Ballance1-3 at 2025 Astec Safety Challenge

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Beau
Cornelson

Second
Nathan
Kelba

Lead
Chris
Pratt

James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance lost 7-4 to Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 7-5 win over Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Ballance went on to lose 7-3 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Ballance lost 8-6 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Ballance earned 2.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Ballance move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 2.437 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 113th overall with 20.695 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ballance ranks 103rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.001 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	12	33	0	0.267	3-2	1-7	1-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	341	209	296	6.13	8.68	-2.55	4.11	4.90	1.49	1.77	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	172	167	78	16	3-3	9-5	31-12	0.97	0.45	0.28	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	169	42	218	18	0-3	0-22	11-43	0.25	1.29	0.43	0.18

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Winnipeg, MB
2024: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2007: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Ryan Fry, Rob Fowler, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Jon Mead, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson, Rob Bucholz, Glen Kennedy, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2004: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan, Jim Cotter, Kevin MacKenzie, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2003: John Morris
John Morris, Shane Park, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2002: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
Strongfield, SK
2001: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller
, SUI
2000: Rob Ewen
Andreas Schwaller
, SK
1999: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Bob Ursel, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
, BC
1998: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK
1997: Doug Walker
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Beaumont, AB
1995: Lowell Peterman
Lowell Peterman, Trevor Sparks, Kelly Row, Peter Innes
Red Deer, AB
1994: Ed Lukowich
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Calgary, AB