CHAMPION: Balsdon Wins 2022 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Jordan
Keon

Second
Curtis
Samoy

Lead
Trevor
Talbott

Greg Balsdon (Richmond Hill, ON) won 6-2 over Jasmin Gibeau (Buckingham, QC) in the Final of the Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships, held November 21 - 26, 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 12-4 over Rob Johnson (Irricana, AB) in the semifinals

Balsdon finished 6-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Jeff Lacey (Saint John, NB) 7-2, then won 6-5 against Rod Feltham (Gander, NL) and 12-4 against Northwest Territories's Jim Lockhart. Balsdon won 7-5 against Ron Schmidt (Comox Valley, BC), then won 13-2 against Wade Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) and 6-3 against Gibeau in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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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