Walker Reaches 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Kate
Cameron

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Nadine
Scotland

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.73
PA/G:	6.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI).

Walker finished 4-0 in the 32 team Canad Inns Women's Classic qualifying round, held October 17 - 20, 2019 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. In their opening game, Walker defeated Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggidi, KOR) 6-2, then won 7-2 against Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) and 9-3 against Lauren Horton (Waterloo, ON) to advance to the A-Qualifier where they 9-8 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Walker earned 34.186 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Canad Inns Women's Classic. Walker move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 22.504 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 169.949 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walker ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 76.499 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	4	1	0	0.800	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	37	36	23	9.73	6.22	3.51	4.86	3.78	2.00	1.64	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	19	27	7	3	1-0	3-1	6-1	1.42	0.37	0.63	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	18	9	16	2	0-1	1-0	1-3	0.50	0.89	0.60	0.33

2019: Elena Stern
Briar Huerlimann, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Breanne Knapp
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nina Roth
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Becca Hamilton
Blaine, USA
2016: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2015: EunJung Kim
EunJung Kim, KyeongAe Kim, SeonYeong Kim, YeongMi Kim, MinJung Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Lawnie MacDonald, Kristie Moore, Rona Pasika
Grande Prairie, AB
2010: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Michelle Englot
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Regina, SK
2007: Shannon Kleibrink
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Calgary, AB
2006: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac
Delisle, SK
2005: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

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