Ballance1-3 at 2024 ATB Okotoks Classic

Okotoks/Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Beau
Cornelson

Second
Nathan
Kelba

Lead
Chris
Pratt

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	11.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance lost 8-2 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN), then responded with a 7-5 win over Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Ballance went on to lose 7-6 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Ballance lost 7-1 to Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Ballance earned 2.063 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 8 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

2024: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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