CHAMPION: Barker Wins 2022 Regina Highland SWCT Event

SKIP
Penny
Barker

Third
Christie
Gamble

Second
Jenna
Enge

Lead
Danielle
Sicinski

Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) won 4-0 over Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Regina Highland SWCT Event, held November 25 - 27, 2022 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Barker won 8-7 over Jana Tisdale (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 Regina Highland SWCT Event in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 5-4 over Nancy Martin (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Regina Highland SWCT Event in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Barker finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barker lost 6-5 to Jessica Mitchell (Saskatoon, SK), then responded with a 10-0 win over Callan Hamon (Regina, SK). Barker won 7-4 against Anderson, then won 10-8 against Amelie Blais (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Regina Highland SWCT Event Championship title, Barker earned 26.250 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 20th place overall with 138.701 total points. Barker ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 71.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	26	13	0	0.667	4-1	2-1	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	285	257	185	9.02	6.49	2.53	5.37	4.14	1.68	1.57	0.49

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	130	164	44	4	5-0	14-1	25-9	1.26	0.34	0.35	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	155	93	141	10	3-4	5-11	13-21	0.60	0.91	0.58	0.39

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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