Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge , Alberta . She is a former provincial junior champion. She currently coaches the University of Lethbridge curling team.
11-490: Scheidegger won the 2009 Alberta Junior Curling championships with teammates Kalynn Park , younger sister Jessie Haughian , and Jayme Coutts . The rink represented Alberta at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships , where they finished the round robin in second place with a 9–3 record. However, they lost the semi-final to Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes . Scheidegger has been playing in World Curling Tour events since
22-666: A Paralegal. She is the daughter of curler Kevin Park and was married to Brock Virtue . This biographical article relating to Canadian curling is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Charley Thomas Charley M. Thomas (born April 4, 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia ) is a Canadian curler from Calgary who currently skips his own rink on the World Curling Tour . Thomas started his career with an Alberta Provincial Junior title in 2004 and made his debut on
33-509: A consecutive World Junior title by defeating Niklas Edin of Sweden . After juniors, Thomas skipped his own team before teaming up with Chris Schille in 2008, throwing fourth stones for the team. Thomas played one season with Schille. Thomas returned to skipping between 2010 and 2014, and joined the Virtue rink for the 2014-15 season. Thomas and teammate Kalynn Park won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at
44-466: A strong week, starting the tournament with a 7–1 record, but her team would take 3 key losses to finish the championship pool at 7–4, just out of the playoffs. Scheidegger was less successful at the 2019 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts , failing to qualify for the playoffs. However, strong play that season qualified her rink for a second chance in the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts wild card game, where they beat Team Kerri Einarson , qualifying
55-487: Is married to Duncan Koning and they have two sons. Kalynn Park Kalynn Park (born September 12, 1988) is a Canadian curler and curling coach . She is right-handed. She and Charley Thomas won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship . Park is a graduate of the University of Alberta and Athabasca University . She works as
66-427: The 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts , she lost in the playoff qualifying game. Scheidegger won her first grand slam event at the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open , which was also the first major slam she played in. Later that month, at the 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts , she lost in the semifinal to Val Sweeting . Scheidegger and team played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials , finishing
77-514: The 2004–05 season. As of the 2019–20 season , she has played in 19 Grand Slam events, including the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Autumn Gold Curling Classic , which is no longer a Grand Slam event. Scheidegger qualified for her first women's provincial championship in 2011 , where she won two games before being eliminated after five matches. Scheidegger qualified for her second provincials in 2012 where she had
88-473: The event with a 3–5 record. Later that season, at the 2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts , Scheidegger won the B event in the triple knockout, putting her in the A vs B page playoff against Chelsea Carey . She won that game and played Shannon Kleibrink in the final. In an extra end, she stole the win, winning the right to represent Alberta at the Scotties. At the national Scotties , Scheidegger would have
99-641: The national and international curling scene representing Alberta and winning the 2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships (Thunder Bay, Ontario) and 2006 World Junior Curling Championships (Jeonju, Korea). Thomas and team also qualified for the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships by winning the 2007 Alberta Junior Provincials at the Granite Curling Club in Edmonton , Alberta . He went on to win his second straight Canadian Junior title over Brett Gallant 's rink from Prince Edward Island , as well as
110-449: The same result. She qualified once again in 2013 where she would again win her first two games, and then lose three straight. At the 2014 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts , she improved upon her previous results, by winning three games before being knocked out of competition in the triple knock-out event. At the 2015 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts , she finally led her team to the playoffs, before she lost to Chelsea Carey . At
121-429: The team for the main event. At the Scotties, Scheidegger led her team to a 7–4 record, for a fifth-place finish, just outside the playoffs. Scheidegger won her first ever Grand Slam event (excluding defunct events, which are not counted by media reports) when she won the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open . Scheidegger is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge . She works as a teacher with Palliser Regional Schools . She
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