Astec Safety Challenge: Wouter Gosgens vs. James Ballance

Draw Jan 9 - 11:00 am		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score
	Wouter Gosgens Zoetermeer, NED		0	1	0	0	3	2	1	X	7
	James Ballance Okotoks/Edmonton, AB		2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3

Skip:

Wouter
Gosgens

Third:

Laurens
Hoekman

Second:

Jaap
van Dorp

Lead:

Tobias
van den Hurk

Skip:

James
Ballance

Third:

Beau
Cornelson

Second:

Nathan
Kelba

Lead:

Chris
Pratt

Wouter Gosgens

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 0L
PF/G:	7.45
PA/G:	8.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

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

Wouter Gosgens

Games:	72
Record:	26W - 46L
Extra Ends:	0W - 2L
One-Point Games:	0W - 3L
PF/G:	6.70
PA/G:	7.32
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

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

Wouter Gosgens

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)

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