Kerri Einarson

Kerri Einarson
Curler
Born Kerri Flett
(1987-10-03) October 3, 1987
Gimli, Manitoba
Team
Curling club East St. Paul CC,
East St. Paul, MB
Skip Kerri Einarson
Third Selena Kaatz
Second Liz Fyfe
Lead Kristin MacCuish
Alternate Cherie-Ann Sheppard
Career
Hearts appearances 1 (2016)
Top CTRS ranking 5th (2015-16)
Grand Slam victories 0

Kerri Einarson (born October 3, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba.[1]

Career

Einarson is a two-time provincial mixed champion. She won her first provincial mixed title in 2010, playing third for Dave Boehmer. The team represented Manitoba at the 2011 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, where they went all the way to the final before losing to Prince Edward Island's Robert Campbell in the final. At the 2013 provincial mixed (played in 2012), Einarson played third for Terry McNamee and won her second provincial mixed title.

Einarson also skips her own team on the women's World Curling Tour. After playing third for Jill Thurston in the 2011–12 curling season, she once again skipped her own rink.[2] She finished second in the 2012 Atkins Curling Supplies Women's Classic. Her best Grand Slam event was at the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge where she finished first in the tier 2 event and won a spot at the 2015 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling where she would lose to Val Sweeting in the semi finals.

Einarson scored a rare eight-ender in her first round robin game of the 2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts against Tiffany McLean. It was the first time a team scored an eight-ender in recorded Manitoba Scotties history.[3]

Personal life

Einarson employed as a Betel Home Foundation Rehabilitation Aide. She is married to Kyle Einarson and has two children.[4]

Grand Slam record

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Tour Challenge N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A T2
Masters N/A N/A N/A DNP DNP DNP SF
The National N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q
Canadian Open N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNP DNP
Players' Q DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SF
Champions Cup N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SF

Former events

Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Autumn Gold SF Q Q DNP DNP
Colonial Square N/A N/A N/A Q Q
Sobeys Slam N/A Q N/A N/A N/A
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Q Q Q DNP DNP

References

  1. ↑ http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2016scotties/files/2016/02/SCOTTIES-WED-ALL.pdf
  2. ↑ Bender, Jim (14 November 2012). "Gimli's Kerri Einarson on her way to Canadian Mixed Championship". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/curling/Einarson-scores-first-eight-ender-in-Scotties-history-289346401.html
  4. ↑ http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2016scotties/files/2016/02/SCOTTIES-WED-ALL.pdf

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