[[1:31.8038]] CHAMPION: Balderston Wins 2017 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel

Original 16 WCT Bonspiel

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CHAMPION: Balderston Wins 2017 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel

Nov 10 - 12, 2017

Grande Prairie, Alberta
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SKIP
Kurt
Balderston
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Third
Terry
Meek
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Second
Rob
Bucholz
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Lead
Del
Shaughnessy
  
Games: 7  
Record: 7W - 0L  
PF/G: 9.25  
PA/G: 5.28  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.56  
Steal Defense: 0.00  
Force Efficiency: 0.63  
Steal Efficiency: 0.17  
Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) won 8-7 over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in the Final of the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel, held November 10 - 12, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Balderston won 5-4 over Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in the semifinals of the 2017 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta; and won 8-2 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta;
 
Balderston finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston defeated Stefan Staehli (Bern, SUI) 8-5, then won 9-5 against Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK) and 6-2 against Daylan Vavrek (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
For winning the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel Championship title, Balderston earned 31.804 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 14 of the event schedule, Balderston did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 651st place on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Balderston ranks 545th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 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 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  1 vs. Staehli (SUI) - WTR:68 W 8-5
  3 vs. deConinck Smith (SK) - WTR:51 W 9-5
  5 vs. Vavrek (AB) - WTR:134 W 6-2
  PO1 vs. Thompson (NS) - WTR:52 W 5-3
  QF vs. Sturmay (AB) - WTR:67 W 8-2
  SF vs. Thompson (NS) - WTR:52 W 5-4
  CF vs. Brewster (SCO) - WTR:41 W 8-7

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