Balsdon Reaches 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec Semifinals

Montreal, Quebec

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Jeffrey
Stewart

Second
Ian
South

Lead
Christian
Bouchard

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.35
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Greg Balsdon (Montreal, QC) run at the 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Mark Homan (Gatineau, QC). of the 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Val-d, Quebec; Balsdon advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win over Joel Charbonneau (Val d'Or, QC). of the 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Val-d, Quebec;

Balsdon finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Yves Cloutier (La Sarre, QC) 8-4, then won 9-3 against Paulo Bienvenue (Val d'Or, QC) and 7-3 against Caroline Hains (Val d'Or, QC). Balsdon won 8-1 against Jerome Adam (Val D'or, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 8.103 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec. Balsdon move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 5.657 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 108th overall with 36.292 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Balsdon ranks 93rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.172 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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Chicoutimi, QC

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