Andrea Kelly (born July 31, 1985), previously known as Andrea Crawford, is a
Canadian
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curler from
Fredericton
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,
New Brunswick
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.
She currently
skips her own team out of the
Capital Winter Club
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in Fredericton. She is a nine-time
New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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champion skip, winning six straight titles from 2009–2014.
Career
Juniors
Kelly's first national experience came at the
2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2002 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held January 19–27 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club and at Cahill Stadium in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2002 World Junior Cur ...
, where she would represent New Brunswick. Her team would finish round robin with a 6–6 record and a seventh-place finish.
Although Kelly would not win the New Brunswick junior championship in 2003, she would attend the 2003
Canada Winter Games
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, where she won a bronze medal.
Kelly would return to the
Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2004, where her team would improve on their previous record. They would finish round robin in third place with a 9–3 record. She would face Quebec's
Marie Cantin
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in the semifinal, and after a close game would lose 6–5, and take home the bronze medal.
Kelly and her team would repeat as New Brunswick champions in 2005, and again at the
2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2005 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 5–13 at the Capital Winter Club and the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2005 World Junior Curling Champio ...
she would finish round robin third with a 9–3 record. Her team would again meet Quebec and Cantin in the semifinal, this time defeating them 7–5. They would face Alberta's
Desirée Robertson in the final, where they would win the game and the gold medal with a 9–6 final. At the 2005
World Junior Curling Championships
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, Kelly skipped Team Canada to a bronze medal.
In 2006, she was still eligible for Juniors, however she lost in her provincial championships.
2006–2011
After losing the junior provincial, Kelly entered the 2006 New Brunswick Scott Tournament of Hearts, where her team would finish round robin with a first place 6–1 record, receiving a bye to the final. She would meet veteran
Heidi Hanlon
Heidi Hanlon (born October 9, 1958, in Harvey, New Brunswick) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Saint John, New Brunswick.
Hanlon is an 11-time New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, provincial women's champion skip, provincial ...
in the final, where the team would win 8–7 and the right to represent New Brunswick at the
2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts
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. At the Hearts, the team finished round robin with a 5–6 record.
At the
2009 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Kelly and her team would finish round robin undefeated, with a 7–0 record. She would defeat Mary Jane McGuire in the final to win her second Scotties title. At the
2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts the team would again finish round robin with a 5–6 record.
At the
2010 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Kelly would again repeat with an undefeated, 7–0 record in round robin play. She would face
Ashley Howard in the final, and was again victorious winning 8–5. At the
2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
The event was described as having a weaker field than normal, as ...
, Crawford, for a third straight appearance, would finish round robin with a 5-6 record.
Kelly qualified for the
2011 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2011 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 26–30 at the Curling Beauséjour Inc. in Moncton, New Brunswick. The winning team of Andrea Kelly represented New Brunswick at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Ch ...
, and for a third consecutive year, finished the round robin undefeated with a 7–0 record. She faced
Sylvie Robichaud
Sylvie Quillian (born June 18, 1980 as Sylvie Robichaud) is a Canadian curler from Riverview, New Brunswick. She has won four New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts and was the New Brunswick provincial junior champion from 1999–2001.
Ca ...
in the final, and with a clean sweep won 7–2. At the
2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It was the 30th anniversary of Kruger Pr ...
, Kelly had her worst showing to date, finishing round robin play with a 3–8 record.
2011–2014
Following the
2010–11 season, Kelly made significant team changes. She parted ways with longtime teammates, third
Denise Nowlan
Denise Nowlan (born July 28, 1971, in Fredericton as Denise Cormier) is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. She is a five-time New Brunswick Scotties champion.
Career
As a junior, Nowlan represented New Brunswick at two Canadian J ...
and lead
Lianne Sobey
Lianne Sobey is a Canadian curler from New Brunswick. She plays lead for Andrea Kelly.
She won the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships with Kelly, and then a bronze medal at the 2005 World Junior Curling Championships
The World ...
, bringing former second and alternate
Jodie deSolla
Jodie deSolla (born April 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She is the former lead for Andrea Crawford, out of the Gage Golf and Curling Club in Oromocto, New Brunswick. Currently, she plays second on Team Sarah Mal ...
as her new lead, and in a new move added
Rebecca Atkinson
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Atkinson studied theatre and dance at Preston College.
Career
Before her te ...
to skip the team. Although Atkinson became the new skip, Kelly continued to throw fourth stones. This combination worked for the squad, and the team finished in first place in the round robin, with a 6–1 record at the
2012 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They defeated
Mary Jane McGuire
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in the final, and for the fourth year in a row, Kelly represented New Brunswick at the
2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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. The team struggled for the fourth time at a Scotties, and Kelly finished round robin play with a 5–6 record.
Kelly returned to skipping her team for the
2012–13 season and added
Danielle Parsons
Danielle Barbara Parsons (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Career
Parsons was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and made her first national curling debut at the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championship ...
to the second position. Her team again went undefeated at the
2013 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2013 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial curling championship for New Brunswick, was held from January 30 to February 3 at the Tri-County Complex in Fredericton Junction, New Brunswick. The winning team of Andre ...
, where they won the event by defeating
Melissa Adams
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Career Junior ...
13–6 in the final. At the
2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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, Kelly led her rink to the best finish of her career with a 6–5 record, which was still not good enough for the playoffs. At the
2014 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Crawford lost one game en route to winning her seventh provincial title. 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- ...
, she just missed the playoffs again, finishing 6–5.
2014–present
In April 2014, it was announced that Kelly would be joining the Edmonton, Alberta-based
Val Sweeting
Valerie Sweeting (born July 9, 1987 in Redvers, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the and Scotties Tournament of Hearts ...
rink as her third. On October 28, Kelly left Team Sweeting to return to New Brunswick to deal with "personal issues". She was replaced by
Lori Olson-Johns
Lori Olson-Johns (born Lori Olson on November 24, 1976) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014–2018, she played third for Val Sweeting and with Sweeting, finished runner-up at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won two ...
.
After leaving team Sweeting, Kelly did not curl competitively until the
2016–17 season, when she played for the
Andrea Schöpp
Andrea Schöpp (born 27 February 1965) is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.
Career
Schöpp is a two-time World champion ( and ), seven-time European champion (, , , , ...
while living in
Germany
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. That arrangement lasted just one season, with Kelly taking another season off before returning in
2018–19. Kelly won her first New Brunswick Scotties upon her return
in 2019, with teammates
Jillian Babin,
Jennifer Armstrong and
Katie Forward
Katie Vandenborre (born September 11, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently plays lead on Team Jessica Daigle. She has won three New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts and two New Brunswick junior titl ...
. The team represented New Brunswick at the
2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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, where they finished with a 3–4 record.
To start the
2019–20 season, Team Crawford won their first two events, the
Steele Cup Cash
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and the
Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge
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. They played in a
Grand Slam event, the
2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2. After a 2–2 round robin record, they lost the tiebreaker to
Jestyn Murphy
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Career Youth
Murphy won the Ontario Bantam championship in 2013, skipping a team out of the Listowel C ...
. The team defended their provincial title by winning the
2020 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for New Brunswick, was held from January 23–26 at the Riverside Golf and Curling Club in Rothesay, New Brunswick. The winning Andrea Crawford rink ...
in late January 2020. At the
Hearts, the Crawford rink started with three losses before rallying off four wins in a row including scoring a seven ender against top-seeded
Manitoba
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's
Kerri Einarson
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rink to win 13–7 and defeating Team Canada (skipped by
Chelsea Carey
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Career
E ...
) 7–5. Their 4–3 round robin record qualified them for the tiebreaker against Saskatchewan's
Robyn Silvernagle
Robyn Silvernagle (born May 20, 1987) is a Canadian curler from North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Career
Silvernagle represented Saskatchewan at the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, finishing the event with a 7–5 record and missing ...
rink. Saskatchewan took two in the extra end for a 9–7 victory, eliminating New Brunswick from contention. The team announced on June 18, 2020 that they would be adding
Sylvie Quillian
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...
to the team at third, replacing Jennifer Armstrong who was moving to Saskatchewan.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick
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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Crawford was given the invitation to represent New Brunswick at the
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada at ...
, but they declined due to work and family commitments. Team
Melissa Adams
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Career Junior ...
was then invited in their place, which they accepted.
Team Crawford played in five tour events during the
2021–22 season, performing well in all of them. In their first event,
The Curling Store Cashspiel
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, the team reached the final where they lost to Nova Scotia's
Christina Black
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Career
Black joined Team Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2014â ...
upon giving up a stolen victory. They then lost in the final of the
Steele Cup Cash
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two weeks later to the Melodie Forsythe rink. They would then secure two victories in their next two events, going undefeated to claim the titles of the
Dave Jones Stanhope Simpson Insurance Mayflower Cashspiel and the
Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge
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. The team then had a semifinal finish at the
Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, dropping the semifinal game to Switzerland's
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The 2022
New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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was cancelled due to the pandemic and Team Crawford were selected to represent their province at the
2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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in
Thunder Bay
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,
Ontario
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. At the Hearts, the team began the event with five straight wins, the most consecutive wins to start a Tournament of Hearts of any New Brunswick team. Team Crawford finished the round robin with a 6–2 record, qualifying for the playoff round over higher seeded teams such as Wild Card #2 (
Chelsea Carey
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Career
E ...
), Wild Card #3 (
Emma Miskew
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) and Saskatchewan's
Penny Barker
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. They then defeated the Northwest Territories'
Kerry Galusha
Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife.
Career Juniors
Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling ...
in the knockout round and upset Team Canada's
Kerri Einarson
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to reach the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, becoming the first New Brunswick team to reach the playoffs since
Heidi Hanlon
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Hanlon is an 11-time New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, provincial women's champion skip, provincial ...
in 1991. They then lost to Northern Ontario's
Krista McCarville
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in the 1 vs. 2 game and Canada's Einarson rink in the semifinal, earning the bronze medal from the event. After the event, the team announced they would be parting ways with second
Jillian Babin due to her relocation to Ontario. They then announced on March 4, 2022 that
Jill Brothers
Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar ronounced "MOW-zer" is a Canadian curler. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She currently plays second on Team Andrea Kelly out of New Brunswi ...
would be joining them as their new second.
Personal life
Kelly works as a labour relations officer for the
Canadian Forces
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Morale and Welfare Services. She has one daughter.
Grand Slam record
Former events
References
External links
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1985 births
Canadian women curlers
Curlers from New Brunswick
Living people
People from Victoria County, New Brunswick
Sportspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick
Sportspeople from Fredericton