2010 Sobeys Slam
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The 2010 Sobeys Slam
is the third women's Grand Slam event of the 2010-11 curling season. It is taking place from November 11 to 14 at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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It is the third ever Sobeys Slam event, and the first since the event was put on hiatus from the 2009-10 season. The total purse of the event is $C 60,000.
Sobeys Slam
The Sobeys Slam is the third Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in November in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.The event began in 1998 as the Sobeys Curling Classic. It was added as a Grand Slam event for the 2007-08 curling season, and was renamed the "Sobeys Slam"...
is the third women's Grand Slam event of the 2010-11 curling season. It is taking place from November 11 to 14 at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait....
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It is the third ever Sobeys Slam event, and the first since the event was put on hiatus from the 2009-10 season. The total purse of the event is $C 60,000.
Teams
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
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Melissa Adams | Sandy Comeau | Stacey Leger | Sarah Berthelot | Moncton, New Brunswick Moncton, New Brunswick Moncton is a Canadian city, located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River Valley, and lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces... |
Suzanne Birt Suzanne Birt Suzanne Birt is a Canadian curler from Covehead, Prince Edward Island.... |
Shelly Bradley Shelly Bradley Shelly Bradley born Shelly Danks on November 17, 1970 in Dalhousie, New Brunswick) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Suzanne Birt out of the Charlottetown Curling Club in Charlottetown.... |
Robyn MacPhee Robyn MacPhee Robyn MacPhee is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Suzanne Birt.... |
Leslie MacDougall | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Erika Brown Erika Brown Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.... |
Nina Spatola Nina Spatola Nina Spatola is a curler from McFarland, Wisconsin, USA.Nina Spatola began curling in 1998 and six years later made her first United States Junior National Championships. She would compete in five more Junior Nationals winning the title in 2006 and 2008. As a member of the Junior Championship team... |
Ann Swisshelm Ann Swisshelm Ann Swisshelm is a curler from Chicago, Illinois. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver.... |
Laura Hallisey Laura Hallisey Laura Hallisey is a curler from Medfield, Massachusetts.In 2005 Laura Hallisey made her National debut at the United States Junior Championships. She would ultimately compete in four Junior Nationals winning the Silver medal in 2006 and 2007.Laura Hallisey competed in her first United States... |
Madison, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.... |
Chelsea Carey Chelsea Carey Chelsea Carey is a Canadian curler.Carey is the daughter of former Brier champion Dan Carey.Carey curled in six provincial junior championships, but did not win the event. She did win the 2000 Juvenile Provincial championship which she followed up with a silver medal at the 2001 Canadian Juvenile... |
Kristy Jenion | Kristen Foster | Lindsay Titheridge | Morden, Manitoba Morden, Manitoba Morden is a small town with a population of 6571 located in the Pembina Valley region of southern Manitoba, Canada. Morden is less than ten minutes west of neighbouring Winkler, and a relatively short distance to Pembina Valley Provincial Park... |
Marie Christianson | Christie Lang | Jane Snyder | Anna Sampson | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Jennifer Crouse | Sheena Gilman | Jocelyn Adams | Jill Thomas | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Kerri Einarson | Janice Blair | Susan Baleja | Alison Harvey | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Jacqueline Harrison | Lori Eddy | Kimberly Tuck | Julie Columbus | Elmvale, Ontario |
Amber Holland Amber Holland Amber Holland is a Canadian curler. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts... |
Kim Schneider Kim Schneider Kim Schneider is a Canadian curler from Kronau, Saskatchewan. She currently plays third for Amber Holland.Schneider grew up in the small village of Kronau, Saskatchewan outside of Regina... |
Tammy Schnedier | Heather Kalenchuk Heather Kalenchuk Heather Mary Yvonne Kalenchuk is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently plays lead for Amber Holland.... |
Kronau, Saskatchewan Kronau, Saskatchewan Kronau is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 209 in the Canada 2006 Census.... |
Rachel Homan Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian curler from Orleans, Ontario. Homan is a former Canadian Junior Champion.-Career:... |
Emma Miskew Emma Miskew Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six... |
Alison Kreviazuk Alison Kreviazuk Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink.... |
Lisa Weagle Lisa Weagle Lisa Weagle is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. Weagle is the lead on the team skipped by Rachel Homan out of the Ottawa Curling Club.... |
Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Colleen Jones Colleen Jones Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row... |
Heather Smith-Dacey Heather Smith-Dacey Heather Smith-Dacey is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia.... |
Blisse Comstock Blisse Comstock Blisse Comstock is a Canadian curler from Halifax. She is a former Canadian Junior curling champion. She currently plays second for Heather Smith-Dacey.... |
Teri Lake Teri Lake Teri Lake is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead for Heather Smith-Dacey... |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (curler) Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:... |
Kaitlyn Lawes Kaitlyn Lawes Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion... |
Jill Officer Jill Officer Jill Officer is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer plays second for the 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion teams skipped by Jennifer Jones. She currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband Devlin Hinchey.Officer has played with Jones since... |
Dawn Askin Dawn Askin Dawn Askin is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays lead for Jennifer Jones.... |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Andrea Kelly Andrea Kelly Andrea Kelly is a Canadian curler from Aroostook, New Brunswick.Andrea is originally from Aroostook, New Brunswick and started curling in her youth at the Perth-Andover Legion Curling Club along with her brothers Blake and Michael.Kelly skipped Team New Brunswick in both the 2002 and 2004 Canadian... |
Denise Nowlan | Jillian Babin | Lianne Sobey Lianne Sobey Lianne Sobey is a Canadian curler from New Brunswick. She plays lead for Andrea Kelly.She won the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships with Kelly, and then a bronze medal at the 2005 World Junior Curling Championships. Sobey won the 2009 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts with... |
Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art... |
Patti Lank Patti Lank Patti Lank is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.-Career:Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to compete in fifteen National Championships. In March 2010 she will compete... |
Caitlin Maroldo | Jessica Schultz Jessica Schultz Jessica Schultz is an American curler from Richfield, Minnesota. She currently plays lead for Erika Brown... |
Christina Schwartz | Lewiston, New York Lewiston, New York Lewiston is a village in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 2,781 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Morgan Lewis, an early 19th-century governor of New York. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Village of Lewiston,... |
Stefanie Lawton Stefanie Lawton Stefanie Lawton is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Championships, she would go on to win the 2000 Championships with the help of her team of sister Marliese Miller , Stacy Helm and Amanda MacDonald . At the worlds that year, she... |
Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan.Anderson has been to five Scott Tournament of Hearts, four as a skip. Her first Scotts were in 1994 when her team lost in the semi-final. Anderson returned the following year, but finished out of the playoffs at 6-5... |
Sherri Singler | Marliese Kasner Marliese Kasner Marliese Kasner is a Canadian curler from Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. She plays lead for her sister, Stefanie Lawton.-Career:Kasner is a two-time Canadian Junior Champion, having won the title in 2000 playing third for her sister, and winning it in her own right as skip in 2003... |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Sherry Middaugh Sherry Middaugh Sherry L. Middaugh is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Before marrying world champion curler Wayne Middaugh, she was known as Sherry Scheirich.... |
Jo-Ann Rizzo | Lee Merklinger | Leigh Armstrong | Coldwater, Ontario |
Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead is a Scottish curler. Muirhead is a four-time world junior champion, having won in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. She curls out of the Curling Club in Dunkeld, a small town just north of Perth.-World Junior Curling Championships:... |
Kelly Wood Kelly Wood Kelly Wood is a Scottish curler who has represented her home country and Great Britain and Northern Ireland on an International and Olympic scale.... |
Lorna Vevers Lorna Vevers Lorna Vevers is a Scottish curler living in Lockerbie. She won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships. She played lead for Team Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics.... |
Anne Laird Anne Laird Anne Laird is a Scottish curler. She plays lead for Eve Muirhead.In 1991, Laird won a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships playing lead for Gillian Barr.... |
Stirling, Scotland |
Shelly Nichols | Stephanie LeDrew | Rhonda Rogers | Colette Lemon | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... |
Erin Carmody Erin Carmody Erin Carmody is a Canadian curler from Prince Edward Island. A native of the town of Summerside, Carmody was a biology student at the University of Prince Edward Island when she broke onto the curling scene by winning three consecutive provincial junior championships, twice with an undefeated record... |
Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Kathy O'Rourke Kathy O'Rourke Kathleen "Kathy" O'Rourke is a retired Canadian curler from Summerside, Prince Edward Island. She is a six-time provincial champion and is a former Canadian Mixed Champion.... (skip) |
Tricia Affleck Tricia Affleck Tricia Affleck is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Meaghan Hughes out of the Charlottetown Curling Club in Charlottetown.... |
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler... |
Breanne Meakin Breanne Meakin Breanne Meakin is a Canadian curler. She is a 4-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion . She has won a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships. Meakin currently plays for lead Cathy Overton-Clapham.-Career:Meakin had a successful Junior career... |
Leslie Wilson | Raunora Westcott | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Collen Pinkney | Wendy Currie | Shelley MacNutt | Susan Creelman | Truro, Nova Scotia Truro, Nova Scotia -Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :... |
Sarah Rhyno | Jennifer Brine | Jessica Bradford | Samantha Carey | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Cindy Ricci | Jolene Campbell Jolene Campbell Jolene Campbell is a Canadian curler from Humboldt, Saskatchewan.Campbell is the alternate for the current Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion team, the Amber Holland rink. She has played in two Scotties as a member of the team, going 6-5 in 2010 and winning it in 2011... |
Natalie Bloomfield | Kristy Johnson | Estevan, Saskatchewan Estevan, Saskatchewan Estevan is the eighth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located at , which is near the southeastern corner of the province. The Souris River runs by the city. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5.-History:... |
Heather Strong Heather Strong Heather Strong is a Canadian curler.Strong is the current Provincial Director of the Terry Fox Foundation and an avid curler... |
Laura Strong Laura Strong Laura Strong is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador.Strong, sister to Heather Strong, has played in six Tournament of Hearts for her home province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... |
Jen Cunningham | Stephanie Leachman | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Valerie Sweeting Valerie Sweeting Valerie "Val" Sweeting is a Canadian curler from Vegreville, Alberta. Sweeting surprised many by skipping the winning team at the 2010 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.... |
Leslie Rogers | Megan Einarson | Whitney More | Edmonton, Alberta |
Kirsten Wall Kirsten Wall Kirsten Wall is a Canadian curler from Oakville, Ontario.In 1995 she won the provincial junior curling championship as a skip earning her team the right to represent Ontario at the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships... |
Hollie Nicol | Danielle Inglis | Jill Mouzar Jill Mouzar Jillian Mouzar [pronounced MOW-zer] is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead for Kirsten Wall's Oakville, Ontario rink.Mouzar started curling in Liverpool, Nova Scotia... |
Oakville, Ontario Oakville, Ontario Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road... |