Super spare Laura Walker will be skipping her own squad in the grandslamcurl Canadian Open. | JonathanBrazeau
Sorry teams, but if you need a super spare for the Meridian Canadian Open, Edmonton’s Laura Walker is not available.
Walker had quite an interesting 2019 in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling appearing in five events with five different lineups. She started the year skipping her former team in the Meridian Canadian Open, made a mid-event emergency appearance at second with Team Homan during the Players’ Championship, subbed at skip on Team Flaxey for the Humpty’s Champions Cup, skipped her new team in the KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 and filled in at lead on Team Jones at the BOOST National.
Almost like Undercover Boss, playing other positions and seeing a different side of the game has not only helped Walker expand her repertoire but also gain a new appreciation of what her teammates do for her as a skip. “There were definitely some rocks that if Jocelyn wasn’t there with me, I probably would not have put in the right spot,” Walker said with a laugh. “I relied on her a lot to help me judge. Just putting yourself into a position where you need to do something totally different and on-demand in a high-pressure situation like a Slam playoff game, that’s pretty tough for a spare.”
“When it’s Jennifer Jones your mind defaults to her,” Walker said. “That wasn’t too hard to do just because of the skip I was playing with.”
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