Georgina Wheatcroft
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Georgina Wheatcroft is a Canadian
curler
.
Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders
. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships
in 1985 for British Columbia. At the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts
, Sanders, Wheatcroft and their British Columbia team won the Hearts defeating Kathie Ellwood in the final. At the World Championships that year, the team won the gold medal defeating Germany
's Andrea Schöpp
in the final. In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders and they lost in the final to Heather Houston
. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to Julie Sutton
's team, and they also qualified for the Hearts. However at the Hearts, they would lose in their first playoff game. Wheatcroft would not go back to the Hearts until 2000.
In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for Kelley Law
's rink. With Law, Wheatcroft won that year's Scott Tournament of Hearts and World Curling Championships
. The team were runners up at the following 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts
where they lost to Colleen Jones
. The following year the team qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics
as team Canada. The team won the bronze medal.
In 2004, Wheatcroft skipped her own team to the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
, but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that year's Hearts champion Jennifer Jones to replace Cathy Gauthier
, and she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to play with the team. She was added prior to that year's Olympic trials. However the team had a 5-4 record at the trials. Wheatcroft had the opportunity to play in the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts
, because Jones had won it the previous year, and thus got to play in 2006 as Team Canada. The team lost in the final to Kelly Scott
of British Columbia.
2006 saw Wheatcroft return to playing with Kelley Law, as her third. In 2007, the team made their way back to the national championship, now called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts after winning the B.C. Provincial Championship on January 28, 2007 with her new team. At the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
, they finished with a 5-6 record.
In 2008, she once again skipped her own team who qualified that season for the 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
.
Key
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...
curler
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...
.
Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders
Pat Sanders
Pat Sanders is a Canadian curler and world champion.-Championships:Sanders became world champion in 1987 with the Canadian team.Her team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, and reached the final in 1988, finishing second....
. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the 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....
in 1985 for British Columbia. At the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts
1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Lethbridge, Alberta.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:-Draw 2:-Draw 3:-Draw 4:-Draw 5:-Draw 6:-Draw 7:...
, Sanders, Wheatcroft and their British Columbia team won the Hearts defeating Kathie Ellwood in the final. At the World Championships that year, the team won the gold medal defeating Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's Andrea Schöpp
Andrea Schöpp
Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich....
in the final. In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders and they lost in the final to Heather Houston
Heather Houston
Heather Houston is a Canadian curler and world champion.-International championships:Houston became world champion in 1989 as skip for the Canadian team...
. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to Julie Sutton
Julie Skinner
Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....
's team, and they also qualified for the Hearts. However at the Hearts, they would lose in their first playoff game. Wheatcroft would not go back to the Hearts until 2000.
In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for Kelley Law
Kelley Law
Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia...
's rink. With Law, Wheatcroft won that year's Scott Tournament of Hearts and World Curling Championships
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...
. The team were runners up at the following 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The final pitted 1999 champions Colleen Jones and her Nova Scotia team against the defending champions Kelley Law who represented team Canada...
where they lost to 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...
. The following year the team qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
as team Canada. The team won the bronze medal.
In 2004, Wheatcroft skipped her own team to 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...
, but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that year's Hearts champion Jennifer Jones to replace Cathy Gauthier
Cathy Gauthier
Cathy Gauthier is a Canadian curler and broadcaster.Gauthier, who was the long time second for Connie Laliberte, last played the lead position on the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts championship team of Jennifer Jones. Gauthier also won two championships with Laliberte in 1992 and 1995, before...
, and she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to play with the team. She was added prior to that year's Olympic trials. However the team had a 5-4 record at the trials. Wheatcroft had the opportunity to play in the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, February 25, 2006 – March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the defending...
, because Jones had won it the previous year, and thus got to play in 2006 as Team Canada. The team lost in the final to Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:...
of British Columbia.
2006 saw Wheatcroft return to playing with Kelley Law, as her third. In 2007, the team made their way back to the national championship, now called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts after winning the B.C. Provincial Championship on January 28, 2007 with her new team. At the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's women's curling championship, was held February 17-25 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. It marks the first year under the Scotties brand name. The winner was the defending champions Team Canada, under skip Kelly Scott...
, they finished with a 5-6 record.
In 2008, she once again skipped her own team who qualified that season for the 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, British Columbia's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 20-25 at the Parksville Curling Club in Parksville...
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Grand Slam record
| Event | 2006–07 2006-07 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-Men's:-Women's:-WCT Money Ranking:... |
2007–08 2007-08 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:*... |
2008–09 2008-09 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:-WCT Money Ranking:... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Gold Autumn Gold Curling Classic The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is the very first Grand Slam event of the season on the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the... |
DNP | Q | Q |
| Casinos of Winnipeg Casinos of Winnipeg Women's Curling Classic The Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic is the second Grand Slam event of the season on the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in October at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba... |
QF | Q | DNP |
| Wayden Transportation Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic The Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic, also known as the Abbotsford Ladies was a Grand Slam event on the Women's World Curling Tour. It was held annually in November in Abbotsford, British Columbia... |
Q | Q | QF |
| Sobeys Slam 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"... |
N/A | Q | DNP |
| Players' Championships Players' Championships The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament... |
SF | DNP | DNP |
Key
- C - Champion
- F - Lost final
- SF - Lost semi final
- QF - Lost quarter final
- Q - Did not make playoffs
- DNP - Did not participate in event
- N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-85 | Georgina Hawkes | Christine Stevenson | Tracey Barwick | Marni McNeil |
| 1986-87 | Pat Sanders Pat Sanders Pat Sanders is a Canadian curler and world champion.-Championships:Sanders became world champion in 1987 with the Canadian team.Her team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, and reached the final in 1988, finishing second.... |
Georgina Hawkes | Louise Herlinveaux | Deb Massullo |
| 1987-88 | Pat Sanders Pat Sanders Pat Sanders is a Canadian curler and world champion.-Championships:Sanders became world champion in 1987 with the Canadian team.Her team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, and reached the final in 1988, finishing second.... |
Louise Herlinveaux | Georgina Hawkes | Deb Massullo |
| 1988-89 | Julie Sutton Julie Skinner Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
Pat Sanders Pat Sanders Pat Sanders is a Canadian curler and world champion.-Championships:Sanders became world champion in 1987 with the Canadian team.Her team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, and reached the final in 1988, finishing second.... |
Georgina Hawkes | Melissa Soligo |
| 1999-00 | Kelley Law Kelley Law Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia... |
Julie Skinner Julie Skinner Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
Georgina Wheatcroft | Diane Nelson |
| 2000-01 | Kelley Law Kelley Law Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia... |
Julie Skinner Julie Skinner Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
Georgina Wheatcroft | Diane Nelson |
| 2001-02 | Kelley Law Kelley Law Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia... |
Julie Skinner Julie Skinner Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
Georgina Wheatcroft | Diane Nelson |
| 2002-03 | Kelley Law Kelley Law Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia... |
Julie Skinner Julie Skinner Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
Georgina Wheatcroft | Diane Dezura Diane Dezura Diane Dezura is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.She is world champion from 2000.-References:... |
| 2003-04 | Goergina Wheatcroft | Diane McLean | Shellan Reed | Diane Dezura Diane Dezura Diane Dezura is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.She is world champion from 2000.-References:... |
| 2004-05 | Georgina Wheatcroft | Diane Gushulak | Kristen Recksiedler | Mila Hockley |
| 2005-06 | 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:... |
Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler... |
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... |
Georgina Wheatcroft |
| 2006-07 | Kelley Law Kelley Law Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia... |
Georgina Wheatcroft | Shannon Aleksic | Darah Provencal |
| 2007-08 | 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... |
Georgina Wheatcroft | Kate Hamer | Darah Provencal |
| 2008-09 | Georgina Wheatcroft | Steph Jackson | Kristen Windsor | Niki Hatter |
| 2009-10 | Georgina Wheatcroft | Steph Jackson | Sarah Wark | Kristen Windsor |