Ashley Howard (born September 19, 1989) is a

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curler from

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. She played third on Team Saskatchewan in the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and is the executive director of

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, the governing body of curling in Saskatchewan.

Junior career

Born in

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, Howard is the daughter of 2006 Olympic champion

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. Howard skipped the New Brunswick team of Jillian Babin,

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and

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at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, finishing the round robin with a record of 5-7.

Women's career

New Brunswick: 2009-2011

The season after her Canadian Juniors appearance, Howard and her new rink of

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, Beverley Janes-Colpitts and Nicole McCann played in the 2010 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts. After a 4-3 round robin record, her team beat

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in the semi-final, but lost in the provincial final to

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(now Crawford). The next season, Howard, Crandall and a new front-end of Shannon Williams and Pam Nicol played in the

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. The team had less success, finishing with a 2-5 record, missing the playoffs.

Manitoba: 2011-2013

Howard moved to Manitoba in 2011, joining the

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rink as the team's second. The team found immediate success that season, winning their first

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event, the

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. They also made it to the semifinals of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic and lost in the finals of the 2012 Players' Championship. The team was not as successful at the 2012 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing in a tiebreaker match to

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. The team remained together for the next season, but failed to qualify for the playoffs in any of the Grand Slam events they entered. They also failed to reach the playoffs at the 2013 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. That season, Howard found more success at the university level, throwing third rocks for the

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. The team would win the 2013 CIS/CCA Curling Championships that year.

Saskatchewan: 2014-present

Howard would later move to Saskatchewan, joining the

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rink as her second. The team would fail to qualify for the playoffs in their lone Slam of the season. Howard played in two Slams with

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that season, also failing to make the playoffs. Howard played in the 2015 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Englot. The team would make it all the way to the final before losing to

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. Howard joined the

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rink in 2015 as her third. The team only played in two

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events in their first season together. However, they won the 2016 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, going on to represent Saskatchewan at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Personal life

Howard was a senior marketing coordinator for Saskatchewan with

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. In April 2016, she became the executive director of

. She has a BBA Hon. in Marketing. She attended Moncton High School in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Ashley Living people Curlers from New Brunswick Curlers from Ontario Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan Curlers from Winnipeg Sportspeople from Moncton People from Orillia Canadian women curlers 1989 births Canada Cup (curling) participants 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women