Alison Goring
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Alison Goring is a Canadian
curler
.
Goring is a former Canadian champion skip, having won the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts
. She was also a successful junior curler, having won the 1983 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
.
Goring won her first provincial championship
in 1990. Her Ontario rink would with that years' Scott Tournament of Hearts, defeating the Nova Scotia team, skipped by Heather Rankin
. Her win gave her the right to represent Canada at the 1990 World Championships. At the 1990 Worlds, they lost to Norway's Dordi Nordby
in the semi-final.
Her Hearts win in 1990 gave her team the right to represent team Canada at the 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts. At that tournament, her team finished with 6 wins and 5 losses. She returned to the Hearts in 1995, finishing with a 7-4 record, just missing the playoffs. The 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts
was her last to date, losing to Sandra Schmirler
's Saskatchewan rink in the final.
Goring's team participated in the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
, but finished with a 3-6 record.
Goring skips her current team whilst throwing lead rocks, an unusual combination in the sport.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
.
Goring is a former Canadian champion skip, having won the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as...
. She was also a successful junior curler, having won the 1983 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 20 as of December 31 in the year prior to the tournament....
.
Goring won her first provincial championship
Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Ontario provincial curling championship for women's curling. The winning team represents the province at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts....
in 1990. Her Ontario rink would with that years' Scott Tournament of Hearts, defeating the Nova Scotia team, skipped by Heather Rankin
Heather Rankin
Heather Rankin is a Canadian curler currently residing in Alberta.While living in Nova Scotia, Rankin won the provincial junior championships in 1984 and would skip the Nova Scotia team at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships...
. Her win gave her the right to represent Canada at the 1990 World Championships. At the 1990 Worlds, they lost to Norway's Dordi Nordby
Dordi Nordby
Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international...
in the semi-final.
Her Hearts win in 1990 gave her team the right to represent team Canada at the 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts. At that tournament, her team finished with 6 wins and 5 losses. She returned to the Hearts in 1995, finishing with a 7-4 record, just missing the playoffs. The 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts
1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Vancouver, British Columbia. It would be the final Scott Sandra Schmirler would win before her death in 2000.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:-Draw 2:...
was her last to date, losing to Sandra Schmirler
Sandra Schmirler
Sandra Marie Schmirler, SOM , was a Canadian curler, who captured three Canadian Curling Championships and three World Curling Championships. Schmirler skipped her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year curling was a medal sport...
's Saskatchewan rink in the final.
Goring's team participated in the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held Nov. 22-30, 1997 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Final Standings:-Playoffs:-Final Standings:...
, but finished with a 3-6 record.
Goring skips her current team whilst throwing lead rocks, an unusual combination in the sport.
Team mates 2011-2012
- Cheryl McPherson (Fourth)
- Katherine Kaino (Third)
- Mallory Buist (Second)