Tracy Horgan
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Tracy Horgan 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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Horgan is a three time Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...

 junior champion skip, having won the "provincial" championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

In 2005, Horgan actually did not skip the Northern Ontario team, but threw last stones. Instead, the team's second, Jennifer Horgan held the broom. At the 2005 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....

, Horgan finished with a 7-5 record, just out of the playoffs.

In 2006, with Horgan at skip, they finished with a 7-4 record, tied for third place with Nova Scotia (skipped by Sarah Rhyno). This would mean they had to play in a tie-breaker match, which Nova Scotia would win.

In 2007, Horgan once again won seven games, and lost five, however, this would not be enough to make the playoffs.

In 2008, Horgan's team graduated to the women's level, and the team qualified for the 2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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....

. The team finished with a 3-6 record.

Horgan's rink qualified for the 2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be the 2009 edition of the Ontario provincial women's curling tournament. It will be held January 26-February 1 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario...

, having lost to Krista McCarville in the Northern Ontario final, which is good enough to qualify. The team finished with a 4-5 record.

Horgan won the Northern Ontario championship in December 2009 (McCarville got an automatic bye to the 2010 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2010 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2010 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be the 2010 edition of the Ontario provincial women's curling championship. It was held January 4–10 at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team will represent Ontario at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in...

 as the defending champion), earning her team a right to play in the 2010 provincial championship.

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