Lauren Mann (born January 27, 1985) is a Canadian curler from

Aylmer, Quebec Aylmer is a former city in Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River and along Route 148. In January 2002, it amalgamated into the city of Gatineau, which is part of Canada's National Capital Region. Aylmer's popul ...

. She currently skips her own team out of

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 Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

Career

As a junior curler, Mann was the 2002 Ontario Winter Games championship playing third for Laura Payne, and won a silver medal for Ontario at the 2003

Canada Winter Games Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total ...

. Also in 2003, she won the Ontario Junior Mixed Championship playing third for

Chris Gardner Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker. During the early 1980s, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising a toddler son. He became a stockbroker and eventually founded his ow ...

. In 2005, she lost in the final of the

Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships The Ontario U-21 Curling Championships (until 2016 called the Ontario Junior Curling Championships) is an annual curling tournament. It is the provincial curling championship for curling teams aged 20 and under in Southern Ontario. The winning team ...

to Erin Morrissey. She was also the runner-up in 2006, losing to

Lisa Farnell Lisa Farnell (born September 23, 1986 in Toronto) is a Canadian-English curler originally from Peterborough, Ontario. She was the skip of the Ontario team at the 2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. In 2006, Farnell and her team of Kim ...

. In 2014, Mann moved to Quebec and entered the 2015 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts with teammates Amelie Blais,

Brittany O'Rourke Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

and

Anne-Marie Filteau Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's " Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm", " Ciao Adios", "Friends", "200 ...

. She would win the event after posting an 8–2 round robin record, and defeating

Roxane Perron Roxane may be: * Another spelling of the female given name Roxanne * Roxane, a brand name of the drug roxatidine * 317 Roxane, an asteroid * Roxana, wife of Alexander the Great * Roxane, the lover of Cyrano de Bergerac * ''Roxane'' (sailing boa ...

in the final. With the win, Mann would go on to represent Quebec at the

2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 14 to 22 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The winners represented Canada at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in ...

, leading her province to a 3–8 record. For the next season, Lana Gosselin and

joined her front end. Mann led her team to the final of the

2016 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2016 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 17 to 24 at Aréna Salaberry in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. The winning Marie-France Larouche rink will represent Qu ...

, where she lost to

Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche (born June 5, 1980 in Lévis, Quebec) is a Canadian curler, who currently skips her own team out of the Club de curling Etchemin in Saint-Romuald, Quebec. In 2022 she won the World Mixed Curling Championship playing third f ...

. In 2016, Mann joined the

Ève Bélisle Ève Bélisle (born September 14, 1979) is a Canadian curler from Montreal. She is a three-time Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion and two-time Quebec Mixed champion. Career Bélisle became one of very few women to ever skip a team t ...

rink as her third. The team won the 2017 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and went on to represent Quebec 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 ...

. There, the team finished with a 7-4 record, just missing the playoffs. The next season, the Bélisle team lost in the final of the

2018 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2018 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 9 to 14 at the Club de curling Etchemin in Saint-Romuald, Quebec. The winning Émilia Gagné team represented Quebec at t ...

against the Émilia Gagné rink. In 2019, she joined the

Julie Tippin Julie Tippin (born August 16, 1983 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec as Julie Lynne Reddick) is a Canadian curler from Owen Sound, Ontario. Tippin is a three-time provincial junior champion, and a Canadian mixed champion. Career Tippin attended high sch ...

rink as her third. The team found some success on the tour, winning the 2019 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel. Tippin would be able to play at the

2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 20 to 26 at the Arèna de Salaberry in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. The winning Noémie Verreault rink represented Quebec a ...

due to a new birth right rule. At the Quebec Scotties, the team finished with a disappointing 4-3 record. In 2020, Mann formed a new rink based out of Ontario, with

Kira Brunton Kira Michaela Brunton (born March 17, 1999) is a Canadian curler originally from Sudbury, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Danielle Inglis. In 2015, she won the gold medal at the 2015 Canada Winter Games playing third for Megan Smith. ...

Cheryl Kreviazuk Cheryl Kreviazuk (born September 25, 1992) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. She currently plays second on Team Danielle Inglis. She is better known as the alternate for the Rachel Homan rink in 2015, when the team won bronze at the 2 ...

and Karen Trines. The team found immediate success in their first tour event, surprising a short-handed Team

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...

in the final of the 2020

Stu Sells Toronto Tankard The Stu Sells Toronto Tankard is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario. The men's tournament, started in 2010, is held in a triple-knockout format, while the women's tournament, ori ...

. The next season, the team played in the 2021 Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event, but were eliminated in the triple knockout event with just one win. The team played in the postponed

2022 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2022 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario was held April 7 to 10, 2022 at the Thornhill Club in Thornhill, Ontario. The event was originally going to be held from January 5 to ...

with Marcia Richardson replacing Trines at lead. There, Mann led the team to a 2–5 record. Mann formed a new team for the

2022–23 curling season The 2022–23 curling season began in June 2022 and ended in May 2023. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.'' World Curling Federation events Source: Championshi ...

with Newfoundlanders

Shelley Hardy Shelley Hardy (born May 19, 1982 in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador as Shelley Nichols) is a Canadian curler originally from St. John's. She currently plays third on Team Lauren Mann. Hardy played third for Jennifer Guzzwell at the 2 ...

(now living in

Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located west of Downtown Ottawa, at the confluence of the Madawaska River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Arnprior has experienced s ...

) and

Stephanie LeDrew Stephanie "Steph" Mumford (née LeDrew; born June 6, 1984 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian curler from Sarnia, Ontario. She currently plays second on Team Lauren Mann. Career As a junior, LeDrew represented Newfoundland ...

(living in

Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes where Lake Huron flo ...

), plus Stephanie Corado at lead. The Team won the Guelph

CurlON CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association) is the governing body of curling in Southern Ontario. Northern Ontario is governed by the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA). The CurlON sends a team to represent Team Ontario at all majo ...

women's spiel early in the season which helped them get enough tour points to qualify for the 2023 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the provincial Hearts that season, the team finished with a 1–4 record.

Personal life

Mann was born in

Sudbury Sudbury may refer to: Places Australia * Sudbury Reef, Queensland Canada * Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes) ** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...

, and moved away when she was eight. Mann works as a manager, clinical certification and exams, for Speech-Language & Audiology Canada. She is in a relationship with Don Bowser.2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide: Team Quebec

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Lauren Curlers from Quebec Curlers from Ottawa Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury Sportspeople from Gatineau Anglophone Quebec people Canadian women curlers 1985 births Living people Canadian curling coaches