Walker Reaches 2021 Boost National Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Kate
Cameron

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Nadine
Scotland

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.83
PA/G:	6.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2021 Boost National playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB).

Walker finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker lost 9-7 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), droppimg another game, 7-3 to Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) where Walker responded with a 9-3 win over Irene Schori (Langenthal, SUI). Walker won 6-5 against Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB), then won 6-1 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Walker earned 35.331 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Boost National. Walker move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 25.896 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 177.646 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walker ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.443 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2025: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2024: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Brendan Bottcher
Ottawa, ON
2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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