Balsdon Reaches 2011 Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel Semifinals

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Chris
Ciasnocha

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	9.31
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) run at the 2011 Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-6 loss to Daryl Shane (Kitchener, ON). of the 2011 Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; Balsdon advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-1 win over Cory Heggestad (Barrie, ON). of the 2011 Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel in Barrie, Ontario, Canada;

Balsdon finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Willie MacPherson (Alliston, ON) 7-3, then went on to lose 6-3 against Shane. Balsdon responded with a 7-6 win over Garth Mitchell (Grimsby, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 5-3 against Heggestad. Balsdon responded with a 9-0 win over Dayna Deruelle (Brampton, ON). Balsdon won 5-4 against Denis Belanger (Toronto, ON), then won 8-2 against Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 5.200 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 67.815 total points. Balsdon ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.075 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

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2023: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Landan Rooney, Connor Duhaime, Robert Currie
Grimsby, ON
2022: Yannick Schwaller
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2019: Sandy MacEwan
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2018: John Willsey
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,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
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, ON
2016: Chad Allen
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