Barker Reaches 2023 MCT Challenge Semifinals

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Penny
Barker

Third
Christie
Gamble

Second
Jenna
Enge

Lead
Danielle
Sicinski

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.00
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.86
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) run at the 2023 MCT Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-1 loss to Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN).

Barker finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barker defeated Zhuo Han (HARBIN, CHN) 2-0, then won 7-3 against Lisa McLeod (Winnipeg, MB). Barker went on to lose 5-4 against Sasaki in their final qualifying round match.

Barker earned 7.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the MCT Challenge, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 107.750 total points. Barker ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.250 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

2025: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke , Tom Clasper
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Lisa McLeod
Lisa McLeod, Christine MacKay, Victoria Beaudry, Jolene Callum
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Beth Peterson
Beth Peterson, Jenna Loder, Katherine Remillard, Melissa Kurz, Kelsey Calvert
Winnipeg, MB

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