Cathy Cunningham
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Cathy Cunningham is a Canadian
curler
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Cunningham played in her first Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, in 1988 as a third for Maria Thomas. The team finished 6-5. Cunningham returned again in 1991 as a skip but finished with a 2-9 record. In 1993 she returned again, playing third for Thomas once again, this time finishing with a 5-6 record. The next year she joined up with Laura Phillips and the team lost in their final tie-breaker match to Sherry Anderson
of Saskatchewan. Cunningham was Phillips' third for the next three Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a 5-6 record in 1995 and 1996 and losing to Alison Goring
of Ontario in the 1997 semi-final.
Cunningham would not return to the Hearts until the 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts
where she skipped her own team to a 3-8 record. At the 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts
her team finished the round-robin with a 6-5 record, but they managed to make the playoffs, where they beat Jan Betker
of Saskatchewan and then Suzanne Gaudet of Prince Edward Island before losing to defending champion Colleen Jones
in the final.
At the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
, Cunningham finished 6-5 once again but did not qualify for the playoffs.
In January 2008, Cunningham won the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
playing third for Heather Strong
.
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...
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Cunningham played in her first Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, in 1988 as a third for Maria Thomas. The team finished 6-5. Cunningham returned again in 1991 as a skip but finished with a 2-9 record. In 1993 she returned again, playing third for Thomas once again, this time finishing with a 5-6 record. The next year she joined up with Laura Phillips and the team lost in their final tie-breaker match to 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...
of Saskatchewan. Cunningham was Phillips' third for the next three Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a 5-6 record in 1995 and 1996 and losing to Alison Goring
Alison Goring
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...
of Ontario in the 1997 semi-final.
Cunningham would not return to the Hearts until the 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The defending champion, representing Team Canada, Colleen Jones and her rink from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia won her second straight...
where she skipped her own team to a 3-8 record. At the 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario from February 15 to 23. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her third straight championship...
her team finished the round-robin with a 6-5 record, but they managed to make the playoffs, where they beat Jan Betker
Jan Betker
Janice "Jan" Betker is a Canadian curler. Betker is best known for playing third on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three world championships and an Olympic gold medal in the 1990s...
of Saskatchewan and then Suzanne Gaudet of Prince Edward Island before losing to defending champion 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...
in the final.
At the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta from February 21 to 29 2004. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her fourth straight championship...
, Cunningham finished 6-5 once again but did not qualify for the playoffs.
In January 2008, Cunningham won the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling tournament was held February 16-24, 2008 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winner was the 2005 champion team from Manitoba, under skip Jennifer Jones. In winning, they became the first team since Kelley Law's...
playing third for 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...
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