Balsdon Reaches 2019 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel Semifinals

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Lynn
Kreviazuk

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Guyatt

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

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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