Nicole Arsenault-Bishop (born October 28, 1981) is a

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curler from

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. She currently skips her own team out of

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Career

Arsenault-Bishop played in her first

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in 2015 as second for the

Melissa Adams Melissa Adams (born December 16, 1977 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick as Melissa McClure) is a Canadian curler from Hanwell, New Brunswick. She currently skips her own team. She is a former Canadian and World Junior champion skip. Career Junior ...

rink. They defeated

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in the semifinal before losing the final to the

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rink. The following year, she left the Adams rink and joined the Robichaud team as their alternate. They would go on to win the 2016 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts and represent New Brunswick at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where they finished with a 2–9 record. In 2016, she moved up to play second. They couldn't defend their provincial title, losing the tiebreaker to

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. The following year, Arsenault-Bishop's former teammate Melissa Adams joined the team at third. It proved to be a successful addition as the Robichaud rink won the 2018 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They would have more success this time at the National Championship, finishing the new pool play format with a 4–3 record. This placed them fifth in their pool, not enough to qualify for the Championship Pool. The following season, her rink would win the 2018

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on the

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. They could not defend their provincial title at the

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where they lost to the

rink in the semifinal. After failing to win the provincial championship in 2020 as well, Team Quillian disbanded.

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joined the

Andrea Crawford Andrea Kelly (born July 31, 1985), previously known as Andrea Crawford, is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently skips her own team out of the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton. She is a nine-time New Brunswick Scot ...

rink whereas

and

Kendra Lister Kendra Lister (born October 4, 1987 as Kendra Dickison) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently plays second on Team Melissa Adams. Career Women's Lister joined the Quillian (Robichaud at the time) rink after the 2 ...

formed a new team. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Crawford was given the invitation to represent New Brunswick at the

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, but they declined due to work and family commitments. Team Adams was then invited in their place, which they accepted. Adams' third

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could not attend the event however due to being a student, leaving Arsenault Bishop to take her place. At the Hearts, they finished with a 3–5 round robin record, failing to qualify for the championship round.

Personal life

Arsenault-Bishop is employed as the executive director and registrar of the New Brunswick Association of Dietitians.

Teams

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arsenault-Bishop, Nicole Canadian women curlers Curlers from New Brunswick Living people Sportspeople from Moncton 1981 births People from Riverview, New Brunswick