Balsdon2-2 at 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Lynn
Kreviazuk

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Guyatt

Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost 7-4 to Kira Brunton (Sudbury, NONT), droppimg another game, 9-6 to Chrissy Cadorin (St. Thomas, ON) where Balsdon responded with a 6-5 win over Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS). Balsdon won 7-6 against Cathy Auld (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 3.594 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 27th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.004 after improving upon their best so far this season. Balsdon ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.500 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: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Hollie Duncan
Hollie Duncan, Megan Balsdon, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt, Julie Tippin
Woodstock , ON
2020: Lauren Mann
Lauren Mann, Kira Brunton, Cheryl Kreviazuk, Karen Trines
Ottawa, ON
2019: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Lindsay Dubue, Calissa Daly, Jessica Leonard
Sudbury, NO
2018: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Megan Smith, Sara Guy, Kate Sherry , Rodney Guy
Sudbury, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson
, WI
2014: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Lori Eddy
, ON
2013: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Katie Cottrill, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2012: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Mary-Anne Arsenault, Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Jenn Baxter, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2011: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Mary Chilvers
Mississauga, ON
2010: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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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