Barker1-3 at Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown

SKIP
Penny
Barker

Third
Christie
Gamble

Second
Jenna
Enge

Lead
Danielle
Sicinski

Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) finished 1-3 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barker lost 10-1 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), then responded with a 7-4 win over Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). Barker went on to lose 6-1 against Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB). Barker lost 6-5 to Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Barker earned 2.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 43rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.125 after improving upon their best so far this season. Barker ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	18	16	0	0.529	2-3	4-4	0-3	0-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	249	193	171	7.75	6.87	0.88	4.70	4.66	1.65	1.47	0.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	120	113	61	8	3-0	10-4	15-9	0.94	0.51	0.25	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	129	80	110	8	2-0	4-7	17-24	0.62	0.85	0.57	0.38

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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