Alberta's James Ballance Reaches McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Semifinals

Alberta

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Kolby
MacDonald

Second
Michael
Keenan

Lead
Oliver
Burton

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.71
PA/G:	7.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Alberta's James Ballance run at the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-5 loss to Darren Moulding (Calgary, AB). of the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada; Ballance advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win over Alberta's Mike Lambert. of the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada;

Alberta's James Ballance finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Alberta's James Ballance defeated Rhett Friesz (Calgary, AB) 8-1, then went on to lose 7-5 against Alberta's Mike Lambert. Alberta's James Ballance lost 7-3 to Alberta's Kevin Tym in their final qualifying round match.

Alberta's James Ballance earned 5.100 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic. Alberta's James Ballance gained 1.2 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 118thplace overall with 16.577 total points. Alberta's James Ballance ranks 78th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.150 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	10	32	0	0.238	3-3	0-3	1-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	301	178	248	5.91	8.24	-2.33	3.79	4.98	1.56	1.65	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	148	138	64	13	2-0	5-4	32-10	0.93	0.43	0.29	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	153	40	184	24	1-3	4-15	3-39	0.26	1.20	0.45	0.16

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