Bale1-3 at Thistle Integrity Stakes

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Travis
Bale

Third
Andrew
Irving

Second
Brad
Van Walleghem

Lead
Roy
Janz

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	6.52
PA/G:	11.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.57
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.11

Travis Bale (Winnipeg, MB) finished 1-3 in the 15 team Thistle Integrity Stakes qualifying round, held November 29 - December 2 at the Thistle Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. In their opening game, Bale lost 6-2 to Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg , MB), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Ross LaVallee (Winnipeg, MB) where Bale responded with a 9-7 win over Richard Dick (Winnipeg, MB). Bale went on to lose 7-0 against Ryan Hyde (Portage la Prairie, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Bale earned 0.845 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Bale gained -2.479 points improving upon their best 7 events, though dropped 5 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 135thplace overall with 27.959 total points. Bale ranks 168th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.338 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	1	3	0	0.250	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
2020	23	15	26	6.52	11.30	-4.78	3.04	6.52	2.14	1.73	0.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	14	13	16	0	1-1	0-1	4-2	0.93	1.14	0.36	0.57

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	9	2	10	1	0-0	0-1	1-1	0.22	1.11	0.71	0.11

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2018: Braden Calvert
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2017: Andrew Hunt
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2016: Trevor Loreth
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2014: Sean Grassie
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2006: Randy Neufeld
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2005: Peter Nicholls
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2004: Dennis Bohn
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