Penny Barker

Barker was the alternate on the Mandy Selzer rink that represented Canada at the 2006 World Junior Curling Championships. The team won the silver medal that year. She represented the University of Regina at five Canadian university championships, including winning a silver in 2007.[4]

Barker began skipping a women's team in 2007, after playing third for Karen Purdy in the 2006–07 season.[5] Barker played in her first Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. Her then rink of third Susan Lang, second Melissa Hoffman and lead Danielle Sicinski lost all three of their games in the triple knock-out tournament. Barker formed a new team in 2013 with Deanna Doig at third, Tamara Haberstock at second and Sarah Slywka at lead. They played in the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic, where her team made it all the way to the quarterfinals. Barker also played in the 2011 and 2013 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[6] At the 2011 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, her team of third Amanda Craigie, second Sicinski and lead Haberstock finished the event with a 1–4 record. At the 2013 event, Barker and her team of Lang, Hoffman and Sicinski finished with a 2–3 record.

Barker began the 2014–15 season by playing in the 2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic, failing to advance to the playoffs. She was however able to win two Saskatchewan Curling Tour events, qualifying her rink for the 2015 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they finished 2–3. The next season, her rink of Doig, Hoffmann and Sicinski finished 3–3 at the 2016 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, once again failing to advance.

Barker won the 2017 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts the following season despite entering the tournament as an underdog. Her team finished 4–4 through the round robin before winning the tiebreaker and three straight playoff games to claim the title.[7] She defeated heavily favored teams Stefanie Lawton in the semifinal and Robyn Silvernagle in the final by scoring four in the tenth end.[8] At the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they were one of two teams making their debut appearance at the hearts and it showed as they finished the round robin with a 1–10 record, only defeating Nova Scotia's Mary Mattatall.[9]

With her Saskatchewan Scotties championship rink Doig, Schneider and Sicinski, Barker had a good start to the 2017–18 season, winning the DEKALB Superspiel on the World Curling Tour.[10] They also finished runner-up at the Medicine Hat Charity Classic and won two Saskatchewan Curling Tour events. She would not defend her provincial title however, losing in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game at the 2018 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts to Sherry Anderson, who went on to win the event.[11] The rink added Christie Gamble to the lineup for the 2018–19 season, replacing Schneider.[12] They qualified for the 2019 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but failed to advance to the playoffs after a 4–4 round robin record.[13] The team stayed intact the following season and won three more Saskatchewan Tour events. Their successful results qualified them for the 2020 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which was held in a triple knockout format this year.[14] They qualified for the playoffs through the C side before losing to the Sherry Anderson rink in 3 vs. 4 game, like in 2018.