Balsdon Reaches 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Semifinals

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
Don
Bowser

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.68
PA/G:	6.79
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) run at the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Balsdon advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-6 win over Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa, ON). of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Balsdon finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost 5-1 to Ritchie Gillan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 5-4 win over Yannick Martel (Kenogami, QC). Balsdon won 8-5 against Bryan Cochrane (Russell, ON), then won 6-5 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) and 4-3 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS). Balsdon won 6-4 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 29.686 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 184.692 total points. Balsdon ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.831 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

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