Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian curler from Calgary , Alberta . She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip.
62-468: 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 Manitoba high school provincial champion in 2002. Carey has won a number of World Curling Tour (WCT) events including the 2005 Manitoba Lotteries Wheat City Curling Classic ,
124-551: A Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Manitoba and previously worked as a marketing representative for Sealy Canada . In 2014, Carey helped to raise awareness of the disease ALS by participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge . [1] She currently works as a development and communications manager for KidSport Alberta. World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring
186-600: A 5–6 record, missing the playoffs and settling for seventh place. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On March 13, 2020, Wilkes announced she would be parting ways with the team. Three days later, both Ferguson and Brown announced they would be leaving and the team officially disbanded. Without
248-586: A 7–4 win. Following the season, Amy Nixon left the team and was replaced with veteran third Cathy Overton-Clapham . Carey began the 2017-18 curling season with a mixed doubles tour win with partner Colin Hodgson at the Canad Inns Mixed Doubles Championship . Her four-player team played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa , and were undefeated in round robin play, which gave them
310-401: A 9-2 round robin record, which got them third place. In the playoffs, they first played Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville rink in the 3 vs. 4 game. They lost 8–1 to Northern Ontario, which put them in the bronze medal game. After Northern Ontario lost their semifinal game, the two teams would face each other in a rematch for the bronze medal. This time Carey would prevail, leading her team to
372-431: A 9–2 record to claim first place in the round robin, winning a tie-break because of their 12–5 win over Jennifer Jones and Team Canada on the opening day of tournament. Carey played Jones as Team Alberta and Team Canada squared off in the 1 vs 2 page playoff game. Carey and her team controlled the bulk of the game, emerging victorious with a 7–5 win, with Carey shooting 96% in the game. This vaulted Carey and Team Alberta into
434-485: A Manitoba provincial women's curling championship at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Virden, Manitoba. Carey and her rink came in as the first seed in the tournament, with team Jennifer Jones absent in preparation for their own play in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Carey and her team finished the round robin 5–2, an identical record to veteran skip Darcy Robertson, setting up a tie-breaker game with Robertson for
496-409: A blank in the eighth, Team Fleury earned their first lead of the game with a steal of one in the ninth. In the tenth end, Jennifer Jones had an open hit-and-stick to win the game, however, her shooter rolled two far and she only got one. This sent the game to an extra end where Team Fleury would hold the hammer. On her final shot, Fleury attempted a soft-weight hit on a Jones stone partially buried behind
558-401: A direct berth to the final. There, she faced off against the hometown Rachel Homan rink, losing the game 6–5. The next month, the team lost in both of their playoff matches at the 2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts and were eliminated from winning a provincial title. However, they rebounded the next week by winning the 2018 Meridian Canadian Open Grand Slam event. Despite losing in
620-912: A direct entry to the 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings , the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials held in Carey's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba in December 2013. The victorious team would represent Canada at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi , Russia . At the Olympic Trials the team competed to a 4–3 record, setting up a tie breaker game against Sherry Middaugh , but would lose resulting in a fourth-place finish. January 2014 brought yet another opportunity for Carey and her squad consisting of lead Lindsay Titheridge, second Kristen Foster, and third Kristy McDonald to chase
682-759: A final payoff ranging in the thousands of dollars for the winners. There were 7 major men's and women's tournaments that were held throughout the year, each with a final cash prize of at least $ 100,000 for the winning team. These were the Elite 10 , the Masters , the Tour Challenge , the National , the Canadian Open , the Players' Championship , and the Champions Cup . Together, these events were known as Grand Slam events because of
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#1732920502928744-556: A guard. Her rock, however, curled too much and hit the guard, giving up a steal of one and the game to Team Jones. Team Fleury earned the silver medal from the event, making it Carey's second silver medal at the Canadian Olympic Trials. Back together, Team Carey had a semifinal finish at the DeKalb Superspiel in December 2021. Their next event was the 2022 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts , which they entered as
806-419: A new team for the 2014–2015 season and Carey announced a move to Edmonton to skip a rink composed of Laura Crocker at third, Taylor McDonald at second, and Jen Gates at lead. Carey's first World Curling Tour event after forming her new team was the 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out , which they won. However, the team struggled to gel during the season, alternating between flashes of promise (including winning
868-420: A perfect 8–0 record, becoming only the second women's rink to do so following Carey's team in 2017. This earned them a bye to the Olympic Trials final where they would face Team Jennifer Jones , who they previously defeated in their final round robin game. The team began the game with hammer, but immediately gave up a stolen point. They eventually tied the game after four ends, and later after seven ends 4–4. After
930-571: A row to reach the finals where they defeated Kim Link 6–4. This came on the heels of a second-place finish in the 2011 Canada Cup of Curling in Cranbrook, B.C., where Carey's rink lost the final 9–4 to Jennifer Jones in what was the first national television appearance for Carey and her team. That season, Carey won one WCT event, the 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational . With 95.7 CTRS points, Carey and her team finished 6th in 2011-2012 CTRS points In recognition of their strong season, Carey's rink
992-509: A team for the 2020–21 season , Carey decided to focus on mixed doubles curling with her partner Colin Hodgson . She would, however, participate in the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts , skipping Tracy Fleury 's team out of the East St. Paul Curling Club as Fleury wanted to stay home with her baby daughter, who was diagnosed with infantile spasms , a rare form of epilepsy. At the Hearts, Carey led
1054-610: A team for the 2023–24 season , Carey took on the role of "super spare" for both the Jennifer Jones and Michèle Jäggi rinks. For Jones, she led the trio of Karlee Burgess , Emily Zacharias and Lauren Lenentine to two second place finishes at the 2023 Saville Shootout and the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic , losing the finals to Heather Nedohin (skipping Team Homan) and Silvana Tirinzoni respectively. With Team Jäggi, she played in four events. The team had two quarterfinal finishes at
1116-513: The 2010 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic . That season, she won one other WCT event, the 2011 DEKALB Superspiel . 2011 saw the Carey rink emerge onto the national stage during the 2011-2012 curling season. In December 2011 Carey emerged victorious in the Manitoba Curling Tour (MCT) Championships in Morris, Manitoba . Her rink overcame an early round robin loss, winning five games in
1178-580: The 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts final to Cathy Overton-Clapham after going 7–0 in the round robin. She again made the finals of the 2012 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts after going 5–2 in the round robin. This was the closest Carey had come to winning a provincial championship, losing the final 6–5 on a last rock thrown by Jennifer Jones . At the 2013 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts , her team placed fourth. The consistent performance by Carey and her team from 2011 to 2013 allowed them to accumulate enough CTRS points to qualify as
1240-483: The 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal Team Carey won the bronze after going 9-2 during round robin play. They lost the 1 vs. 2 Page playoff game against defending and eventual repeat champion Rachel Homan and then beat Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton in the bronze medal game. Following the event, the team decided to mutually part ways as some of her teammates were starting families. MacDonald formed
1302-400: The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as Wild Card #2 after Curling Canada used the same format from the 2021 event. At the championship, the team finished with a 4–4 round robin record, not advancing to the playoff round. Team Carey wrapped up their season at the 2022 Players' Championship where they missed the playoffs. On April 3, 2022, the team announced that they would be disbanding at
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#17329205029281364-416: The 2023 Oslo Cup and the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic with Carey skipping the team at the latter. She also spared for Kate Cameron at the 2024 Canadian Open Slam event, leading her team to an 0–4 record. Carey is the daughter of former Brier champion Dan Carey who won playing third for Vic Peters in 1992. She posed for both the 2011 and the 2017 "Women of Curling Calendar". She has
1426-578: The ROGERS Masters of Curling in Brantford, Ontario being defeated 8–3 in the final by Rachel Homan and also collected a 3rd-place finish in the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown en route to accumulating 136.0 CTRS points in the 2012-2013 curling season, good for a 5th-place finish in the standings. Carey has twice come extremely close to winning a Manitoba provincial women's championship. She lost
1488-589: The Red Deer Curling Classic with her team as she slotted in as Team Tracy Fleury 's alternate for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials , held November 20 to 28 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan . Carey hoped to compete in the Trials with her own team but was excluded from doing so after Curling Canada had to modify the qualification process due to the pandemic. Through the round robin, the team went undefeated with
1550-472: The 10th and 11th ends. At the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship , the team struggled and were the first Canadian women's team not to make the playoffs at the championship in twenty years. They finished the season with a quarterfinal finish at the 2019 Players' Championship and by missing the playoffs at the 2019 Champions Cup . Team Carey did not have a strong start to the Grand Slam season, only making
1612-592: The 2006 Interlake Pharmacy Classic (playing third for Barb Spencer in both events), and the Interlake Pharmacy Classic again in 2009, culminating with winning the 2009 Manitoba Curling Tour Championship. 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 at
1674-462: The 2014 Boundary Ford Curling Classic ) and inconsistency. Despite some drama, they put together a strong run at the 2015 Alberta Scotties. Carey, known for her hitting and ability to throw big weight, had a unique metal slider that she had been wearing her entire curling career stolen from the dressing rooms in Lacombe, Alberta. Despite this significant setback and change to her equipment in the middle of
1736-474: The 2015 Alberta Scotties semi-final had decided to take a step back from elite curling to focus more on her family. Nedohin's rink consisting of third Amy Nixon , second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters decided as a group to bring Carey on as skip, hoping to continue their winning ways. In their first season together, the team made the final of the Curler's Corner Autumn Gold Classic, beating Val Sweeting in
1798-506: The Alberta provincials, they earned enough CTRS points during the season to put them into the first Scotties Tournament of Hearts play-in game at the 2018 Hearts . They lost the wild card game to Kerri Einarson , failing to qualify for the Scotties. In mixed doubles play, Carey and Hogdson made it to the semifinal of the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship . At the end of the season,
1860-447: The Brier and Scotties playdowns. The WCT is experimenting with length of games in two interesting ways. The first is that the games are only eight ends long with a 4th end break. The second is that the time clocks only count "thinking time", so the clock goes off when the players throw the rock. The reason is that time clocks, an innovation created to speed up the game, would stop as soon as
1922-506: The Carey rink broke up, and Carey formed a new team with Sarah Wilkes , Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown , playing out of The Glencoe Club in Calgary. Leading up to Alberta provincials, the team had two playoff appearances at Grand Slam of Curling events including a semifinal finish at the Masters . Team Carey qualified for the 2019 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the CTRS leaders from
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1984-525: The European and Asian based Curling Champions Tour to create a worldwide entity focused on growing the game on the international stage. The World Curling Tour World rights holder is now the Zurich Switzerland-based company CCT Event GmbH. This merger has also led to the growth of a Mixed Doubles tour, along with adding Junior and Wheelchair curling tours to expand the offering. Throughout the 2010's,
2046-467: The Grand Slam the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling. Unlike the other World Curling Tour events, these Grand Slams they are played in 8-end games as opposed to the usual 10 end games found in the other WCT events. Another new rule that was first put into practice at the men's nationals in 2014 is the 5 rock rule which increased the 4 rock rule and free guard zone rule by another rock. This changed
2108-537: The Manitoba Scotties playoffs the previous year. This was the third Manitoba Provincial Scotties Final in the last four years for the Carey rink. In the final Carey and her team won 6–2 over Kerri Einarson, running her out of rocks in the 10th end. This clinched their first Manitoba Provincial Scotties Championship and the right to represent Manitoba at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal , Quebec . At
2170-601: The Men's and Women's World Curling Tour began in early August with the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic and had events taking place all throughout the curling season until the Champions Cup in late April. Following the COVID-19 pandemic that cancelled the majority of the events during the 2020–21 season , a large majority of the tour events that made up the WCT left the tour, leaving only a handful of European events. The rest of
2232-492: The WCT introduced a series of Grand Slam events for men which was later followed in 2006 by Grand Slam events for women. These became known as the Grand Slam of Curling and featured large payouts. Originally, curlers who participated in Grand Slam events were obliged to not participate in their respective Brier playdowns, however this was quickly rescinded. Most WCT events are held in the Fall, and early Winter to avoid competing with
2294-403: The best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich , with later assistance from John Kawaja . The World Curling Tour commenced in 1992, with men's events only at first. It replaced the "Canadian Curling Tour" held the previous season. The first season consisted of 48 events (with only one outside Canada), and
2356-400: The championship pool with a 9–2 record which made them the number one seed going into the playoffs. Alberta defeated Saskatchewan's Robyn Silvernagle rink in the 1 vs. 2 game 11–7 and would face Ontario's Rachel Homan rink in the final. Team Carey made history when they came back from a 1–5 deficit to win the championship 8–6 with a total of five stolen points and two missed draws by Homan in
2418-451: The end of the 2021–22 season. Carey, Campbell and Erickson later announced that they would be staying together and adding Liz Fyfe , Team Fleury's former second, to the team for the 2022–23 season . The team also added U.S. curler Jamie Sinclair as their alternate with Sinclair's dual citizenship allowing her to play in Canada. Curling out of Manitoba, the new Carey rink had a strong start to
2480-477: The events continued to be played on the new World Team Ranking System. As of the 2023-2024 curling season As of the 2023-2024 curling season As of the 2023-2024 curling season Janet Harvey Janet Harvey (born March 28, 1967, in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian curler . In 1984, Harvey played second for Darcy Kirkness at that year's Canadian Junior Curling Championships . The team won
2542-488: The final, where they faced Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville . It was a tight, back and forth game tied 6–6 in the 10th end. Ultimately it came down to Carey's final stone, which she used to draw the back 4 foot for a single point sealing a 7–6 victory to claim the national title. Carey and her team represented Team Canada at the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Saskatchewan . After finishing
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2604-469: The game goes to an extra end. The system is now a standard in Curling Canada championship events, though with a 38-minute limit for standard 10-end curling (four minutes for extra ends) and 22 minutes for mixed doubles. The 2018 Canada Cup experimented with breaking the time down by ends — four minutes per end in the first half of the game, and four minutes, 15 seconds in the second half; if time runs out,
2666-542: The large payoff that is associated with them as well as the number of high-level curlers that play in these tournaments. These events are now part of the World Team Ranking System. There also used to be 2 more Grand Slam events for the women called the Sobeys Slam and Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic but these were discontinued in 2010. On October 2, 2006, the license of rights for the Grand Slam of Curling
2728-567: The offending team can play no more rocks in the end. The team with the most winnings at the end of the year wins the Founders Trophy. The winners in 2007 were Kevin Martin 's team who won a total of $ 176,000. A separate Women's World Curling Tour existed, until it was merged into the WCT in 2005. Each of the bonspiel events on the World Curling Tour lasts for approximately 3 days with
2790-506: The playoffs at one of the first four events, the National . They had a strong week at the 2019 Canada Cup going 4–2 through the round robin, qualifying for the playoffs. In the semifinal, they lost to the Tracy Fleury rink 9–4. Carey quoted it was a "tough last couple of events so it was definitely a positive week overall." At the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts , Carey led Team Canada to
2852-456: The provincial playdowns, Carey battled through to the final, but fell to eventual repeat champion Val Sweeting . In the spring of 2015 Carey's team dumped her in favour of Kelsey Rocque who had played with Taylor McDonald in the junior and CIS ranks, With Rocque graduating from junior curling and taking over the team, Carey was left in the lurch, seeking a new team. Two-time Canadian Women's Champion Heather Nedohin whom Carey had defeated in
2914-422: The right to enter the playoffs. Carey and her rink prevailed over Darcy Robertson 7–3 in the tie-breaker game, advancing to the 2 vs. 2 playoff game against another Manitoba Scotties veteran, Janet Harvey . The team won that game 8-2 advancing them to the semi-final where they again won to go on and play in the final. The semi-final brought Carey a small measure of revenge, as Barb Spencer had eliminated Carey from
2976-449: The round robin with an 8–3 record, the team lost both of their playoff matches, settling for 4th place. Carey and her rink began the 2016–17 season by winning the inaugural Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in August 2016, which would be her only tour victory of the season. As defending champions, they represented Team Canada at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts . There, she led the team to
3038-448: The season, reaching the semifinals of the 2022 Martensville International . After qualifying as the fourth seeds for the 2022 PointsBet Invitational , the team lost their opening game to thirteenth ranked Selena Sturmay and were eliminated. In Grand Slam play, Team Carey played in three events, only qualifying at the 2022 Masters where they lost in the quarterfinals to Kerri Einarson. At the 2023 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts ,
3100-481: The semi-final, but eventually losing the final to Rachel Homan . After turning in a solid season on the world curling tour, Carey avenged her 2015 Alberta Scotties final loss by defeating Team Sweeting at the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to earn the right to represent Alberta in the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta . Carey and her rink had a strong round robin, posting
3162-621: The semifinals of the 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic where they were eliminated by Tabitha Peterson . At the event, however, they were able to defeat the likes of Rachel Homan , Jennifer Jones and Jamie Sinclair en route to the semifinals. They earned two more playoff appearances at the Boundary Ford Curling Classic and the SaskTour Women's Moose Jaw where they reached the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. Carey herself had to miss out on competing in
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#17329205029283224-477: The starting strategy of the game as the team with the hammer was able to throw up two guards uncontested instead of the usual 1 allowed with the previously used 4 rock rule. Through the addition of the Grand Slam events and the new rule changes, the WCT is rapidly becoming a well known series to sports fans worldwide. On June 28, 2017, the Canadian-based World Curling Tour officially merged with
3286-407: The stone stopped. With the old system where teams were given 73 minutes of time if a team was losing, they would throw more draw shots which take time. The team that is winning throws more hits and thus ends up with more time if needed. So the WCT moved to "Thinking time" to even out this discrepancy. With this new system, each team is given 40 minutes of “Thinking Time” plus an additional 5 minutes if
3348-421: The team lost their first two games and never recovered, finishing 1–4 and failing to reach the championship round. Shortly following the provincial championship, the team announced they would be disbanding. Carey herself still had one event to play as she spared for Casey Scheidegger at the 2023 Players' Championship . There, she led the team to a 1–4 record, defeating Rachel Homan in their sole victory. Without
3410-515: The team to a 2–3 round robin record, missing the playoffs. On May 19, 2021, it was announced that Carey would move to Saskatchewan to skip the team of Jolene Campbell , Stephanie Schmidt , Jennifer Armstrong and Rachel Erickson for the 2021–22 season . The new Team Carey found success in just their second event together, going undefeated to claim the Craven SPORTS Services Curling Classic tour event title. They then made
3472-449: The team to a 6–6 eighth-place finish. Fleury returned to skip the team at the 2021 Champions Cup , held in the same Calgary bubble in April 2021. There, Fleury led her team to the semifinals where they lost to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni . Fleury left the bubble after the event, and Carey stepped in once again to skip the team, this time for the 2021 Players' Championship . There, Carey led
3534-519: The top ranked team. Team Carey qualified through the A-side of the tournament with a perfect 3–0 record. This earned them a spot in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game where they defeated Penny Barker . In the final, they once again faced the Barker rink. This time, Team Barker would win the match 7–5, despite Team Carey beating them in both the A Final and 1 vs. 2 page playoff game. Despite this, they still qualified for
3596-460: The tour season. They qualified for the playoffs as the "A Qualifier" after defeating Casey Scheidegger 's rink 7–2. They defeated the Kelsey Rocque rink in the A vs. B playoff game 10–2 and would go on to beat them in the final 8–3 after Carey made a double for four in the ninth end. Representing Alberta at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts , they went 7–0 through the round robin and finished
3658-504: The tournament, however there were no Worlds for women until 1988. In 1986 , Harvey returned to the Canadian Juniors as a skip, but lost in the semifinal to Newfoundland's Jill Noseworthy . Since then, Harvey has been to three Scott Tournament of Hearts , (1990, 1997 and 2006) all as a skip, failing to make the playoffs at each one. Harvey had played in every single Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Women's Classic since it became
3720-530: Was named the 2011 World Curling Tour Breakthrough Team of the Year. In 2012-2013 Carey and her team continued their strong play, placing second in the Colonial Square Ladies Classic and continuing to play well through the early part of the season winning the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic by defeating Jennifer Jones 7–3 in the final. They followed this with another finals appearance two weeks later in
3782-481: Was sold to Insight Sports Ltd. but was later sold again in August 2012 to Rogers Communications . The WCT naming rights were then sold to Asham, a long time contributor to the sport, until 2014 and because of this, the World Curling Tour was renamed Asham's World Curling Tour. The Grand Slam was originally simply called the Grand Slam of Curling until 2008 when the rights were sold by the CBC to Capital One bank which renamed
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#17329205029283844-583: Was sponsored by Seagram's distillery. Teams earned points in every event with the top 30 qualifying for the season ending " V.O. Cup ", today known as the Players' Championship . Its first president and CEO was Lukowich. The first two events were held on the first weekend of October 1992, the Red Carpet Classic in Regina, Saskatchewan and a qualifier for the Coca-Cola Classic in Winnipeg . In 2001,
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