Ballance Runner-Up at 2019 Airdrie U18 Junior Mens Bonspiel

Okotokes, Alberta

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Ayden
Whittmire

Second
Ethan
Drysdale

Lead
Justin
Murray

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	7.95
PA/G:	7.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

James Ballance (Okotokes, AB) lost 8-1 to Alberta's Josh Kroker in the Final of the Airdrie U18 Junior Mens Bonspiel, held November 8 - 10, 2019 in Airdrie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Ballance won 5-4 over Kinley Burton (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Airdrie U18 Junior Mens Bonspiel in Airdrie, Alberta; and won 4-3 over Alberta's Kaleb Lis in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Airdrie U18 Junior Mens Bonspiel in Airdrie, Alberta;

Ballance finished 3-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance defeated Alberta's Ethan Knopp 10-5, then won 8-5 against Nathan Kelba (Calgary, AB) and 7-6 against Burton in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 16 of the event schedule, Ballance did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ballance 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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