Barker Reaches 2023 Great Western Brewing Bonspiel Quarters

SKIP
Penny
Barker

Third
Christie
Gamble

Second
Jenna
Enge

Lead
Danielle
Sicinski

Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) qualified for the 2023 Great Western Brewing Bonspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK). of the 2023 Great Western Brewing Bonspiel in Saskatoon;

Barker finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barker defeated Jill Shumay (Maidstone, SK) 8-6, then won 7-1 against Amelie Blais (Saskatoon, SK) and 7-5 against Michelle Englot (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Barker earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Great Western Brewing Bonspiel, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 115.250 total points. Barker ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.750 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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