Stefanie Lawton ( Miller; born June 20, 1980) is a

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curler from

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Career

After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, she would go on to win the

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with the help of her team of sister Marliese Miller (third), Stacy Helm (second) and Amanda MacDonald (lead). At the worlds that year, she would win the silver medal behind Matilda Mattsson of

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. At the 2001 Canadian Juniors, Lawton (then known as Stefanie Miller) went on to be undefeated at the Junior championships, only to lose to

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. Four years later, Lawton returned to the curling scene by becoming the Saskatchewan women's champion and, as such, going to 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 ...

. Her team of her sister Marliese, Sherri Singler and

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finished the round-robin in third place but lost to Ontario in the 3-4 playoff game. The team would also compete at the

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. At the trials, the team finished round robin with a 6–3 record and earned a spot in the playoffs, but lost to

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's team in the semifinal. The Lawton team lost the 2008 provincial final to

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. However, the team rebounded and won the 2008 Canada Cup of Curling defeating

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in the final. Lawton won her second

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in 2009, earning her rink a spot at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team made the playoffs, but lost in the 3 vs. 4 game to

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. Lawton's rink was one of four that received an automatic bye to the

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. Her team finished 4–3, out of the playoffs. In 2010,

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joined the team to play third. Lawton won her second Canada Cup in 2010, defeating Olympic silver medalist

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in the final. 2012 was one of Lawton's best curling years to date. She wrapped up the 2011-12 curling season by winning the 2012 Players' Championship. To begin the next season, Lawton's team won two more Grand Slam events, winning the

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and the 2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. Lawton also won her third Canada Cup in 2012, defeating the

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rink (Team Jennifer Jones) in the final. At the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, Lawton's team finished the round robin with a disappointing 2–5 record, missing the playoffs. However the team would bounce back winning the 2014 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts defeating

. Her team represented the province at the

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in Montreal, finishing 4th yet again, after losing the 3-4 Page Playoff game to

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and to

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in the bronze-medal game. Her team represented Saskatchewan at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, finishing 4th once again, after losing the bronze-medal game to

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. After the season, Anderson was replaced with

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on the team. Lawton played with

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in the

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, but won just 2 games, and lost 5, and missed the playoffs. Between 2016 and 2018, Lawton went through a number of team changes, and didn't have the same success as she had earlier in her career. In 2018, she joined the

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rink at third. The team had a strong start to the season, winning the 2018

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and Saskatchewan Women's Curling Tour events in Humboldt and Saskatoon. With the 2019 Canadian Open being held in

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, the Silvernagle rink qualified for the event as the sponsor's exemption. The team qualified for the playoffs with a 3–1 record in the triple knockout format, before losing to

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in the quarter-final. The Silvernagle rink won the 2019 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a steal in the final end against Sherry Anderson. Representing Saskatchewan at the

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, the rink went 8–3 in the round robin and championship pools, before eventually losing the semi-final to Ontario and winning the bronze medal. The team had semi-final and quarterfinal finishes at the 2019 Players' Championship and the

2019 Champions Cup The 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup was held from April 23 to 28 at the Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the eighth and final Grand Slam event of the 2018–19 curling season. In the men's final, Brendan Bottcher defeated Kev ...

respectively. Team Silvernagle missed the playoffs in the first two Slams of the 2019–20 season, the Masters and the Tour Challenge. They competed at the 2019 Canada Cup where her team finished with a 1–5 record. They defended their provincial title at the 2020 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts when they once again bested Sherry Anderson in the final. At the

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, Team Silvernagle led Saskatchewan to a 6–5 record, finishing in fifth. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the

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and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the

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. On March 11, 2020, Lawton announced she would be stepping back from competitive curling.

Personal life

Lawton is employed as a chartered professional accountant with

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. She is married and has two children. She grew up on a farm near

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and has a CPA.

Grand Slam record

Former events

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawton, Stefanie Living people Sportspeople from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Curlers from Saskatoon Canadian women curlers 1980 births Canada Cup (curling) participants