Lisa Farnell (born September 23, 1986 in

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) is a

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curler originally from

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. She was the skip of the Ontario team at the 2006

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. In 2006, Farnell and her team of Kim Brown, Darrelle Johnson and Amber Gebhardt won the provincial junior championships, earning the right to represent Ontario at the 2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in

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. At the Canadian Juniors, the team finished with a 5-6 record, tied for sixth place. Farnell would later team up with 2005 provincial champion skip Erin Morrissey to form a competitive team on the women's

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. The team made it to their first provincial women's championship in 2010, where they finished with a 5-4 record before losing in a tie-breaker match. Farnell won her first

event at the 2013 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau. Her win involved defeating defending Canadian champion

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in the semi-final and her third ( Erin Morrissey)'s sister, Katie Morrissey in the final. Farnell moved to

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and will represent England at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farnell, Lisa Living people Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario Curlers from Toronto 1986 births Sportspeople from London Canadian women curlers English female curlers English curling coaches Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England