Balsdon Reaches 2011 Sun Life Classic Quarters

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Chris
Ciasnocha

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	8.60
PA/G:	7.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) qualified for the 2011 Sun Life Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI).

Balsdon finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost 6-0 to Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON), then responded with a 9-2 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Balsdon won 8-4 against Mike Harris (Oakville, ON), then won 7-1 against Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) and 6-4 against Jake Higgs (Harriston, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 8-2 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Balsdon responded with a 9-4 win over Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 15.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Sun Life Classic, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 91.815 total points. Balsdon ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.075 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

2005: Kirk Ziola
Kirk Ziola, Darcy Tomchick, Jake Higgs, Kevin Ackerman
Ilderton, ON
2006: Dwayne Fowler
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Montreal, QC
2007: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater,
2008: Glenn Howard
Dwayne Fowler, Michael Fournier, Brad Fitzherbert, Sebastien Robillard
Coldwater, ON
2009: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg, Viktor Kjell
Karlstad, SWE

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