CHAMPION: Barker Wins 2017 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties

SKIP
Penny
Barker

Third
Deanna
Doig

Second
Lorraine
Schneider

Lead
Danielle
Sicinski

Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) won 10-7 over Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in the Final of the Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties, held January 24 - 29, 2017 in Melville, Saskatchewan.

Barker finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barker defeated Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) 9-8, then went on to lose 8-6 against Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK). Barker lost 6-4 to Nancy Martin (Saskatoon, SK) where Barker responded with a 9-3 win over Mandy Selzer (Balgonie, SK). Barker went on to lose 8-7 against Kim Schneider (Kronau, SK). Barker responded with a 7-4 win over Chantelle Eberle (Regina, SK). Barker went on to lose 6-5 against Silvernagle. Barker responded with a 8-6 win over Brett Barber (Biggar, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Championship title, Barker earned 15.225 world rankings points, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 69th place overall with 88.093 total points. Barker ranks 66th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.567 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

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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