OCT Championships --

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Chris
Ciasnocha

Second
Tyler
Morgan

Lead
Jamie
Farnell

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.22
PA/G:	5.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Balsdon advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Manitoba). of the 2011 OCT Championships in Oakville, Ontario;

Balsdon finished 4-0 in the 30 team OCT Championships qualifying round, held September 7 - 11, 2011 in , . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Ben Bevan (Ajax, ON) 8-7, then won 8-2 against Mike Anderson (Markham, ON) and 7-5 against Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON). Balsdon won 5-4 against Jon St. Denis (Stouffville, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 10.650 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the OCT Championships, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 59.390 total points. Balsdon ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.650 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	1	0	0.833	3-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	45	37	26	8.22	5.78	2.44	5.33	4.00	1.54	1.44	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	22	31	0	2	0-0	2-0	7-0	1.41	0.00	0.45	0.00

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	23	6	26	1	0-0	1-1	0-6	0.26	1.13	0.61	0.17

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2019: John Epping
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2018: Yannick Schwaller
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2017: Bruce Mouat
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2016: Niklas Edin
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