Tess Guyatt ( Bobbie; born August 12, 1991) is a Canadian
curler. She currently plays
lead
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on Team
Hollie Duncan
Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour.
Career Juniors
As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club rink ...
.
Career
Youth
Guyatt played lead for
Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly shortened to Fanshawe College, is a public college in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. One of the largest colleges in Canada, it has campuses in London, Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock w ...
at the 2015
CCAA Curling National Championships
The CCAA/Curling Canada College Curling Championships is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that is scheduled to be held for college teams in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The CCAA held a curling championship annual ...
, on a team skipped by
Shannon Kee. The team would go on to win the gold medal at the event.
Women's
After her college career, Guyatt joined the Tippin rink in 2015. In their first season together, the team won the
CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. and the
Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel. Guyatt qualified for her first
Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Ontario provincial curling championship for women's curling. The tournament is run by CurlON, the curling association for Southern Ontario. The winning team represents Team Ontario at the national S ...
in 2016 as a part of the team. The team made the playoffs, but lost in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game.
In the
2016–17 season, the team defended their title at the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel. They played at the
2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but missed the playoffs.
In the
2017–18 season, Guyatt qualified for her first
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category te ...
event, the
2017 GSOC Tour Challenge
The 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 5 to 10 at the Co-operators Centre at Evraz Place in Regina, Saskatchewan. This was the first Grand Slam of the 2017–18 curling season.
There were two tiers in each of the men's and women' ...
, where the team would lose in a tiebreaker. The team won two events in the season, the
StuSells Toronto Tankard and the
KW Fall Classic
The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's e ...
. The Tippin rink would win the B final of the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Road Pre-Trials, qualifying the team to play at the
2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings for sponsorship reasons) were held from December 2 to 10 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario. The winners of the men's and women's event ...
where they would finish in eighth place with a 2–6 record. They would not qualify for the playoffs at the
2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 10 to 14 at the Whitby Curling Club in Whitby, Ontario. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2018 Scotties To ...
.
The following season, Team Tippin qualified for the
2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 28 to February 2 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning team of skip Rachel Homan, third Em ...
where they lost in the final to
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 ...
. Tippin left the team after the season, and
Megan Balsdon
Megan Balsdon (born May 10, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third on Team Hollie Duncan.
Career
In 1998, Balsdon won the Ontario Bantam Mixed championships playing third for skip Bobby Reid. In 2001, she won ...
took over as skip, adding
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk (born May 2, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has histor ...
at third. The team had a successful season on tour, reaching the final of the
KW Fall Classic
The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's e ...
, the semifinal of the
Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel
The Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel (known originally as the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at the Windsor Curling Club in Windsor, Nova Scotia. It was held as part of the women's World Curlin ...
and the quarterfinals of the
2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic,
Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
The Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (also known as the OCT Championships) is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour. Except for in 2020, the event has been held at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario. The event wa ...
and the
2019 Tour Challenge
The 2019 KIOTI TRACTOR Tour Challenge was held from November 5 to 10, at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in Westville Road, Nova Scotia. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2019–20 season.
In the men's tier 1 final, Brad Jacobs of ...
Tier 2
Grand Slam of Curling
The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and f ...
event. At the
2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 27 to February 1 at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario. The winning Rachel Homan rink represented Ontario ...
, the team finished with a 3–5 record. With Kreviazuk leaving the team following the season, Balsdon, Strybosch and Guyatt added
Hollie Duncan
Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour.
Career Juniors
As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club rink ...
to their team as their new skip. The team only played in one event during the
2020–21 season due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. They reached the final of the
Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
The Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (also known as the OCT Championships) is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour. Except for in 2020, the event has been held at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario. The event wa ...
, losing to Team
Jennifer Jones
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in an extra end.
The newly formed team began the
2021–22 season with a semifinal finish at the
2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic where they lost to event winners 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 Curling ...
. In their next event, the team won the
Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
The Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (also known as the OCT Championships) is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour. Except for in 2020, the event has been held at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario. The event wa ...
, defeating the
Kerry Galusha
Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife.
Career Juniors
Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling ...
rink in the final. The following week, they lost in the final of the
KW Fall Classic
The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's e ...
to Team Galusha. They responded with their second event title of the season at the
Stu Sells Toronto Tankard
The Stu Sells Toronto Tankard is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario. The men's tournament, started in 2010, is held in a triple-knockout format, while the women's tournament, ori ...
where they defeated Team
Shannon Jay
Shannon Jay (born c. 1993; ) is a Canadian curler from Sarnia, Ontario. She currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour.
In 2013, Jay was a member of the Fanshawe College team, skipped by Jordan Ariss, that won the CCAA Curling National Cham ...
in the final. Because of their successes on tour, Team Duncan had enough points to qualify for the
2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials
The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials were held from October 25 to 31 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The event qualified two teams for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Qualif ...
. At the Pre-Trials, the team finished with a 3–3 record, failing to qualify for the championship round. Team Duncan played in two more tour events during the season, missing the playoffs of the
2021 National Grand Slam of Curling
The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and f ...
event and reaching the quarterfinals of the
DeKalb Superspiel
The DeKalb Superspiel is a curling bonspiel that takes place at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba. It was an event on the World Curling Tour until 2019 and the Manitoba Curling Tour, and also takes part in the Canadian Team Ranking ...
. Due to the cancellation of the
Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Ontario provincial curling championship for women's curling. The tournament is run by CurlON, the curling association for Southern Ontario. The winning team represents Team Ontario at the national S ...
,
CurlON
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appointed Team
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 ...
to represent the province at the
2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 28 to February 6 at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team represented Canada at the 2022 World Women's Curli ...
. However, because Homan herself was chosen to represent Canada at the
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
in
mixed doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...
, Team Duncan were awarded the spot as Team Ontario at the national championship, with Team Homan earning one of the three Wild Card spots. At the Hearts, Team Duncan started with four straight losses before winning their last four games, finishing the event with a 4–4 record.
Mixed
Guyatt and partner
Scott Howard played in the
2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials
The 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials was held March 19 to 23 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the second Canadian Mixed Doubles championship. The winning pair of Wayne Tuck Jr. and wife Kim Tuck represented C ...
. After posting a 6-1 group record, they lost in the quarterfinals to
Wayne Tuck Jr. and
Kim Tuck.
The next year, Guyatt teamed up with
Bowie Abbis-Mills
Bowie may refer to:
People
* Bowie (surname), origin of the surname and a list of people with the surname, including particularly:
** James Bowie (c. 1796–1836), Texan revolutionary
** David Bowie (1947–2016), English singer, songwriter, and ...
and played in the
2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials. There, they went undefeated in group stage, and continued their winning streak all the way to the final, where they lost to
Charley Thomas
Charley M. Thomas (born April 4, 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Calgary who currently skips his own rink on the World Curling Tour.
Curling career
Thomas started his career with an Alberta Provincial Junior tit ...
and
Kalynn Park
Kalynn Park (born September 12, 1988) is a Canadian curler and curling coach. She is right-handed.
She and Charley Thomas won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Champio ...
.
Personal life
Guyatt is a Senior Claims Assistant with Allstate Canada. She is married to Charles Guyatt, and lives in
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough (; 2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated atop the Scarborough Bluffs in the eastern part of the city. Its borders are Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, Rouge R ...
.
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guyatt, Tess
1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto
Canadian women curlers
Curlers from Toronto
Fanshawe College alumni