Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in

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, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from

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. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling Champion. Arsenault has skipped her own team since 2007.

Career

1999–2006

Arsenault joined up with

Colleen Jones Colleen Patricia Jones (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an un ...

prior to the 1999 season. She had previously played with Jones, as her lead at the

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. Together with Jones,

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and

Kim Kelly Kim Kelly (born April 4, 1962 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Kim Ackles) is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She currently throws skip stones for Colleen Jones, whom she has won five national championships and two world championship ...

, the team would achieve great success, winning 5 Canadian Championships, and 2 World Championships. After a record winning 4 championships in a row, the team would struggle at the

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. Finishing round robin play, with a 6-5 record, the Jones team would end up in a four team tiebreaker. They would face Sandy Comeau of New Brunswick in the tiebreaker, where the opportunity to compete for a 5th Canadian Championship was lost, when Comeau defeated Jones 9-4. For the first time since 2001, the Jones team would have to win Provincials to return to the

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, which they did. After an impressive showing, the Jones team would finish second place in round robin play. After losing the 1-2 Game to British Columbia's

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, they would meet team Canada,

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, in the semi-final. Nova Scotia would lose to Canada, giving the team a third-place finish and a bronze medal. At the end of the season, the team would split up ending a successful eight-year run. With Jones, Arsenault played in every Hearts from 1999 to 2006.

2007–2013

Arsenault would join together once again with Kim Kelly, and Nancy Delahunt, adding long time Jones 5th

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to the team. They would qualify for the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in January 2008 by defeating Colleen Pinkney in the Nova Scotia final. They would finish 6-5 in round robin, missing the playoffs. In 2009 and 2010 Arsenault skipped her team in the Nova Scotia Scotties coming in at 6-1, and 5-2. She lost 7-4 in the 2009 final and 6-5 in the 2010 finals both times to

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who went on to represent Nova Scotia at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2011 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Arsenault finished second with a 5-2 record in round robin play. She would lose the semi-final to

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, who would go on to win the Nova Scotia Championship and finish third at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In 2011 Arsenault would reunite with former Jones teammate

, who joined Arsenault's team playing second. For the 2012-2013 season Arsenault and Kelly reunited with former skip

, with the goal of reaching the

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. Jones throws second stones on the team, while acting as the rink's vice skip, or "mate" while Arsenault skips.

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remains on the rink at lead, while Arsenault's former third of Stephanie McVicar, left the team to play with

, and

joined the team as the 5th. The team qualified for the

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in their first season back together, and finished the event with a 5-6 record.

2013–2020

Colleen Jones left the rink in 2013, and was replaced by Christie Gamble at second (Kim Kelly moved to third). Kelly and Gamble left the team after one season and were replaced by

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and Jane Snyder. Arsenault finally won her first career

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event by winning the 2014

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. She followed this up by winning the

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a month later. The team played in the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and finished with a 5-6 record. They failed to return the Scotties in 2016, having lost in the final of the

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. In 2016, Snyder was replaced by

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at second. The team had a disappointing record at the 2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing 3-4. After the season, Crouse and Baxter switched positions. With the new lineup order, the team won the

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and represented Nova Scotia at the

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. There, Arsenault led her rink to a 9-2 round robin record and a spot in the playoffs. In the playoffs, she beat Northern Ontario's

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before losing in the semifinal to

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's "Wildcard" team, settling for bronze medal. In 2018, Crouse was replaced at lead by Kristin Clarke. On the tour, the team won the

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. At the

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, they lost in the final to Jill Brothers. In 2019 Clarke was replaced by Arsenault's niece

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. The team won another tour event,

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. Later in the year they won the

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and represented Nova Scotia at the

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. At the Scotties, Arsenault led Nova Scotia to a 4-3 record in pool play, but lost in a tiebreaker to British Columbia, failing to qualify for the championship round.

2020–present

Following the 2020 Scotties, Arsenault announced she would be moving to British Columbia, where she will spend her retirement. On March 3, 2020, Arsenault announced she would be skipping

's former teammates

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and

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for the 2020–21 season. The team played in one event during the abbreviated season, finishing runner-up at the

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to Team

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. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Brown was invited to represent British Columbia at the

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, which they accepted, ending the season for Team Arsenault. The next season, the team again reached the final of the Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash, losing to the Kaila Buchy junior rink. They were able to compete in their provincial championship at the 2022 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts in

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from January 5 to 9. After losing to Team

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in both the A Final and 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, Team Arsenault defeated MacMillan 8–6 in the final to win the provincial championship. At the

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, the team finished with a 3–5 round robin record, defeating Quebec, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon in their three victories. Also during the 2021–22 season, Arsenault skipped the British Columbia Senior Women's Team of Penny Shantz,

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and

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at the 2021 Canadian Senior Curling Championships. The team finished 8–2 through the round robin and championship pools, qualifying for the semifinal. They then defeated Nova Scotia before losing to Saskatchewan's

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in the final, settling for silver.

Personal life

Arsenault is a registered massage therapist and is a partner at the Academy of Curling. She is married to Alan Shepherd. She has one daughter, and is the aunt of

Grand Slam record

Former events

References

External links

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