Sarah Boland (born December 23, 1995 as Sarah Hill) is a

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curler from

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. She currently skips her own team out of the

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in St. John's. She is a two-time Newfoundland and Labrador junior champion.

Career

Boland skipped Newfoundland and Labrador at two consecutive

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and

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. In 2014, she skipped her team to a 3–6 twelfth place finish and in 2015 her team finished 2–7 with victories over the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Boland competed in the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship playing third for her husband

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with

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at second and

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at lead. After finishing 3–3 in the round robin, the team went 1–3 in the championship pool, ultimately finishing in sixth place with a 4–6 record. Due to the

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, many teams had to opt out of the

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as they could not commit to the quarantine process in order to compete in the

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. This meant that only Boland's rink and her clubmate

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's rink entered the event. In the best-of-five series, Team Hill defeated Team Mitchell three games to one to earn the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2021 Scotties in

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. At the Tournament of Hearts, Boland led her team of

Beth Hamilton Beth Hamilton (born October 25, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently plays second on Team Sarah Hill. She is a three-time Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion. Career H ...

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and

Adrienne Mercer Adrienne Mercer (born January 21, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently plays lead on Team Sarah Hill. Career Mercer played in the 2009 and 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hea ...

to a 2–6 round robin record, with wins against New Brunswick's

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and Nunavut's

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. The following season, the provincial championship was cancelled due to the pandemic. As the highest ranked team on the CTRS standings, Team Hill were appointed to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the

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. The team once again finished the national championship with a 2–6 record, beating Nunavut's Brigitte MacPhail and upsetting Northern Ontario's

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in their two victories.

Personal life

Boland was a business student at the

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. She is currently an air traffic control trainee at

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. She is married to fellow curler

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boland, Sarah 1995 births Canadian women curlers Living people Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador