Balsdon Reaches 2019 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel Semifinals

Woodstock, Ontario

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Lynn
Kreviazuk

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Guyatt

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	3.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.88
Steal Efficiency:	0.55

Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) run at the 2019 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Sylvie Quillian (moncton, NB). of the 2019 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada; Balsdon advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-2 win over Kira Brunton (Sudbury, NONT).

Balsdon finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Nova Scotia's Krista Flanagan 10-0, then won 6-3 against Nova Scotia's Mary Day and 5-2 against Mary Myketyn-Driscoll (Halifax, NS). Balsdon won 7-2 against Quillian in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 15.128 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel. Balsdon move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 11.695 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 187.393 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Balsdon ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 111.335 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

2022: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2021: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2019: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2018: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister, Jaclyn Crandall
Moncton , NB
2017: Julie McEvoy
Julie McEvoy, Danielle Parsons, Sheena Moore, Jill Thomas
Halifax, NS
2016: Colleen Jones
Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary Sue Radford, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2015: Theresa Breen
Theresa Breen, Tanya Hilliard, Jocelyn Adams-Moss, Amanda England
Halifax, NS

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