Walker Reaches 2019 Meridian Canadian Open Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Cathy
Overton-Clapham

Second
Lori
Olson-Johns

Lead
Laine
Peters

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.92
PA/G:	7.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Nina Roth (Chaska, USA). of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan;

Walker finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker lost 8-5 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 7-5 win over Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI). Walker won 4-3 against Tracy Fleury (Winnipeg, MB), then won 8-6 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Walker earned 36.197 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Meridian Canadian Open. Walker gained -0.65100000000001 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 11thplace overall with 237.178 total points. Walker ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 178.704 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

2024: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Brendan Bottcher
Ottawa, ON
2024: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Ryan Fry
Ottawa, ON
2023: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2020: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters
Calgary, AB
2017: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO

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