Balsdon Reaches 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel Semifinals

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Chris
Gardner

Second
Brad
Kidd

Lead
Andrew
Denny-Petch

Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) run at the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-0 loss to Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN). of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada; Balsdon advanced through the quarterfinals with a 11-3 win over Xiu Yue Ma (Changchun, CHN). of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;

Balsdon finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Greg Park (Oshawa, ON) 10-3, then won 8-7 against Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 8-7 against Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 12.185 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 71st place overall with 64.801 total points. Balsdon ranks 163rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.185 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

2019: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Alex Champ, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener, ON
2018: Jia Liang Zang
Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Yanlong Ma, Jin Bo Wang
Harbin, CHN
2006: Greg Richardson
Greg Richardson, Daryl Smith, Paul Winford, Mike Potter
Ottawa, ON
2005: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Gary Harris, Rick Allen, Dave Draper
, QC

Quebec's Jean-Michel Menard (Photo: Curling Canada) defeated Japan's Shinya Abe 4-2 to open the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard with a win.

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