Blandford1-4 at 2018 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic

Victoria, British Columbia

SKIP
Matthew
Blandford

Third
Chris
Baier

Second
Derek
Ryan

Lead
Cal
Jackson

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	5.79
PA/G:	7.63
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Matthew Blandford (Victoria, BC) finished 1-4 in the 24 team Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 23 - 26, 2018 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. In their opening game, Blandford lost 6-5 to Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, MB), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Blandford lost 8-3 to Matt Tolley (Penticton, BC) where Blandford responded with a 4-1 win over Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC). Blandford went on to lose 7-4 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Blandford earned 3.053 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 183rd place overall with 17.345 total points. Blandford ranks 193rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.199 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	1	4	0	0.200	0-1	1-2	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	38	22	29	5.79	7.63	-1.84	3.95	4.47	1.47	1.71	1.58

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	18	17	9	2	0-0	1-0	4-4	0.94	0.50	0.31	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	20	5	20	4	0-0	0-1	1-6	0.25	1.00	0.42	0.20

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2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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