Marla Mallett (born December 19, 1970 as Marla Geiger in
Nanaimo, British Columbia
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) is a
Canadian
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Canadian
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Tournament of Hearts
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Associat ...
. She played skip for the British Columbia team, and finished the round robin with a 6–5 record. She would then join up with Kelley Owen (Law), and played in the
1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played February 22 to March 2 at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia.2009 event, held in her home province. Her team consisting of
Grace MacInnes
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Diane Gushulak
Diane Gail Gushulak ( McLean; born May 27, 1969) is a Canadian curler from Vancouver, British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Vernon.
Career Early career in Ontario
Gushulak's early curling career was spent in Ontario. In 1 ...
and Jacalyn Brown, defied many people's expectations by finishing the round robin in first place with an 8–3 record and lost in the final to the defending champion
Jennifer Jones
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.
Mallett would return to the 2010 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the defending champion. Her team would finish round robin in fourth place with a 5–4 record. They would end up winning the 3–4 game against Kristen Fewster and would face
Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott (born June 1, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Kelly Lynn Mackenzie) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.
Career 1995–2005
Scott won the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and the 1995 World Junior Curling Ch ...
in the semi-final. After a close game, Mallett would lose 5–6 to Scott, ending her chances to return to the national championship.
At the end of the 2010 season Mallett would part ways with MacInnes, Gushulak and Brown. She would add Kelly Shimizu, Janelle Sakamoto and Colleen Hannah to her team, but it would not be a successful combination. The team failed to qualify for the 2011 Provincials.
Halfway through the 2011/2012 curling season Mallett and Shimizu would lose their front end. Mallett would reach out to her friend Barbara Zbeetnoff, but was still short a player, and after a recommendation would take on Danielle Callens, a player she had never heard of before. In the short time together, the line up would be successful and would qualify for the 2012 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, out of the fourth and final qualifier. At the provincial event the team would have more success, finishing second in round robin with a 6–2 record. The team would face
Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott (born June 1, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Kelly Lynn Mackenzie) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.
Career 1995–2005
Scott won the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and the 1995 World Junior Curling Ch ...
in the 1–2 game, and after ten ends with the score tied 5-5, would take 5 points against Scott in the extra end, giving them a bye to the final. The team would again meet Scott in the final, with the score again tied 5–5 in the ninth end Mallett, in the tenth end, would fail to get her final rock into an empty house, allowing Scott the opportunity to throw her final stone anywhere into the rings, handing Mallett the loss.
Personal life
Mallett is the Western Region Business Manager with the Public Health Agency of Canada. She graduated from
Kelowna Secondary School
Kelowna Secondary School is a public school in Kelowna, British Columbia within School District 23 Central Okanagan, School District 23.
Academics
Kelowna Secondary School was rated 3rd in the province by the 2004/05 Fraser Sand rankings.