CHAMPION: Barker Wins 2019 Highland SWCT Event

SKIP
Penny
Barker

Third
Deanna
Doig

Second
Christie
Gamble

Lead
Danielle
Sicinski

Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) won 6-4 over Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Barker won 8-6 over Michelle Englot (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2019 Highland SWCT Event in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 7-2 over Jessica Mitchell (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Highland SWCT Event in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Barker finished 2-1 in the 14 team Highland SWCT Event qualifying round, held October 25 - 27, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Barker defeated Krystal Englot (Regina, SK) 8-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Mandy Selzer (Regina, SK). Barker responded with a 6-4 win over Mitchell in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Highland SWCT Event Championship title, Barker earned 18.524 world rankings points along with the $1,700CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 57th place overall with 83.954 total points. Barker ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.272 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	1	0	0.833	0-0	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	44	39	28	8.86	6.36	2.50	6.14	3.64	1.44	1.75	0.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	17	21	3	0	0-0	1-0	4-1	1.24	0.18	0.29	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	27	18	25	1	0-1	1-2	4-4	0.67	0.93	0.50	0.44

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