yeji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2018: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts
Thunder Bay, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Bobbie
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2014: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Cheryl McPherson, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2013: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Cheryl McPherson, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale, Christy Trombley
Toronto, ON
2012: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swisshelm
Madison, WI
2011: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2010: Kathy Brown
Kathy Brown, Janet Langevin, Abbie Darnley, Margie Hewitt
Guelph, ON
2009: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2008: Carrie Delahunt
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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2020 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic presented by Jet Ice, VIA Rail and Choose Cornwall cancelled due to COVID-19 with plans to return in 2021 for the 25th anniversary.

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