Deanna Doig (born March 13, 1972 in

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) is a

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curler from

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Career

Doing has been active on the

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since the 2005–06 season, when she joined the Heather Rankin rink as her

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. In their first season, the team played in the

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, finishing with a 1–4 record. The next season, the team played in several

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events, making the quarterfinals at the

2006 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic The 2006 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic was the 29th annual edition of the event. It marked the first Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It was also the first ever women's Grand Slam event to be held, as it was the f ...

. The following season, the team played made it to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic and went 0–5 at the

2008 Canada Cup of Curling The 2008 Strauss Canada Cup was held February 27 to March 2 at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. The men's champion was Kevin Koe and the women's champion was Stefanie Lawton. Men's Teams * Glenn Howard ( 2007 Tim Hortons ...

. In 2008, Doig joined the

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rink as her third. The team would win Doig's lone career Grand Slam title at the

2008 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic The 2008 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic was held October 24–27, 2008. It was the fifth edition of the event, and the last with that name before it changed names to the Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic. The total purse of the event was $6 ...

. They also made it to the quarterfinals at the 2008

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. The team played in the

2009 Canada Cup of Curling The 2009 Canada Cup of Curling was held March 18-22 at the Farrell Agencies Arena in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Men's Teams * Kevin Koe (Defending champion) * Kevin Martin (2008 Brier Champion) * Glenn Howard (2008 Player's Championship champion) (d ...

, losing in the playoffs after posting a 3–2 round robin record. The next season the team played at the 2009 Canadian Olympic Trials qualifier, losing all three of their games. The next season Doig was moved to the

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position on the team. The team found little success that season and disbanded at its conclusion. In 2011, Doig began

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ping her own team. She played in the

2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic The 2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic was held from November 8 to 12 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the third women's Grand Slam event of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout f ...

with teammates

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, Colleen Ackerman and

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, Doig's first Slam as a skip. She would win just one match, failing to make the playoffs. Doig joined the newly formed

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rink in 2013 with Tamara Haberstock at second and Sarah Slywka at lead. They played in the

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, where her team made it all the way to the quarterfinals. They began the 2014–15 season by playing in the

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, failing to advance to the playoffs. They were however able to win two Saskatchewan Curling Tour events, qualifying her rink for the 2015 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they finished 2–3. The next season, her rink of Barker, Hoffmann and Sicinski finished 3–3 at the 2016 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, once again failing to advance. Team Barker won the 2017 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts the following season despite entering the tournament as an underdog. Her team finished 4–4 through the round robin before winning the tiebreaker and three straight playoff games to claim the title. She defeated heavily favored teams

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in the semifinal and

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in the final by scoring four in the tenth end. At the

2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 16 to 26 at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Rachel Homan rink, representing Ontario, won their third national title; with Homan becoming the youngest skip, man or w ...

, they were one of two teams making their debut appearance at the hearts and it showed as they finished the round robin with a 1–10 record, only defeating

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. With her Saskatchewan Scotties championship rink, Doig and her team had a good start to the 2017–18 season, winning the

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on the

. They also finished runner-up at the Medicine Hat Charity Classic and won two Saskatchewan Curling Tour events. She would not defend her provincial title however, losing in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game at the

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, who went on to win the event. The rink added

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to the lineup for the 2018–19 season, replacing Schneider. They qualified for the

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, but failed to advance to the playoffs after a 4–4 round robin record. The team stayed intact the following season and won three more Saskatchewan Tour events. Their successful results qualified them for the 2020 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which was held in a triple knockout format this year. They qualified for the playoffs through the C side before losing to the Sherry Anderson rink in 3 vs. 4 game, like in 2018.

Personal life

Doig is employed as an engineer for TransCanada. She is married.2017 Scotties Media Guide: Team Saskatchewan

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doig, Deanna Living people 1972 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Saskatchewan Canadian women engineers 21st-century women engineers Canada Cup (curling) participants