Backer

SKIP
Diana
Backer

Third
Lorna
Alfrey

Second
Kathy
Pioer

Lead
Laurie
Schreiner

Diana Backer (Edmonton, AB) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Backer finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Backer lost 8-4 to Saskatchewan's Jill Shumay, then responded with a 8-7 win over Bobbie Sauder (Edmonton, AB). Backer went on to lose 8-1 against Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi-Do, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 10 of the event schedule, Backer did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 217th to 219th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Backer ranks 369th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

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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