Kathleen O'Rourke (born April 30, 1964) is a
Canadian
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curler from
Cumberland, Prince Edward Island. She is a six-time provincial champion and is a former Canadian Mixed Champion.
Career
O'Rourke played in her first
national women's championship in 1989, playing second for
Kathie Gallant
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. The team finished 4–7. In 1991, she made it again, playing second for
Angela Roberts
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Early life and career
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, finishing 2–9. She made her third trip in 1996, playing third for
Susan McInnes, finishing 6–5. This qualified the team for a tie-breaker match, which they lost to the defending champion
Connie Laliberte
Connie Laliberte (born October 21, 1960) is a Canadian retired curler from Manitoba and world champion.
In 2019, Laliberte was named the tenth greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.
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(Team Canada) rink. In 1999, she returned once again, playing third for
Rebecca Jean MacPhee, finishing with a 6–5 record once again, but missing the playoffs. In 2002, she made her fifth national championship, her first as skip. She finished the round robin with a 3–8 record. She won her sixth
provincial championship in 2010, throwing second stones and skipping for Erin Carmody, and later won a silver medal at the
2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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.
In
mixed curling
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, O'Rourke won the
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
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in 1989, playing lead for
Robert Campbell. She played third at the 1999 Canadian Mixed, for
Peter MacDonald, but did not win. She is married to
Mark O'Rourke
Mark William O'Rourke (born July 7, 1962, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler., ''canoe.ca'', March 5, 2009.
In 1989, playing second for Robert Campbell, O'Rourke won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. O'Rourke h ...
, her teammate in her 1989 Mixed Championship win.
At the end of the 2010–2011 season O'Rourke retired from competitive curling. Her decision was made when teammates
Erin Carmody
Erin Carmody (born August 4, 1988) is a Canadian curler, originally from Prince Edward Island but residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as of 2019. She currently plays second on Team Andrea Kelly. A native of the city of Summerside, Carmody was a ...
and
Geri-Lynn Ramsay
Geri-Lynn Ramsay (born October 26, 1988, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. A native of the town of Summerside, Ramsay entered the national scene in 2010 after forming a rink with longtime junior te ...
decided to move to
Calgary
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, Carmody to further her University studies at
U of Calgary and Ramsay to relocate alongside her boyfriend.
O'Rourke returned to curling in the 2012-2013 curling season, taking over the skip position of
Meaghan Hughes' team. Hughes throws last rock, with O'Rourke skipping and throwing third stones.
Jackie Reid and
Tricia Affleck round off the team at second and lead.
Personal life
O'Rourke is a retired managing partner at Grant Thornton PEI.
Grand Slam record
Former events
References
1964 births
Living people
Canadian women curlers
Canadian mixed curling champions
Sportspeople from Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Curlers from Charlottetown
Canadian curling coaches
20th-century Canadian sportswomen
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