Maureen Bonar is a Canadian

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...

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Bonar is a four time provincial champion- twice as a skip.

After having won the 1982 provincial junior championships as skip, Bonar joined up with Patti Vande as her lead and won the 1983 provincial championships earning them the right to represent Manitoba at the 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts

1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts

The 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Prince George, British Columbia. -Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:-Draw 2:-Draw 3:-Draw 4:-Draw 5:-Draw 6:...

. The team finished 6-4, and out of the playoffs.

Ten years later, Bonar won her second provincial championships- this time as skip. At the 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts

1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts

The 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Brandon, Manitoba.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:-Draw 2:-Draw 3:-Draw 4:-Draw 5:-Draw 6:-Draw 7:-Draw 8:...

, Bonar lost in the final to Saskatchewan's 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...

 (then Peterson).

Bonar won her third provincial championships in 1996. At the 1996 Scott Tournament of Hearts

1996 Scott Tournament of Hearts

The 1996 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Thunder Bay, Ontario. -Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:-Draw 2:-Draw 3:-Draw 4:-Draw 5:-Draw 6:-Draw 7:-Draw 8:...

, Bonar finished 6-5 and lost in a tie-breaker against her provincial rivals, team Connie Laliberte

Connie Laliberte

Connie Laliberte is a Canadian curler from Manitoba and world champion.-Championships:Laliberte became world champion in 1984 as skip for the Canadian team....

 who won the Hearts the year before. In 1997, Laliberte had Bonar join her team as an alternate in their failed attempt to qualify for the 1998 Winter Olympics

1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

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Bonar won her last provincial championships in 2004 playing second for Lois Fowler. The team lost in the semi-final to Marie-France Larouche

Marie-France Larouche

Marie-France Larouche is a Canadian curler.Larouche is a former national junior curling champion, having won the title in 1999 with her team of Nancy Bélanger, Marie-Ève Létourneau, Valerie Grenier and Véronique Grégoire. Larouche won the championship after four previous unsuccessful attempts...

 of Quebec.

In 2009 Bonar was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame.