Wark Reaches 2023 Island Shootout Semifinals

SKIP
Sarah
Wark

Third
Shawna
Jensen

Second
Alyssa
Kyllo

Lead
Catera
Park

Sarah Wark (Abbotsford, BC) run at the 2023 Island Shootout came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Kristen Ryan (Maple Ridge, BC). of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Wark finished 4-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wark defeated Roselyn Craig (Victoria, BC) 7-4, then won 8-7 against Kelly Ellis (Richmond, BC) and 10-6 against Steph Jackson-Baier (Victoria, BC). Wark won 7-5 against Holly Hafeli (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Wark earned 1.813 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Island Shootout. Wark move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 0.109 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 138th overall with 10.878 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Wark ranks 151st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	15	0	0.400	1-3	1-3	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	184	151	150	8.21	8.15	0.05	4.57	4.84	1.80	1.69	0.60

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	88	105	39	4	4-1	9-1	20-4	1.19	0.44	0.39	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	96	46	111	7	1-6	3-8	8-16	0.48	1.16	0.50	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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