Balsdon

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
Don
Bowser

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	10
Record:	5W - 5L
PF/G:	7.61
PA/G:	7.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Balsdon finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon lost 10-5 to Codey Maus (London, ON), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON) where Balsdon responded with a 11-2 win over Cory Heggestad (Stroud, ON). Balsdon won 7-4 against Dayna Deruelle (Kingston, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 9-6 against Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON). Balsdon lost 9-8 to John Epping (Toronto, ON) where Balsdon responded with a 6-5 win over Glenn Howard (Toronto, ON). Balsdon won 8-6 against Scott Bailey (Dundas, ON), then won 10-5 against Mike Harris (Toronton, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 5.460 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 25 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

Epping Perfect at Shorty Jenkins Classic

Northern Ontario's John Epping (Photo: AMJ Shorty Jenkins Classic) defeated Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller 5-3 to go 8-0 and claim the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic.

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