Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965 in

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as Georgina Hawkes) is a

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curler. She won a bronze medal at the

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while on

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's team.

Curling career

Wheatcroft made her

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, the Canadian women's national championship, debut in 1987 as a

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for

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at the

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in 1985 for British Columbia. Sanders, Wheatcroft, and their British Columbia team won the

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, defeating

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in the final. At the

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that year, the team won the gold medal defeating

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in the final. In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders at the

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and they lost in the final to

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. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to Julie Sutton's team and again qualified for the

, where they would lose in their first playoff game. Wheatcroft would not go back to the Hearts until 2000. In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for

's rink. With Law, Wheatcroft won that year's

and

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. The team were runners up at the following

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, where they lost to

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. The following year the team qualified for the

as Team Canada. The team defeated Team United States to win the bronze medal. at Sports Reference In 2004, Wheatcroft skipped her own team to the

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, but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that year's Hearts champion

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to replace

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, and she moved to

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to play with the team. With her new team, Wheatcroft played in that year's Olympic trials; the team finished with a 5-4 record. Wheatcroft had the opportunity to play in the

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because Jones had won it the previous year, and thus got to play as Team Canada. The team lost in the final to

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of British Columbia. 2006 saw Wheatcroft return to playing with Kelley Law, as her third. In 2007, the team made their way back to the national championship, now called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, after winning the B.C. Provincial Championship. At the

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they finished with a 5-6 record. In 2008, she once again skipped her own team and qualified for the 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Grand Slam record

Teams

References

External links

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