CHAMPION: Balderston Wins 2016 Grande Prairie Cash Spiel

Grande Prairie, Alberta

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Les
Sonnenberg

Second
Rob
Bucholz

Lead
Del
Shaughnessy

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	11.84
PA/G:	4.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) won 9-1 over Tyler Pfeiffer (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Grande Prairie Cash Spiel, held October 28 - 30, 2016 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Balderston won 8-6 over Graham Powell (Grande Prarie, AB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Grande Prairie Cash Spiel in Grande Prairie, Alberta; and won 7-2 over Scott Webb (Peace River, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Balderston finished 3-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston defeated Kevin Hrab (Fort St. John, BC) 8-2, then won 6-2 against Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB) and 7-3 against Webb in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Grande Prairie Cash Spiel Championship title, Balderston earned 10.457 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 60 spots the World Ranking Standings into 155th place overall with 20.957 total points. Balderston ranks 109th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.457 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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