Robyn MacPhee (born August 11, 1983 in

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...

, also known as Robyn Green) is a Canadian curler.

Curling career

MacPhee played for Prince Edward Island at the 1999 Canada Games, finishing 12th. MacPhee played both second and third for

Suzanne Birt Suzanne Birt (born Suzanne Gaudet on October 2, 1981 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curling, curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She currently Skip (curling), skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career ...

(née Gaudet) during their junior careers. Playing second for the team, she won the

2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2001 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 3-11 at the St. Catharines Golf & Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. Men's Team ...

and a gold at the

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. At the 2002 Canadian Juniors, MacPhee played third for the team, and they won another Canadian Junior championship and a bronze at the World Junior Championships. After juniors, MacPhee remained on Birt's team, and would play second once again. The team won the provincial women's title in 2003 and would lose in the semi-final at the

2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario from February 15 to 23. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her third straigh ...

. MacPhee left Birt's team afterwards and joined up with her sister,

Rebecca Jean MacDonald Rebecca Jean MacDonald (born Rebecca Jean MacPhee on March 25, 1974, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler from Stratford, Prince Edward Island. Career Juniors MacDonald made her first appearance on the curling scene ...

(née MacPhee) as her second. With her sister, she would win another provincial title in 2005 but finished out of the playoffs at the

2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from February 19 to 27, 2005. The tournament included 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provi ...

. In 2006, she was reunited with Birt and the successful junior team they had. Green won her third provincial championship in 2007, this time as Birt's third. In 2008, she left Birt's team to once again play with her sister, except now in the position of skip. The new lineup was successful and Green along with her sister, Shelley Muzika and Tammi Lowther, would win the PEI provincials, representing the province at the

2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 21 to March 1 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. Teams Round-Robin Standings Quebec was awar ...

. During the National competition would finish in a tie-breaker, with a 7–4 record. They would face Team Canada

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, taking an early lead up 4-2 during the 5th end break. They would maintain the lead forcing Canada to take 1 in the 9th. With hammer coming home, MacPhee would miss her final shot giving up a steal of one, taking them to an extra end. With the hammer once again in 11, facing an identical final shot as in the 10th end, MacPhee would once again miss her final shot, giving Canada a second stolen point and the win. In 2010, MacPhee would leave her sister's team, and once again join up with Suzanne Birt. On February 3, 2012, it was announced that MacPhee would leave the Birt team at the end of the season, taking a year off to pursue other activities.

Personal life

MacPhee is employed as a virology technologist at the Atlantic Veterinary College at the

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' H ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacPhee, Robyn 1983 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Prince Edward Island Living people Sportspeople from Charlottetown Canada Cup (curling) participants