Walter Runner-Up at 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown

SKIP
Meghan
Walter

Third
Kelly
Schafer

Second
Sara
Oliver

Lead
Mackenzie
Elias

Meghan Walter (Winnipeg, MB) lost 8-1 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown, held October 13 - 16, 2022 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Walter won 4-2 over Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 5-3 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Walter finished 5-1 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walter defeated Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) 6-3, then won 6-5 against Tirinzoni. Walter went on to lose 7-6 against Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC). Walter responded with a 8-6 win over Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Walter won 6-5 against Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg , SWE) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 6-5 against Eunjung Kim (Gangneung , KOR) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown, Walter take home 38.500 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN prize, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with 79.492 total points. Walter ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	43	31	0	0.581	9-3	3-12	0-4	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	552	466	393	8.44	7.12	1.32	4.82	4.42	1.75	1.61	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	264	336	90	20	13-2	20-4	71-11	1.27	0.34	0.43	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	288	130	303	22	4-8	7-17	18-62	0.45	1.05	0.52	0.30

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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