Walker Runner-Up at 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Saville Shoot-Out

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Kate
Cameron

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Nadine
Scotland

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.96
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-1 to Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Saville Shoot-Out, held September 10 - 13, 2021 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Walker won 6-3 over Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Saville Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Kelsey Rocque (Edmotnon, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Saville Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Walker finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker defeated Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) 7-1, then won 5-4 against Sarah Wark (Abbotsford, BC) and 9-2 against Claire Booth (Red Deer, AB). Walker went on to lose 4-2 against Brown in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Curling Series: Saville Shoot-Out, Walker take home 36.628 world rankings points along with the $2,873CDN prize, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 11th place overall with 122.831 total points. Walker ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.628 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: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2022: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Lethbridge, AB
2017: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray, Kelly Schafer
Perth , SCO
2016: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2014: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
Edmonton, AB
2013: Crystal Webster
Crystal Webster, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Samantha Preston
Calgary, AB
2012: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Kirsten Wall, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2010: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jessica Mair, Laine Peters
Edmonton, AB
2009: Cathy King
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Edmonton, AB
2008: Mirjam Ott
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Davos, SUI
2007: Bingyu Wang
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Harbin, CHN
2006: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Nikki Smith, Twyla Bruce, Tina McDonald
Grande Prairie, AB

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