Walker Reaches 2021 Boost National Quarters

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Kate
Cameron

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Nadine
Scotland

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

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 MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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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