Ballance0-4 at Saville Grand Prix

Okotoks/Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Kolby
MacDonald

Second
Michael
Keenan

Lead
Oliver
Burton

Games:	4
Record:	0W - 4L
PF/G:	4.58
PA/G:	12.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.09
Steal Efficiency:	0.00

James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) finished 0-4 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance lost 6-4 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Ballance lost 8-1 to Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). Ballance lost 7-3 to Kevin Tym (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

. Ballance move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 2.662 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 105th overall with 19.239 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ballance ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.050 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	7	26	0	0.212	2-2	0-1	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	231	134	196	5.80	8.48	-2.68	3.77	4.98	1.54	1.70	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	110	103	47	9	2-0	2-3	24-8	0.94	0.43	0.28	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	121	31	149	20	1-2	3-13	2-33	0.26	1.23	0.41	0.16

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