Jennifer Ann Hanna (born January 22, 1980
) is a
Canadian curler from
Nepean, Ontario
Nepean ( ) is a former municipality and now geographic area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located west of Ottawa's inner core, it was an independent city until amalgamated with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton in 2001 to become the ne ...
. She curls out of the
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located on O'Connor Street in the Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. T ...
. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the .
Career
Early competitive career
Hanna competed at the
1998 Canadian Juniors, losing in the final to
New Brunswick's
Melissa McClure.
Despite this, she was named as the tournament's second team all-star skip. In 2002, as a second for
Anne Merklinger
Anne Merklinger (born November 15, 1958) is CEO of Own the Podium. She is a retired Canadians, Canadian curling, curler. She won the Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's championship, in 1990 and went on to win the bronze medal at the World ...
, Hanna finished second at the Ontario Championships. In 2003, as a vice-skip for
Darcie Simpson, she finished second
and at the
2004 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2004 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts was held January 27-February 1 at the Copper Cliff Curling Club in Copper Cliff, Ontario. The Sherry Middaugh rink from Coldwater, Ontario won their third Ontario provincial title.
Teams
Standings
...
, she finished third in her first year skipping, after finishing first in the round robin. She was invited by
Sherry Middaugh, the 2004 Ontario champion, to be the team's "fifth player" at the
2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta from February 21 to 29 2004. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her fourth straight champions ...
.
Hanna did not, however, play any games.
2005 Provincials and Scott Tournament of Hearts
In the
2005 Ontario Women's Curling Championships, Hanna and her team, consisting of
Pascale Letendre,
Dawn Askin
Dawn Kathleen McEwen (born Askin; July 3, 1980) is a Canadian retired curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the long-time lead for the Jennifer Jones rink, who became Olympic champions, winning gold for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. McE ...
and her sister
Stephanie Hanna
Stephanie Valerie Hanna (born July 31, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Stittsville, Ontario. She is the long-time teammate of her sister, Jenn Hanna.
Career
Hanna won the provincial Bantam championship in 1999 playing second for Julie Reddick ...
, recovered from a 1-4 record in the round-robin to win eight straight games and clinch the Championships, earning the right to represent
Ontario at the
2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from February 19 to 27, 2005. The tournament included 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provi ...
in
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland.
The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...
.
At the , she caught the attention of many by winning the Ford Hot Shots competition and defeating defending champion
Colleen Jones in the first
draw.
After falling to a record of 2-4, she rallied by winning four of her next five games, finishing 6-5. This was enough, however, to get into a four-way tie for fourth place.
Hanna would end up winning both of her tie-breakers, against
Cathy King
Cathy King (born September 3, 1959), formerly Cathy Borst (Cathy's married name was Borst - when she divorced she went back to her maiden name of King) is a Canadian curler from St. Albert, Alberta. She is a former Canadian champion skip and w ...
of Alberta and
Sandy Comeau
Sandy Comeau (born October 5, 1964) is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. She is a three-time New Brunswick Scotties champion.
Career
Comeau made her first Scotties appearance in 1993 playing second for Nancy McConnery at the 199 ...
of New Brunswick, allowing her to make the
playoffs.
She then proceeded to defeat
Stefanie Lawton of
Saskatchewan in the 3 vs. 4 game, followed by
Kelly Scott of
British Columbia in the semi-final, to face the
Jennifer Jones rink from
Manitoba in the final.
At this stage, Hanna's team played well, and led for most of the game, but lost on the last rock to Jones' game saving
in-off for four points. Hanna was named the tournament
MVP, and was chosen for the second all-star team.
2005–2015
In March 2005, Hanna announced that her team's spare player,
Joëlle Sabourin
Joëlle Sabourin (born May 28, 1972) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau.
Born in Hull, Quebec, Canada, Sabourin is a five-time provincial champion for her native Quebec, earning her the right to play at five national championships (the Scotti ...
, would replace Letendre as the team's third, producing the same lineup they had in 2003-2004. Letendre was supposed to be the new spare, but had decided to form her own team.
The new Hanna team started the 2005-06 season well, with their first ever Women's Tour victory, winning the
Autumn Gold Classic in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
,
Alberta on October 17, 2005.
The total winnings for the team were $14,000. At the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts, however, Hanna's team lost in the quarter-final to two-time World Champion
Marilyn Bodogh
Marilyn C. Bodogh (also known as Marilyn Darte) (born March 9, 1955) is a Canadian curler, colour commentator and political candidate. Bodogh is best known for her two World Curling Championships in 1986 and 1996 and her two Tournament of Heart ...
.
In February 2006, the team acquired a new player for the following season,
Chrissy Cadorin
Christina "Chrissy" Cadorin (born October 19, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Thornhill, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Cathy Auld.
Career
Cadorin was born in North York, Ontario. As a junior curler, Cadorin won two Junior Mixed ju ...
of
Guelph,
Ontario. Cadorin, who had skipped her own team for a number of years would play third, while Sabourin would play second. Dawn Askin became the team's Alternate, citing her desire to focus on her new career.
The 2006-2007 season was not as successful as the previous two for the Hanna team. After not winning any major bonspiels, the team did have some success at the 2007 provincial championship. After finishing in first place after the round-robin, they lost both of their playoff games.
After the season, Sabourin left the team to play for
Marie-France Larouche in Quebec. Alternate Dawn Askin moved to
Winnipeg,
Manitoba to play for
Jennifer Jones. Sabourin was replaced by
Lee Merklinger
Lee Anne Merklinger (born September 16, 1984) is Canadian female curler from Nepean, Ontario. Merklinger played second for the Sherry Middaugh rink on the World Curling Tour from 2010 to 2018. Among the team's accomplishments were finishing runn ...
at lead.
Hanna played the 2007-2008 season while pregnant. Once again, the team qualified for the provincials, but lost in the tie-breaker match to
Janet McGhee.
After the 2007-08 season, Cadorin left the team to form her own team. Steph Hanna was then promoted to third, and Merklinger to second, adding
Lauren Mann as lead. Mann would be replaced by
Lisa Weagle later on in the season. The team once again did not perform very well in the season's curling tour. However, they once again were able to make it to the provincial championship. The team, which was bounced from Regions, came through by winning the last chance Challenge Round, qualifying them for the
2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was the 2009 edition of the provincial women's curling tournament in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held January 26-February 1 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville. The winning team re ...
. At the 2009 Ontario Scotties, the team finished the round robin with a 5-4 record, and lost in their tie-breaker match to
Alison Goring
Alison Goring (born November 15, 1963) is a Canadian curler.
Career
1990–1997
Goring is a former Canadian champion skip, having won the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts. She was also a successful junior curler, having won the 1983 Canadian Ju ...
.
In 2009, Team Hanna shuffled once again. The team brought Toronto-area curler
Kelly Cochrane
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in at third and
Trish Scharf at lead. Sister Stephanie was bumped from third to second. The team made it provincials once again in 2010, but finished with their worst record, 4-5.
In March 2010, Hanna announced she and her sister would be taking the 2010-11 curling season off.
The Hanna rink returned for the 2011-12 season with Pascale Letendre returning as third. The team began the season with success, winning the
2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy. They also qualified for the
2012 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2012 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Ontario's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 23 to 29 at the Kenora Curling Club in Kenora, Ontario. The winning team of Tracy Horgan represented Ontario at the 2012 Sc ...
.
At the conclusion of the 2011-12 season Hanna announced she would not be curling competitively in the 2012-13 season, and had no immediate plans to curl competitively in the near or immediate future. Her sister Stephanie also left competitive curling. However, the Hanna sisters and Letendre teamed up with
Lisa Paddle Lisa or LISA may refer to:
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to curl in the
2013–14 curling season
The 2013–14 curling season began in August 2013 and ended in May 2014.
''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.''
CCA-sanctioned events
This section lists events san ...
.
2016 Scotties run
After taking another season off, Hanna returned to competitive curling for the
2015–16 curling season
The 2015–16 curling season began in August 2015 and ended in May 2016.
''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.''
Curling Canada sanctioned events
This section lists ...
, this time with Letendre as the team's alternate,
Brit O'Neill
Brittani O'Neill (born May 6, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.
Career Juniors
In 2006, O'Neill skipped Brock University to an Ontario University Athletics championship. In 2007, O'Neill won the Ontario Junior Mixed title, pla ...
at third and
Karen Sagle at the second. Hanna qualified for her first provincial championship in four years, by winning the B-side of the last chance East qualifier for the
2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 18 to 24 at the Brampton Curling Club in Brampton, Ontario. The winning Jenn Hanna rink represented Ontario at the ...
. The team shocked the curling world by winning the event, having to defeat their club mates, the World #1 ranked
Rachel Homan rink in the final. At the
2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 20 to 28 at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The winning team represented Canada at the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Uni ...
, the rink would again post a 6-5 record, however this time it would not be enough to make the playoffs. On March 7, 2016, Hanna again announced she would be stepping back from the game, citing a desire to focus on her work and family.
Post 2016 Scotties-run
While Hanna is currently not curling competitively, she skips a team in the Ottawa Curling Club's cash league with teammates
Lee Merklinger
Lee Anne Merklinger (born September 16, 1984) is Canadian female curler from Nepean, Ontario. Merklinger played second for the Sherry Middaugh rink on the World Curling Tour from 2010 to 2018. Among the team's accomplishments were finishing runn ...
(second for Team
Sherry Middaugh),
Lynn Kreviazuk (second for Team
Allison Flaxey
Allison "Alli" Flaxey ( Nimik; born February 13, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Carly Howard. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist.
Career
Flaxey ...
) and
David Mathers (second for Team
Glenn Howard).
Personal life
Hanna was born in
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
,
Ontario,
and began curling at age five.
In September 2006, Hanna married Brian Rumas. They have three children
She is employed by the
Public Safety Canada and is a graduate of
Katimavik Elementary School
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 25 prior to 1999) refers to both the institution responsible for the operation of all English public schools in the city of Ottawa, On ...
,
Earl of March Secondary School
Earl of March Secondary School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in suburban Kanata in the Beaverbrook neighbourhood near the Ottawa Public Library Beaverbrook Branch and the ...
, and the
University of Ottawa.
Statistics
Notes
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanna, Jennifer Ann
1980 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian civil servants
Canadian women curlers
Curlers from Ottawa
University of Ottawa alumni