Georgina Wheatcroft

Georgina Wheatcroft
Curler
Born (1965-11-30) November 30, 1965
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Team
Curling club Royal City CC, New Westminster
Career
Hearts appearances 8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Medal record
Curling
Olympics
2002 Salt Lake City
World Championships
1987 Chicago
2000 Glasgow
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
1987 Lethbridge
2000 Prince George
1988 Fredericton
2001 Sudbury
2006 London
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
2001 Regina

Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965 in Nanaimo, British Columbia as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler.

Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1985 for British Columbia. At the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Sanders, Wheatcroft and their British Columbia team won the Hearts defeating Kathie Ellwood in the final. At the World Championships that year, the team won the gold medal defeating Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the final. In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders and they lost in the final to Heather Houston. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to Julie Sutton's team, and they also qualified for the Hearts. However at the Hearts, they would lose in their first playoff game. Wheatcroft would not go back to the Hearts until 2000.

In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for Kelley Law's rink. With Law, Wheatcroft won that year's Scott Tournament of Hearts and World Curling Championships. The team were runners up at the following 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts where they lost to Colleen Jones. The following year the team qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics as team Canada. The team won the bronze medal.[1]

In 2004, Wheatcroft skipped her own team to the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that year's Hearts champion Jennifer Jones to replace Cathy Gauthier, and she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to play with the team. She was added prior to that year's Olympic trials. However the team had a 5-4 record at the trials. Wheatcroft had the opportunity to play in the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, because Jones had won it the previous year, and thus got to play in 2006 as Team Canada. The team lost in the final to Kelly Scott of British Columbia.

2006 saw Wheatcroft return to playing with Kelley Law, as her third. In 2007, the team made their way back to the national championship, now called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts after winning the B.C. Provincial Championship on January 28, 2007 with her new team. At the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they finished with a 5-6 record.

In 2008, she once again skipped her own team who qualified that season for the 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Grand Slam record

Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
Autumn Gold DNP Q Q
Casinos of Winnipeg QF Q DNP
Wayden Transportation Q Q QF
Sobeys Slam N/A Q DNP
Players' Championships SF DNP DNP

Key

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
1984-85 Georgina Hawkes Christine Stevenson Tracey Barwick Marni McNeil
1986-87 Pat Sanders Georgina Hawkes Louise Herlinveaux Deb Massullo
1987-88 Pat Sanders Louise Herlinveaux Georgina Hawkes Deb Massullo
1988-89 Julie Sutton Pat Sanders Georgina Hawkes Melissa Soligo
1999-00 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Nelson
2000-01 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Nelson
2001-02 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Nelson
2002-03 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Dezura
2003-04 Georgina Wheatcroft Diane McLean Shellan Reed Diane Dezura
2004-05 Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Gushulak Kristen Recksiedler Mila Hockley
2005-06 Jennifer Jones Cathy Overton-Clapham Jill Officer Georgina Wheatcroft
2006-07 Kelley Law Georgina Wheatcroft Shannon Aleksic Darah Provencal
2007-08 Colleen Jones Georgina Wheatcroft Kate Hamer Darah Provencal
2008-09 Georgina Wheatcroft Steph Jackson Kristen Windsor Niki Hatter
2009-10 Georgina Wheatcroft Steph Jackson Sarah Wark Kristen Windsor

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/georgina-wheatcroft-1.html at Sports Reference
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