Astec Safety Challenge: Brad Jacobs vs. James Ballance

Draw Jan 8 - 2:30 pm		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score
	Brad Jacobs Edmonton, AB		0	0	2	2	0	3	0	X	7
	James Ballance Okotoks/Edmonton, AB		0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Skip:

Brad
Jacobs

Third:

Marc
Kennedy

Second:

Brett
Gallant

Lead:

Ben
Hebert

Skip:

James
Ballance

Third:

Beau
Cornelson

Second:

Nathan
Kelba

Lead:

Chris
Pratt

Brad Jacobs

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 0L
PF/G:	7.95
PA/G:	6.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

James Ballance

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 0L
PF/G:	6.45
PA/G:	8.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.42
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Brad Jacobs

Games:	92
Record:	69W - 23L
Extra Ends:	0W - 1L
One-Point Games:	1W - 2L
PF/G:	8.16
PA/G:	5.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.66
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

James Ballance

Games:	45
Record:	12W - 33L
Extra Ends:	1W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 1L
PF/G:	6.13
PA/G:	8.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Brad Jacobs

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 7th End vs. Sam Mooibroek (Mar 5, 2025)
> 5 in 8th End vs. Aaron Bartling (Mar 2, 2025)
> 5 in 5th End vs. Scott Manners (Jan 9, 2025)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 5 in 4th End vs. Aaron Bartling (Mar 2, 2025)
> 5 in 1st End vs. Niklas Edin (Jan 17, 2025)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 4 in 5th End vs. Korey Dropkin (Jan 15, 2025)
> 4 in 5th End vs. Kevin Koe (Dec 16, 2024)
> 4 in 4th End vs. Mike McEwen (Sep 28, 2024)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 5 in 5th End vs. John Epping (Dec 14, 2024)

James Ballance

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 4 in 2nd End vs. Niklas Edin (Jan 9, 2025)
> 4 in 8th End vs. Craig MacAlpine (Dec 12, 2024)
> 4 in 7th End vs. Dwayne Romanchuk (Nov 15, 2024)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 2 in 9th End vs. Warren Kozak (Jan 3, 2025)
> 2 in 2nd End vs. Kenan Wipf (Dec 14, 2024)
> 2 in 8th End vs. Dwayne Romanchuk (Dec 13, 2024)
> 2 in 9th End vs. Craig MacAlpine (Dec 12, 2024)
> 2 in 1st End vs. Jared Jenkins (Nov 17, 2024)
> 2 in 7th End vs. Takumi Maeda (Nov 3, 2024)
> 2 in 8th End vs. Korey Dropkin (Nov 1, 2024)
> 2 in 8th End vs. Rhett Friesz (Oct 12, 2024)
> 2 in 1st End vs. Shinya Abe (Sep 20, 2024)
> 2 in 1st End vs. John Shuster (Sep 19, 2024)
> 2 in 6th End vs. Wesley Wendling (Sep 13, 2024)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 5 in 8th End vs. Peter Hlushak (Nov 2, 2024)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 4 in 5th End vs. Ben Kiist (Dec 13, 2024)
> 4 in 6th End vs. Mark Kean (Nov 10, 2024)
> 4 in 2nd End vs. Ryan Jacques (Nov 2, 2024)

Jacobs wins Olympic Trials

Calgary's Brad Jacobs (Photo: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver) defeats Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone 6-5, winning 2 games to 0 in a best-of-three final at the Montana's Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Halifax, N.

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