CHAMPION: Walker Wins 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Avonair

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Kate
Cameron

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Nadine
Scotland

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	12.06
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) won 5-2 over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair, held December 17 - 19, 2021 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Walker won 8-3 over Adele Kezama (St Albert, AB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Avonair in Edmonton, Alberta;

Walker finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker lost 7-2 to Scheidegger, then responded with a 9-2 win over Krysta Hilker (Edmonton, AB). Walker won 10-1 against Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-2 against Kezama in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair Championship title, Walker earned 27.565 world rankings points along with the $2,113CDN first prize cheque. Walker move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 14.206 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 205.211 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walker ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 119.008 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	37	31	0	0.544	17-8	5-10	3-7	0-3	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	550	449	366	8.16	6.65	1.51	4.78	4.35	1.71	1.53	0.87

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	269	319	80	22	6-0	24-3	66-11	1.19	0.30	0.39	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	281	130	286	26	2-5	8-20	29-54	0.46	1.02	0.55	0.28

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