Kristin Clarke (born January 23, 1997) is a Canadian curler from

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Curling career

Clarke skipped the Nova Scotia 2015 NS U18 Women's Championship Team and the NS U21 Mixed Championship Team. She joined Team

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as third for the 2015/2016 season. Team Fay captured the

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, and the

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in Tarnby, Denmark. After capturing the World title with Team Fay, Clarke skipped her

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team to a fourth place finish at the 2016 CIS National Championship. After Mary Fay retired from curling, Clarke moved to skip with

Karlee Burgess Karlee Burgess (born September 14, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays third on Team Jennifer Jones. Career At just 15 years old, Burgess played second for the Mary Fay rink along with, Jenn Smith and Janiq ...

at third,

Janique Leblanc Janique LeBlanc is a Canadian curler from Fall River, Nova Scotia. Curling career At just 16 years old, LeBlanc played lead for the Mary Fay rink along with, Jenn Smith and Karlee Burgess and won the 2014 Nova Scotia Junior women's championship ...

as second and Ontario import

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as lead for the 2016/17 season. The team won the Nova Scotia U21 Women's Championship and represented the province at the

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After returning from nationals, Clarke also skipped the Dalhousie University curling team at the 2017 USport Nationals to a fourth place finish in

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. Clarke played third in the 2017/18 season for Team Jones with

Kaitlyn Jones Kaitlyn Jones (born March 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Juniors Born in Thompson, Manitoba, Jones curled out of Chilliwack, British Columbia, New Aiyansh, British Columbia and Ontario before moving to Regina, S ...

at skip, Karlee Burgess at second and Lindsey Burgess at lead. The team won the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships held in

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and represented Canada at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championship held in

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; where they won gold, defeating defending junior champions, Sweden. Clarke, a two time World Junior champion, will be joining Team Arsenault from NS for the 2018/19 season, her first season in ladies play, as lead joining Jenn Baxter at second,

Christina Black Christina Black (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Career Black joined Team Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2014� ...

at third and

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling Ch ...

at skip. The Chronicle Herald News Article January 31st, 2016 N.S. teen Mary Fay wins Canadian Junior Women’s Curling Championship.

Personal life

Clarke is currently a law student at

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Kristin Canadian women curlers Living people 1997 births Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Belleville, Ontario Dalhousie University alumni