- Chelsea Carey
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Chelsea Carey Born September 12, 1984
Winnipeg, ManitobaTeam Curling club Morden CC, Morden, Manitoba Skip Chelsea Carey Third Kristy McDonald Second Kristen Foster Lead Lindsay Titheridge Career Top CCA ranking 5th (2010-11) Grand Slam victories 1: (Manitoba Lotteries: 2010) Chelsea Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler.
Carey is the daughter of former Brier champion Dan Carey. Carey curled in six provincial junior championships, but did not win the event. She did win the 2000 Juvenile Provincial championship which she followed up with a silver medal at the 2001 Canadian Juvenile championship. She was also the high school provincial champion in 2002.
Carey has come closest to winning a provincial women's champion in 2011, when she lost to Cathy Overton-Clapham. In 2009, she was the Manitoba Curling Tour champion that year, and has won a number of World Curling Tour events including the 2005 Manitoba Lotteries Wheat City Curling Classic, the 2006 Interlake Pharmacy Classic (playing third for Barb Spencer in both events), and the Interlake Pharmacy Classic again in 2009.
In October 2010 Carey skipped her team to their first Grand Slam victory. Carey defeated Cathy Overton-Clapham 7-3 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba to claim first place in the Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic.[1] In January 2011 Carey continued her winning ways with her rink emerging victorious in the Manitoba Curling Tour (MCT) Championships in Morris, Manitoba. Her rink overcame an early round robin loss, winning 5 games in a row to reach the finals where they defeated Kim Link 6-4. http://www.curlmanitoba.org/editorial;story,946;Lyburn-Carey-Win-MCT-Championships-Team-Fowler-Wins-Safeway-Berth
Carey posed for the 2011 "Women of Curling Calendar".[2] She has a Bachelors of Commerce from the University of Manitoba and works as a marketing representative for Sealy Canada.
Grand Slam record
Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 Autumn Gold Q DNP DNP Q Q Q Manitoba Lotteries Q Q Q Q C Q Sobeys Slam N/A DNP DNP N/A F Players' Championships DNP DNP DNP Q QF 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
External links
References
- ^ Paul Wiecek (October 25, 2010). "Carey captures $15,000 prize". Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Carey-captures-15000-prize-105734873.html. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- ^ Paul Wiecek (October 22, 2010). "They Rock". Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/curling/they-rock-105510438.html. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
Categories:- Living people
- 1984 births
- Canadian women curlers
- Curlers from Manitoba
- People from Winnipeg
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