Megan Balsdon

Megan Balsdon (born May 10, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from London, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Hollie Duncan.

Megan Balsdon
Curler
Born (1982-05-10) May 10, 1982
Toronto, Ontario
Team
SkipHollie Duncan
ThirdMegan Balsdon
SecondRachelle Strybosch
LeadTess Bobbie
Career
Member Association Ontario
Top CTRS ranking16th (2018–19)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Canada
Winter Universiade
2009 Harbin

Career

In 1998, Balsdon won the Ontario Bantam Mixed championships playing third for skip Bobby Reid.[1] In 2001, she won the Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships playing third for Carrie Lindner.[2] The team represented Ontario at the 2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, finishing with an 8-4 round robin record. The team would place third after losing to Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Gaudet in the semifinal game.[3]

After juniors, Balsdon joined the Kelly Cochrane rink, playing third for Cochrane until 2006. Balsdon then re-united with Lindner as her third, winning the 2006 Shorty Jenkins Classic, their first World Curling Tour event together. The team would play in two Grand Slam events, the 2007 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic and the 2008 Sobeys Slam. Balsdon and Lindner added Julie Reddick as their skip in 2011, with Balsdon throwing second stones. The team won the 2012 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau. Balsdon remained as a member of the Reddick rink until forming her own team in 2014. Balsdon would make it to her first Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts as a skip in 2015. At the 2015 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she and her rink of Jessica Corrado, Stephanie Corrado and Laura Hickey finished in last place, with a 2-7 record. Balsdon returned to the Ontario Scotties in 2017 with this team, finishing with a worse record of 1-6.

Balsdon joined the Julie Tippin rink as her third in 2018. The team played in the 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing in the final to Rachel Homan. Tippin left the team after the season, and Balsdon took over as skip, adding Lynn Kreviazuk at third to join the front end players of Rachelle Strybosch and Tess Bobbie.

Personal life

Balsdon works as a biomechanical engineer. She attended York Mills Collegiate Institute and the University of Guelph. She is the sister of 2014 Ontario Tankard champion Greg Balsdon.[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Women_2001.pdf
  4. "Familiar house for curler Sherry Middaugh | Toronto Sun". 2015-01-16.
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