Nancy Faye Martin (born February 17, 1973 in

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) is a

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curler from

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Career

Martin has been playing on the

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since the 2004-05 season. In the 2014-15 season, she joined the

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rink at

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. She has been skipping a rink since the 2015-16 season. Martin played in the

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with partner

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. They finished 5-3 and lost in a tiebreaker. She also competed in the

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with

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, losing to

Jocelyn Peterman Jocelyn Andrea Peterman (born September 23, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently plays second for the Kaitlyn Lawes rink. Career Juniors Peterman and her team of Brittany Tran, Becca Konschuh and Kristine Anderson w ...

and

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in the final. Martin joined the

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rink for the 2018–19 season. At the

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, Team Anderson made it all the way to the final where they lost to

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6–5, after giving up a steal in the tenth end. The next season, The team had three semifinal finishes and two quarterfinal finishes on the

. At the 2020 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they once again lost in the final to the Robyn Silvernagle rink, this time 8–5. Due to the

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, the 2021

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was cancelled. Since the reigning champions, Team Silvernagle, did not retain three out of four team members still playing together, Team Anderson was invited to represent Saskatchewan at the

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, as they had the most points from the 2019–20 and

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seasons combined, which they accepted. At the Hearts, they finished with a 6–6 sixth place finish.

Personal life

Martin is employed as a

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. She is married and has three children.

References

External links

* Living people 1973 births Canadian women curlers People from Rosetown Curlers from Saskatoon 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-curling-bio-stub