Sherry L. Middaugh (née Hamel, born October 11, 1966 in

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) is a Canadian curler from

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. Before marrying world champion curler

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, she was known as Sherry Scheirich. She is a five-time Ontario champion and a one-time Saskatchewan curling champion. She is currently the coach of Team

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986, as Tracy Horgan) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curl ...

Career

Middaugh, originally from

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, won the 1986 Saskatchewan Junior Women's Championship. She represented Saskatchewan at the

1986 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championship The 1986 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championship was held March 15-22 at the Noranda Curling Club in Noranda, Quebec. Team British Columbia, skipped by Jodie Sutton won the event, defeating Newfoundland's Jill Noseworthy rink in the fina ...

, where she tied for fourth with a 6–4 record. Her lone Saskatchewan Hearts victory came in 1996, when she defeated Sandra Peterson (Schmirler) in the provincial final, 8–5. She represented Saskatchewan at her first

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in 1996, and finished with a 7–5 record. In her new province of

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at the

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, she played third for

Kim Gellard Kim Gellard (born November 6, 1974) is a Canadian curler from Unionville, Ontario. She is a and . At a Toronto high school curling competition, Gellard skipped a team that scored back-to-back eight-enders. An eight ender is scoring eight poin ...

, but finished 4–7. She played at the 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts. Middaugh led her team to the semifinals where she lost to

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. At the 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Middaugh was ousted once again in the semifinals, this time to defending champion

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. Middaugh failed to make the Scotts in 2003, but instead won the

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beating Kelley Law in the final. Middaugh qualified for the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, but she lost in the semi-final to

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Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche (born June 5, 1980 in Lévis, Quebec) is a Canadian curler, who currently skips her own team out of the Club de curling Etchemin in Saint-Romuald, Quebec. In 2022 she won the World Mixed Curling Championship playing third f ...

. In 2007, Middaugh won her first

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event by winning the 2007 Sobeys Slam. At the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Middaugh lost in the semifinal to

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, her fourth semifinal loss. Middaugh also participated as a third for Laurel Kostuk at the 1986 Canadian Junior Championships and she won the 2003 JCV Skins Game. At the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Middaugh also won the Shot of the Week Award and a Bronze medal via a 9–8 loss to

's Jennifer Jones, in an extra end semifinal. Jones would go on to win the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in

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as Team Canada. Middaugh attended the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the alternate for the

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Cana ...

team. In 2012, she won her second Grand Slam event of her career by winning the

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, defeating Homan in the final. At the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, the team started slowly with a 1–3 record. However, the team won three straight games to finish the round-robin tied for second at 4–3 with the

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and

rinks. Homan claimed second based on the draw shot challenge while Middaugh and Carey played a tiebreaker. The Middaugh rink found success defeating Carey in the tiebreaker and defeating Homan in the semifinals. Middaugh's rink was unable to defeat the Jennifer Jones rink in the final, therefore claiming the silver medal at the event. In 2019, Middaugh made her

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debut at the 2019 Canadian Senior Curling Championships and placed second, losing in an extra end to

Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson (born January 6, 1964) is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan. She is a two-time winner of the World Senior Curling Championships for Canada. Career Anderson has been to ten Scotties Tournament of Hearts, six as a skip. ...

. She started coaching the

rink for the 2020–21 season.

Personal life

Middaugh owns her own company 4M Home & Garden. She is married to

and has two children,

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and Emily.2017 Home Hardware RTTR Media Guide

Grand Slam record

Former events

References

CCA Stats

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Middaugh, Sherry Curlers from Saskatchewan Curlers from Simcoe County Living people 1966 births Canadian women curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants People from Rosetown Canada Cup (curling) participants Canadian curling coaches