CHAMPION: Balsdon Wins 2013 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Mark
Bice

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.85
PA/G:	5.19
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) won 5-2 over New York's Heath McCormick in the Final of the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel, held October 17 - 20, 2013 at the Stroud Curling Club in Innisfil, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 6-5 over Jake Higgs (Glencoe, ON) in the semifinals of the 2013 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-1 over Bill Irwin (Barrie, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada;

Balsdon finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Ontario's Jeff Clark 7-5, then went on to lose 7-4 against Matt Paul (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon responded with a 9-1 win over Ken Leach (Stroud, ON). Balsdon won 8-6 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Championship title, Balsdon earned 6.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 10 of the event schedule, Balsdon did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. 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

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