Cathy Cunningham (born December 30, 1959 in

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) is a

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curler.

Career

Cunningham played in her first

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, Canada's national women's curling championship, in 1988 as a third for

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. The team finished 6-5. Cunningham returned again in 1991 as a skip but finished with a 2-9 record. In 1993 she returned again, playing third for Thomas, this time finishing with a 5-6 record. The next year she joined up with Laura Phillips and the team lost in their final tie-breaker match to Sherry Anderson of Saskatchewan. Cunningham was Phillips' third for the next three Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a 5-6 record in 1995 and 1996 and losing to

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of Ontario in the 1997 semi-final. Cunningham would not return to the Hearts until the

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where she skipped her own team to a 3-8 record. At the

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her team finished the round-robin with a 6-5 record, but they managed to make the playoffs, where they beat

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of Saskatchewan and then

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of Prince Edward Island before losing to defending champion

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in the final. At the

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, Cunningham finished 6-5 once again but did not qualify for the playoffs. In January 2008, Cunningham won the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at

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playing third for

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References

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