Blandford Reaches 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic Semifinals

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Matthew
Blandford

Third
Evan
Asmussen

Second
Brent
Hamilton

Lead
Brad
Chyz

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	8.66
PA/G:	7.01
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) run at the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-3 loss to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; Blandford advanced through the quarterfinals with a 10-1 win over Matt Willerton (Edmonton, AB). of the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta;

Blandford finished 5-2 in the 24 team Red Deer Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 2 - 5, 2012 in , . In their opening game, Blandford defeated Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) 5-4, then won 7-5 against Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB) and 8-6 against Tom Appelman (Edmonton, AB). Blandford went on to lose 5-1 against Koe. Blandford responded with a 8-4 win over Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN). Blandford went on to lose 7-1 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Blandford responded with a 7-1 win over Scott Manners (North Battleford, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Blandford earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Red Deer Curling Classic, moving up 20 spots the World Ranking Standings into 58th place overall with 24.931 total points. Blandford ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.175 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	7	3	0	0.700	3-1	3-2	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	67	58	47	8.66	7.01	1.64	4.93	4.03	1.76	1.74	1.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	34	37	14	5	2-0	2-3	6-0	1.09	0.41	0.34	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	33	21	33	2	0-0	3-1	3-12	0.64	1.00	0.32	0.36

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