Ballance1-3 at Red Deer Curling Classic

Okotoks/Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Kolby
MacDonald

Second
Michael
Keenan

Lead
Oliver
Burton

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	9.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.07

James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) finished 1-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance defeated Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then went on to lose 9-5 against Cameron Bryce (Kinross , SCO). Ballance lost 7-6 to Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB). Ballance lost 7-3 to Davies in their final qualifying round match.

Ballance earned 1.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Ballance move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 0.637 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 117th overall with 18.639 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ballance ranks 101st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.925 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	15	34	0	0.306	3-3	0-3	1-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	357	229	279	6.41	7.82	-1.40	3.95	4.73	1.62	1.65	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	177	172	73	20	3-0	10-4	37-12	0.97	0.41	0.32	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	180	57	206	27	1-3	5-17	6-45	0.32	1.14	0.44	0.21

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