Allison "Alli" Flaxey ( Nimik; born February 13, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She currently plays

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on Team

Carly Howard Carly Howard (born October 7, 1993 in Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Tiny, Ontario. She is the daughter of four-time World curling champion and four-time Brier champion Glenn Howard. Curling career After winning the 2010 Ontario Ban ...

. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist.

Career

Flaxey is originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a junior, she won the Manitoba Junior championships at the age of 15 in 2001 with teammates

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Lindsay Titheridge Lindsay Nicole Warkentin (born Titheridge, November 8, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler. She previously played lead for the Chelsea Carey team. Career As a junior curler, Warkentin represented Manitoba at the 1999 Canada Winter ...

and Elisabeth Peters. The team finished with a 4–8 record at the

2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2001 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 3-11 at the St. Catharines Golf & Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. Men's Team ...

. Flaxey began curling competitively playing second for

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. As a resident of Manitoba, she won the

2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 9 to 16, 2008 at the Arniatok Arena in Iqaluit Iqaluit ( ; , ; ) is the capital of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest com ...

(held in Autumn 2008), playing third for

Sean Grassie Sean Grassie (born October 18, 1978) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career As a junior, Grassie and his rink of Scott Madams, Ton Tomyk and Scott Grassie won the Manitoba Junior Men's Championship in 1999. The team represente ...

. This qualified the two for the

2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2009 World Curling Championships, World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held April 18–25, 2009 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Curling Arena. Teams Round robin Results Blue group April 19 ''08:00'' ''1 ...

, where they won a bronze medal. In 2008, Flaxey moved to Alberta where she played competitively as third for Leslie Rogers in 2009 and 2010 and then as third for Casey Scheidegger in 2011. She made the

Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Alberta provincial women's curling tournament run by Curling Alberta. The winning team represents Alberta at the Canadian women's national championship, called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts ...

in all three of those seasons. Her highest finish was 4th in 2010. In 2011, Flaxey moved to Ontario to form her own team. As skip, she qualified for her first Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2012 where she finished with a 2–7 record. The following year, her team did not qualify for the Ontario Hearts, but won the event in 2014, qualifying Flaxey and her team of

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, Lynn Kreviazuk and

Morgan Court Morgan Lavell (née Court born February, 18 1985) is a Canadian curler from Vancouver, British Columbia. Curling career Lavell began playing on the Women's World Curling Tour at the 2007 Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiel. During he ...

to represent Ontario at the

2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 1 to 9 at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The defending champion Rachel Homan rink won their second straight title, with Homan becoming the youngest skip to ever win back- ...

. There, Flaxey led Ontario to a 3–8 record. As defending champions, Flaxey qualified for the

2015 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2015 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 19 to 25 at the Penetanguishene Curling Club in Penetanguishene, Ontario. The winning Julie Hastings team represente ...

, but failed to make the playoffs after posting a 4–5 record. For the 2015-16 curling season, Flaxey formed a new team with

Clancy Grandy Clancy Grandy (born December 27, 1990 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian curler originally from Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Juniors Grandy's junior career was highlighted by winning ...

, Lynn Kreviazuk and

. The tean qualified for the

2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 18 to 24 at the Brampton Curling Club in Brampton, Ontario. The winning Jenn Hanna rink represented Ontario at the ...

, but finished with a 3–6 record. However, they did win a World Curling Tour event that season, winning the

KW Fall Classic The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's e ...

. The next season, Flaxey won her first Grand Slam of Curling event, the

2016 WFG Masters The 2016 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling, WFG Masters was a curling bonspiel held from October 25 to 30, at the Pason Centennial Arena in Okotoks, Alberta. This was the first Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam of the 2016–17 curling season. On ...

. The team had enough points to qualify for the

2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 30 to February 5 at the Cobourg Community Centre in Cobourg, Ontario. The winning Rachel Homan rink represented Ont ...

through the CTRS Leaders, but they lost the tiebreaker to

Cathy Auld Catherine "Cathy" Auld (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Toronto. She currently skips her own team out of Thornhill, Ontario. Career Auld was a longtime member of the Alison Goring rink. Auld played third for the team until 200 ...

10–4. The team lost all three qualifiers at the

2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 10 to 14 at the Whitby Curling Club in Whitby, Ontario. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2018 Scotties To ...

and did not qualify for the playoffs. After the 2017-18 season, Flaxey announced she would be moving back to Manitoba to skip the team a new team of Kate Cameron, Taylor McDonald and Raunora Westcott for the 2018-19 season. The team played in one Slam, the

2018 Tour Challenge The 2018 Tour Challenge was held from November 6 to 11 at the Tournament Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of the 2018–19 curling season. In the men's Tier 1 competition, Brad Jacobs defeated Brendan Bottcher in th ...

, where they finished 1-3 missing the playoffs. At the

2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by Bayer, the provincial women's curling championship of Manitoba, was held from January 23 to 27 at the Gimli Recreation Complex in Gimli. The winning Tracy Fleury team represented Manito ...

, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs after posting a 4-3 round robin record. Flaxey moved back to Ontario for the 2019-20 season to join former teammates

and Morgan Lavell. Flaxey moved down to third as the team brought on Kaitlyn Jones to play skip. The team did not have a great season, failing to win any tour events and not qualifying for the provincial championship. The team disbanded after just one season. On March 26, 2020, it was announced that Flaxey would play third for Jacqueline Harrison for the 2020–21 season with Lynn Kreviazuk at second and Laura Hickey at lead. The new team's first major event was the

2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials for sponsorship reasons) were held from November 20 to 28 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The winners of the men's and women's events will r ...

, where they went 3–5, which included defeating the defending champion Rachel Homan rink. With Homan playing at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

as a member of Canada's mixed doubles team, Flaxey was invited to play second on the Homan rink at the

2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 28 to February 6 at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team represented Canada at the 2022 World Women's Curli ...

, which qualified as Wild Card #3. The team, skipped by Emma Miskew finished with a 4–4 record. With Harrison out with a hip injury, Flaxey led the Harrison rink to qualify for the

2023 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2023 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 23 to 29 at The Plex in Port Elgin, Ontario. The winning Rachel Homan rink represented Ontario at the 2023 S ...

Personal life

Flaxey and fellow curler

Caleb Flaxey Caleb Flaxey (born August 30, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. Flaxey, originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, played lead for the Eric Harnden rink that represented Northern Ontario at the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier in Winnipe ...

were married in March 2013. She works as a Sales Division Manager for Canada Malting.

Grand Slam record

Former events

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flaxey, Allison Living people Curlers from Alberta Curlers from Ontario Canadian women curlers Canadian mixed curling champions 1985 births Curlers from Winnipeg People from Caledon, Ontario Canada Cup (curling) participants 21st-century Canadian women