Jennifer Jones (curler)
Jennifer Judith Jones OM (born July 7, 1974) is a Canadian curler. She was the Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Jones is the first female skip to go through the Games undefeated. The only male skip to achieve this was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. Jones and her squad were the first Manitoba based curling team to win an Olympic gold medal. They won the 2008 World Women's Curling Championship and were the last Canadian women's team to do so until Rachel Homan in 2017. She won a second world championship in 2018. Jones represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Jones has won the national championship a record tying six times, most recently during the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, equalling Colleen Jones for total Scotties championships.[2] To go along with her national championships, Jones has also won the Manitoba provincial championship 11 times, with a total of 16 Tournament of Heart appearances as of 2021,[3] and has won more games at the Tournament of Hearts than any other curler.[4] In addition to her accomplishments internationally, nationally, and provincially, she has also won 17 Grand Slam of Curling events on the World Curling Tour, though the Grand Slam of Curling only recognizes 10 as Grand Slam victories.
In 2019, Jones was named the greatest Canadian female skip and overall curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.[5][6]
Early life and personal[edit]
Jennifer Judith Jones was born to Larry and Carol Jones, who were both curlers. She also has a sister named Heather 18 months older. During her childhood, she was often described as "shy". Larry Jones started teaching Jones when she was 11, although Jones' interest in the sport took up before that, in a daycare at the St. Vital Curling Club. She attended General Vanier School in South Winnipeg from kindergarten to grade 8. After, she attended Windsor Park Collegiate. At that point, Jones was proficient at volleyball and curling. "When I was in high school, I really had to make a choice, and it was actually my volleyball coach who told me I had to choose either volleyball or curling, and I chose curling," she told the CBC. She attended the University of Manitoba from 1999 to 2001.[7]
At the University of Manitoba, she earned a B.A. in psychology and economics and a LL.B. She later became a lawyer, a corporate counsel for National Bank Financial,[8][9][10] where she is now a senior legal advisor.[11] Jones is married to former world champion curler Brent Laing from Ontario; they have two daughters. Their first daughter Isabella was born prematurely on 13 November 2012 in Barrie, Ontario. Although it was a premature birth, the baby was healthy, weighing over 3.2 kilograms. "Honestly, she's the best thing that's ever happened to me," she said.[12][13][14] Their second daughter Skyla Carol was born on 18 August 2016.[15][16] In late 2016 Jones moved to Shanty Bay, near Barrie, Ontario, with her husband, Brent Laing and daughters. A residency policy change adopted by Curling Canada in 2015 allows one team member to live out-of-province and continue to represent the province.[3]
In addition to her job as a lawyer, Jones is also a motivational speaker.[17]
Curling career[edit]
Juniors[edit]
Jones began curling at the age of 11. Jones won three provincial junior championships and a national junior championship as a junior curler. Her first provincial junior competition was in 1990 when she was 15. Jones' dad coached the team, including her sister Heather at second, Tracey Lavery at third, and Dana Malanchuk at lead. They won one time and lost two times before being eliminated. After the tournament, Jones was recruited to play third for Jill Staub.[18]
In 1991, Jones won her first provincial junior title, playing third for Jill Staub (Thurston). The team, which also included Kristie Moroz at second and Kelly Scott (then Mackenzie) at lead, defeated Denise Blashko in the Manitoba final.[19] The team represented Manitoba at the 1991 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Leduc, Alberta. The team finished the round-robin in first place with a 10–1 record. This gave the team a bye to the final, when they lost in the final to New Brunswick, skipped by Heather Smith.[18][20]
After the loss, Jones set out to skipping her own team and form together the right squad. She approached Jill Officer, in whom she saw great potential at the Highlander Curling Club in Winnipeg. "We got together when we were quite young and had an instant connection on the ice and became really good friends." says Jones.[21] Jones, Trisha Baldwin, Officer, and Dana Malanchuk (Allerton) made it to the provincial junior final in 1992, which they lost,[22] 10–6 to her former teammate and fellow club mate, Tracey Lavery.[23]
Jones won her second provincial junior title in 1993 as a skip. Her team, which consisted of Baldwin at third, Officer at second, and Allerton at lead defeated the Erin Moffatt rink in the Manitoba final.[24] After they won the provincial juniors, they set out for the Canadian Juniors. The team finished the round robin of the 1993 Canadian Juniors with an 8–3 record, tied for third with Nova Scotia and Quebec. The team played Quebec (skipped by Janique Berthelot) in their tie-breaker match but lost, eliminating them from the tournament.[21][25]
The following year, the team won their second straight provincial junior title, beating her former teammate Kelly Mackenzie (Scott) in the Manitoba final. The team went unbeaten in the provincial championship.[26] At the 1994 Canadian Juniors, the team once again found themselves in a three-way tie for third, this time with Ontario and Northern Ontario, and with a 7–4 record. In their first tie-breaker, they defeated Northern Ontario's Rhonda Halvorsen 10–4. They then defeated Ontario's Dominique Lascelles 10–8 in the second tie-breaker. This put the team into the semi-final against British Columbia's Jeanna Richard (Schraeder), whom they beat 5–3. The win put them in the final against the first place Saskatchewan rink, skipped by Sherry Linton. The team beat Saskatchewan 8–5, claiming the 1994 Canadian Junior title.[27] However, during the final, Jones suffered a black eye and bumped her head after tripping over her feet. Jones told the CBC, "[My eye] is really sore, and I've got the biggest headache of my life." Ordinarily, this would mean a berth in the following year's World Junior Curling Championships, but a change in the ruling by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) forced her to play in a playoff the following year at the 1995 Canadian Juniors for the right to attend, which she lost to Kelly MacKenzie's team, who had also beaten her in the 1995 Manitoba juniors final, giving Mackenzie the right to represent the province.[28] However, the CCA decided to give Jones' team another chance to qualify and put them directly at the semifinals, which was against MacKenzie and lost again.[29]
Early women's career[edit]
After juniors, Jones and Officer joined the Karen Porritt rink and attempted to qualify for the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Jones played third on the team, and Officer played second,[30] later moving to lead.[31] Jones replaced Northern Ontario import Kim Clark on the team.[32] The team made it to the 1999 Manitoba Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's championship, but were eliminated in a B-side qualifier to the Karen Young rink.[33] The following season, Jones took over skipping the rink.[34] In her first season as skip, Jones failed to make it to the Manitoba Hearts, having lost in the final of the last qualifying berth to Lois Fowler.[35]
In 2001, Jones and her rink of Porritt, Porritt's twin sister Lynn Fallis-Kurz, and Jones' junior lead, Dana Allerton made it to the 2001 Manitoba Scott Tournament of Hearts, and got all the way to the final before losing to Karen Young.[36] The following year, the Jones rink won the Manitoba Hearts, defeating Linda Van Daele in the provincial final.[37] The win earned the rink the right to represent the province at the 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian national women's championship. At the 2002 Hearts, she led her Manitoba rink to an 8–3 round robin finish, which placed them in third place. This placement put them in the playoffs, where she lost to Ontario's Sherry Middaugh.[38] The following season, Jones replaced Porritt with Kimberly Keizer at third. The team made it to the final of the 2003 Manitoba Scott Tournament of Hearts but lost to Barb Spencer in the final.[39]
Porritt was brought back onto the team the following season, replacing Keizer, while Jones' junior teammate Jill Officer was also added at second with Fallis-Kurz moving to lead.[40] The team had less success at the 2004 Manitoba Scott Tournament of Hearts, losing in the quarter-final to Joelle Duguid.[41]
2005 and "The Shot"[edit]
Prior to the 2004–05 season, it was announced that Jones would be forming a new team with former Hearts champions Cathy Overton-Clapham at third and Cathy Gauthier at lead, with Officer remaining at second.[42] It was the first time Jones had met Overton-Clapham. The team went on to win the 2005 Manitoba Hearts, defeating clubmate Kristy Jenion in the final. At the provincials, the team had to win five straight games in 28 hours in order to win the title.[43]
Representing Manitoba at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the team would go on to win the national championship by defeating Team Ontario, skipped by Jenn Hanna in the final. Ontario controlled most of the game until the final end, with Jones herself struggling, curling just 70 per cent.[44] She faced an extremely difficult shot to win, having to hit a rock outside of the house and roll to the button, taking out an Ontario rock. She would have lost both the game and the tournament if she had missed. The shot was perfect, scoring 4 points with her final stone and winning the game.[45] CBC analyst Mike Harris described it as "the best shot I've ever seen to win a game". Revered by Canadian sports media and admiring curling fans, Jones' accomplishment under pressure was quickly dubbed "The Shot" and, in the following weeks, became the source of talk and attempts by novice curlers to repeat the feat in curling clubs across the country. TSN has rated the shot as one of the best ever at the Tournament of Hearts, stating "[t]o this day, most will make the case this shot is the greatest in the history of the Scotties."[46]
The team's win qualified them for the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship in Paisley, Scotland. The Worlds were a disappointing tournament for her and her team, where they constantly struggled with poor ice conditions. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the 3–4 game against Dordi Nordby and her Norway rink.[47]
Team changes[edit]
In the off-season, Jones replaced Gauthier at lead with 2002 Olympic bronze medallist Georgina Wheatcroft, who had also won the 2000 World Championship. This was done partly to boost the team's chances at the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in December, the first time Jones had qualified for an Olympic Trial. However, the team finished a disappointing 5–4 out of the playoffs. In the trials, Jones also experienced a case of kidney stones and was rushed to hospital. She described it as "the worst pain I've ever had".[48] Earlier in the season, the team had won two tour bonspiels, the Casinos of Winnipeg Curling Classic[49] and the Labatt Cash Spiel.[50]
Because Jones had won the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, she got to return to the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts in London, Ontario as Team Canada. At the Hearts that year, she managed to defeat Colleen Jones's team from Nova Scotia in the semi-final before losing to her former teammate Kelly Scott of Kelowna, British Columbia in the final.[48][51] At the end of the season, the team beat Cheryl Bernard to win the 2006 Players' Championship, the first time the event had a women's draw, following the merger of the World Curling Tour and the Women's Tour.[52]
In 2006, Wheatcroft moved back to her home of Vancouver, British Columbia, to live with the rest of her family and to play with her former skip, Kelley Law. She was replaced by Dana Allerton. The team had a strong start to the 2006–07 season, winning the Colonial Square Ladies Classic,[53] and won the John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier in December.[54] Midway through the season though, Jones decided Allerton wasn't working out, and she was dropped from the team in favour of team's fifth player/coach Janet Arnott just before the 2007 provincial playdowns.[48] Jones won another provincial championship in 2007 over Darcy Robertson, earning her a berth at the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, she made the playoffs, but lost to Kelly Scott again, this time in the semi-final. During the off-season, Jones switched leads again, gaining Dawn Askin from the Jenn Hanna rink. Askin had just moved from Ottawa.[48] Jones won her first Canada Cup of Curling on 17 March 2007 with three wins and two losses, defeating Cathy King in the final.[55] The team wrapped up the season by winning their second straight Players' title, defeating Kelly Scott for the honours.
World Championship success[edit]
In the 2007–08 curling season, Jones celebrated several successes, including winning the 2007 Autumn Gold Grand Slam over Shannon Kleibrink,[56] the Oslo Cup[57] and the Red Deer Curling Classic.[58] Later in the season, she also won the 2008 Manitoba Provincial Championship, defeating Barb Spencer in the final. Winning the 2008 Manitoba Provincial Championship qualified her to represent the province at the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Regina, Saskatchewan. Jones got off to a slow start, having just a 3–4 record to start the week, but then got four consecutive wins for a 7–4 record, which earned a spot in the tiebreaker match where she defeated Newfoundland and Labrador's Heather Strong by a score of 6–3. In the first playoff game, Jones edged Québec skip Marie-France Larouche with a score of 6–5. She advanced to the semi-finals, where she defeated Ontario's Sherry Middaugh 9–8 by stealing a point in the extra end. In the final, Jones faced Alberta's Shannon Kleibrink. In the final stone, Kleibrink had the opportunity to score a big end for the win but only managed to knock out one Manitoba Stone, giving Jones' team a 6–4 victory and was crowned Canadian Champions for the second time.[59][60]
Because of the win at the Canadian Championships, Jones got to compete at the 2008 World Women's Curling Championship in Vernon, British Columbia. This time, they had access to the top coaches, athletic therapists and sports psychologists like Dr. Cal Botterill. During the round robin, Canada was defeated by Wang Bingyu of China. They were down 6–1 in four ends to Debbie McCormick of America when coach Janet Arnott delivered a speech. TSN analyst Cathy Gauthier said, "I heard Janet say something once, and it really struck in my head". The Canadians made a comeback, winning 10–9 and every game after that except to Angelina Jensen from Denmark, which they lost 6–3. They also lost to China again. After a comeback, Jones made it into the finals and defeated China to capture her first World Championship by a score of 7–4. Jones finished the week with an overall record of 11–3.[59][61]
Repeat Hearts championships[edit]
Early on in the 2008–09 season, the team won the Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic, a Grand Slam event at the time, defeating Stefanie Lawton in the final.[62] The team also won the 2009 Glynhill Ladies International in Scotland.[63] The team competed in a "battle of the sexes" in the semifinal of the 2009 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game against former world men's champion Glenn Howard. The Jones rink won just one skin against Howard's seven, and took home $1,500.[64]
Jennifer Jones and her team competed at the 2009 Tournament of Hearts as defending champions. They went on a record of 7–4, which led to a tiebreaker match against Rebecca Jean MacPhee of Prince Edward Island. They found themselves losing 3–0 but won 6–5. They beat Quebec's Marie-France Larouche 12–8 in the semi-finals and beat Marla Mallett from British Columbia to 8–5 to win her second consecutive title. The win at the Scotties sent the Jones rink back to the World Championship. But as in 2005, the outcome was disappointing. Jones was defeated in the bronze medal game by Angelina Jensen from Denmark.[65][66] She ended the season by winning her third Players' Championship, beating Shannon Kleibrink in the final.[67]
The rink started the 2009–10 season by winning the Oslo Cup,[68] and winning their second Autumn Gold Grand Slam at the 2009 Trail Appliances Curling Classic, defeating Wang Bingyu of China in the final. A month later they won the Red Deer Curling Classic.[69] The team participated in the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in mid-December, there the team played a 2–5 record and ended up tied for sixth place and off of the playoffs. She later revealed that she was sick all week and unable to play well. "We worked really, really hard and wanted to excel at this event, but it just didn't work out," Jones told reporters.[70][71]
Jennifer Jones and team again returned to the Scotties as defending champions, Team Canada at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In the round robin, the team managed to finish tied for first with an 8–3 record. The team would be seeded second behind the upstart PEI rink, skipped by Kathy O'Rourke, and with Erin Carmody throwing last rocks. The page 1 vs 2 playoff featured the two teams, and saw Jones winning and going through to the final. PEI would then beat Ontario in the semifinal to force a rematch of the 1 vs 2 page playoff. In the finals, PEI was winning 6–3 through 6 ends. Jones stole a point in the eighth and two more in the ninth to make it 7–6 for Team Canada. P.E.I tied the game with a single point in the tenth, forcing an 11th end. Finally, Jones picked a yellow P.E.I stone out of the four-foot in the extra end to win the tournament, completing another Scotties comeback and securing her 3rd consecutive Tournament of Hearts victory and 4th Hearts victory in total.[72] "It's pretty incredible and the way we won, the way we came back," said Jones.[65] Jones third win in a row put her in the elite company of Vera Pezer and Colleen Jones (no relation to Jennifer) as the only skips to have won three Tournament of Hearts in a row. As this was also her fourth win in total, she and second Jill Officer became part of a group of 4 to have won 4 Scotties; they joined Vera Pezer and Lee Morrison of Saskatoon. The win was Cathy Overton-Clapham's fifth in total this moved her one off Colleen Jones in the record book and alongside the legendary Joyce McKee of Saskatchewan and Nova Scotians Mary Anne Arsenault, Nancy Delahunt and Kim Kelly.[73]
At the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, after finishing the round robin with a 10–1 record, she lost all her playoff games except the bronze medal final against Sweden.[74] Jones claimed her second world championship medal in four tries with that bronze. The team finished the season at 2010 Players' Championships, where they lost in the quarterfinals. Following the season, the team decided to replace third Cathy Overton-Clapham, replacing her with the younger Kaitlyn Lawes in time for the 2010–11 curling season.[65][75]
2010–2013[edit]
With new third Kaitlyn Lawes, the team won the 2010 Sobeys Slam earlier in the 2010–11 season, beating Chelsea Carey for the title. A week later, they won the 2010 Sun Life Classic, and later won the 2011 Karuizawa International Curling Championship. They represented Team Canada at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as defending champions. There, Jones led the rink to an 8–3 round robin record. In the playoffs, the team downed Saskatchewan's Amber Holland in the 1 vs. 2 game, but lost to the Holland rink in the final. They wrapped up the season by winning the 2011 Players' Championship over Rachel Homan.
The next season, Jones won another Oslo Cup, and then won her second Canada cup title in 2011, defeating Chelsea Carey in the final. Jones beat Carey again in the final of the 2012 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, earning her the right to represent Manitoba at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, the team topped the table after the round robin with a 9–2 record. However, they lost both their page playoff games, first against former teammate Kelly Scott skipping British Columbia, and then to Alberta's Heather Nedohin in the semifinal. The team rebounded to win the bronze medal game against Quebec's Marie-France Larouche.
Jones won another provincial title in 2013, defeating Barb Spencer in the Manitoba final. At the 2013 Tournament of Hearts, where her Manitoba rink finished second, Jones became the second Canadian woman to record 100 wins as a skip at the Canadian championships.[76]
2013–14[edit]
Jones competed at the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, where she managed to qualify as the top seed through the round robin play, which meant the team went directly to the finals. There she defeated Sherry Middaugh eight to four and won the right to represent Canada at the Olympics for the first time. She skipped the Canadian women's team to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Jones is the first-ever female skip in Olympic history to be undefeated throughout the tournament. The only male skip to achieve it was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. After the win, she said that "We're Olympic gold medallists. It's something that you dream of for your entire life. It's what every athlete wants to do, and we did it today. And we did it in a way where we played so consistent all week. On the biggest stage for sport, we came out and played our best. And I'm so so proud of us."[77][78] On the World Curling Tour that season, the Jones team won 3 slams, the 2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Women's Classic, the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic and the season-ending 2014 Players' Championship.
Post-Olympics and fifth Hearts title[edit]
Team Jones began the new Olympic cycle by adding another Slam title, the 2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. In the final, they beat defending Canadian champion Rachel Homan 6–5.[79] The team won another event title two weeks later at the Canad Inns Women's Classic, downing Jill Thurston in the final.[80] Next for the Jones rink was the 2014 Masters where they reached the semifinals before losing to Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson in a rematch of the Olympic gold medal game.[81] At their next event, the DeKalb Superspiel, the team went undefeated until the final where they lost to Northern Ontario's Tracy Horgan.[82] After failing to qualify at the 2014 Canada Cup, Team Jones won their third title of the season at the Karuizawa International, defeating Korea's Kim Eun-jung 8–6 in the championship game.[83] In the new year, they played in the 2015 Continental Cup of Curling where they helped Team Canada secure a third straight title.[84] They also participated in the 2015 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game where they finished runner-up to the Homan rink, earning $29,500 in the process.[85]
At the 2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Jones rink posted an undefeated record to secure the provincial title. After a 7–0 round robin record, they beat Kerri Einarson twice in the playoffs.[86] This earned them a trip to the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where they had a near perfect run. The team finished first through the round robin, suffering just one loss to Nova Scotia's Mary-Anne Arsenault.[87] In the playoffs, they beat Alberta's Val Sweeting 8–6 in the 1 vs. 2 game and faced them again in the final after Alberta beat Saskatchewan in the semifinal. In the championship, the Manitoba rink never trailed, taking one in the tenth end to secure a 6–5 victory and giving Jones her fifth Hearts title.[88] After the final, Jones said "To come off our Olympic year and come back and win the Scotties and be able to put the Maple Leaf back on your back is truly an honour and something we can't believe we get to do so it's truly humbling."[89]
The next month, Jones and her teammates represented Canada at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship which took place in Sapporo, Japan.[90] In the round robin, they suffered two losses to Sweden's Sigfridsson and Switzerland's Alina Pätz. Their 9–2 record earned them second place and a spot in the 1 vs. 2 game which they lost to Switzerland.[91] They bounced back in the semifinal, however, defeating Russia's Anna Sidorova to set up a third rematch against the Swiss. After giving up two points in the first half, Jones made a costly mistake in the sixth end when her final draw sailed through the rings, giving up a steal of two.[92] The team did not recover from this error, with Pätz drawing the button in the tenth end for a 5–3 victory, handing the Canadians the silver medal.[93] They ended their season at the 2015 Players' Championship where they finished with a 1–4 record.[94]
Scotties drought and road to 2018[edit]
The Jones rink struggled to find consistency to begin the 2015–16 season, failing to qualify at the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Grand Slam and not making any tour finals. In October, they reached their first final at the 2015 Canad Inns Women's Classic where they lost 7–6 to Kim Eun-jung.[95] After back-to-back quarterfinal finishes at the 2015 Masters and 2015 National, Team Jones claimed their first title of the season at the DeKalb Superspiel, going undefeated through the event and downing Erika Brown in the final.[96] In December, they qualified for the playoffs of the 2015 Canada Cup but lost in the semifinal to Val Sweeting.[97] The following week, they again had an undefeated record at the 2015 Canadian Open up until the final where they lost 8–7 to Team Homan.[98] In January, the team played in the 2016 Continental Cup where the North American team defeated Team World by one point, giving Jones a record sixth Continental Cup victory.[99] They also played in the 2016 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game where they won the title, defeating Team Sweeting in the final to take home $54,000.[100]
As defending champions, the Jones rink represented Team Canada at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. After losing two of their first three games, the defending champions rattled off eight straight victories to finish the round robin with a 9–2 record and a spot in the 1 vs. 2 game.[101] There, they lost 7–5 to Alberta's Chelsea Carey, dropping them into the semifinal game against Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville. Team Jones had early control of the game but gave up pivotal steals in the ninth and tenth ends, ultimately losing 7–5 and not succeeding in defending their title.[102] They ended the week on a high note by defeating Manitoba's Kerri Einarson 8–7 to claim the bronze medal.[103]
After their third-place finish at the Hearts, Team Jones turned things around at the last two events of the season, the 2016 Players' Championship and the 2016 Champions Cup Grand Slams. At the Players', they finished 4–1 through the round robin before wins in the quarter and semifinals to reach the final. There, they lost 9–6 to Scotland's Eve Muirhead, taking second place.[104] Two weeks later, at the Champions Cup, they lost one game in the round robin before four straight victories to reach another final.[105] This time, they successfully defeated Rachel Homan 7–5 to end the season on a high note with Jones claiming her twelfth Slam (sixth excluding defunct events).[106]
Jones missed her team's first event of the 2016–17 season as she was on maternity leave.[107] At the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, she was replaced by 2010 Olympic silver medallist Cheryl Bernard and the team made it to the semifinals. She also missed the team's second event, the Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup, as she was competing in the Canad Inns Mixed Doubles Championship with husband Brent Laing. Jones and Laing finished fourth at the event, losing in both the semifinal and bronze medal game. At the Stockholm Cup, former Scotties champion Alison Kreviazuk filled in at second while Officer and Lawes moved up to third and skip respectively.[108] They lost in the quarterfinals to Anna Hasselborg. Back with her team for the first time in October, Jones led her rink to the finals of the Autumn Gold Curling Classic where they lost in an extra end to Casey Scheidegger.[109] After a string of quarterfinal finishes, Team Jones ran the table at the DeKalb Superspiel to defend their title, defeating Michelle Englot 8–3 in the final.[110] They carried this momentum into the 2016 Canada Cup where they were the class of the field, finishing the round robin with a 5–1 record. This qualified them directly for the final where they stole four in the third end to down Team Homan 9–5, giving Jones her third career Canada Cup title.[111]
After helping North America secure another Continental Cup title the following month,[112] Team Jones entered the 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts attempting to make it back to the national championship.[113] Through the round robin, the team were dominant front runners, winning all seven of their preliminary matches to reach the 1 vs. 1 game.[114] There, they lost to Michelle Englot, knocking them into the semifinal which they also lost to Darcy Robertson. The loss marked the first time since 2004 that Jones did not win the event (having also participated).[115] Despite the loss, her team bounced back quickly the next week at the 2017 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game, winning the event for a second straight year and a first place cheque of $53,000.[116] In April, Jones led her team to their sole Grand Slam title of the season, defeating Val Sweeting 8–4 to capture the 2017 Players' Championship, Jones' seventh title.[117] They were not able to defend their Champions Cup title, however, losing out in the quarterfinals to Rachel Homan.[118]
While failing to qualify for the Scotties, Jones and doubles partner Brent Laing made their debut at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the first championship for the pair.[119] Through the round robin, they finished first amongst their pool with a 6–1 record, qualifying directly for the quarterfinals. They then beat Janet and Hugh Murphy before losing in the semifinals to Rachel Homan and John Morris, earning the bronze medal. Still, their performance was good enough to qualify them for the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials the following season.[120]
Second World title[edit]
Team Jones began the 2017–18 season early at the 2017 CCT Arctic Cup in May. They went undefeated until the final, losing 5–3 to Anna Sidorova. They continued this strong play into the fall, reaching the semifinals of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge and the final of the 2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic, losing out to Val Sweeting and Shannon Birchard respectively. At their next two events, the 2017 Masters and the 2017 National, the team was dominant, going an undefeated 14–0 to claim two consecutive Slam titles. At the Masters, they topped Kerri Einarson 6–5 while at the National, they edged Casey Scheidegger 8–7.
Entering the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, Team Jones was the top ranked Canadian women's team and looked to defend their trials title from 2013. Jones, with teammates Lawes, Officer and McEwen had a perfect start to the week, winning their first five games to lead the round robin pool. In their sixth game, they faced co-leader Chelsea Carey and suffered their first loss 7–5. They also lost their next two games to Krista McCarville and Rachel Homan, finishing 5–3. This record was good enough to advance to the semifinals where they again faced Team Homan. Chasing the entire game, the team suffered their fourth straight loss and were eliminated from the event in third place. Despite this, Jones had another chance to qualify for the Games through the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials. As her regular partner Brent Laing won the men's trials with Kevin Koe, Mark Nichols slotted in as Jones' partner for the Olympic run. The pair gelled well immediately, finishing 8–3 through the round robin and championship rounds to reach the final four. Ultimately, their run came to an end in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game with a 5–4 loss to Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant. In the final, Jones' third Kaitlyn Lawes won the event with partner John Morris.
Having not qualified for the Olympics, Jones shifted her focus to the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In January, the team competed in the provincial championship where Jones won her eighth title. After a 6–1 round robin record, they beat Team Einarson in the 1 vs. 1 game to reach the final. There, they avenged their semifinal loss from 2017, taking two in the tenth end to defeat Darcy Robertson 7–6. This earned them the right to represent Manitoba at the national championship in Penticton, British Columbia, but Lawes was unavailable due to her participation in mixed doubles at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Because of this, the team added Shannon Birchard to the lineup at the third position while Lawes was named as the team's alternate, despite her presence in Korea. At the Hearts, Team Jones dominated the rest of the field, suffering just two round robin losses to Wildcard (Einarson) and Northern Ontario (Fleury). They then won four straight championship pool games and defeated Wildcard in the page 1 vs. 2 to qualify for the national final. Once again facing Einarson, the team took two in the tenth end for an 8–6 victory, giving Jones a record-tying sixth Scotties title.
Following her return from South Korea, Lawes joined the Jones team and reprised her spot at third, moving Birchard to alternate. The team's victory in Penticton meant they won the right to wear the maple leaf at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship taking place in North Bay, Ontario. There, they continued to thrive, going through the round robin undefeated. They then beat Jamie Sinclair and her American team in the semifinal, earning the right to face the Olympic champion, Anna Hasselborg of Sweden, in the final. Team Jones would have to take Hasselborg to an extra end but ultimately won the game without having to throw their last rock. The victory was Jones' second World Championship victory and would be the last for long-time second Jill Officer, as she announced she was stepping back from the game.[121] Jones, with tears in her eyes, said of the final game with Officer that "I'm just so thrilled to be able to stand on top of the podium with these girls one more time."[121] It had earlier been announced that Jocelyn Peterman would be joining the team the following season, coming over from Team Carey to replace Officer.[122]
Still with two Slams to play before ending her run with Officer, Jones marched through the 2018 Players' Championship up until the final, losing a lopsided 7–2 game to Jamie Sinclair's American side. At the 2018 Champions Cup, they had a shaky start but defeated Val Sweeting in a tiebreaker to qualify. They then beat Silvana Tirinzoni in the quarterfinals before a semifinal loss to Team Einarson ended their season and Jones and Officer's run together, having first joined forces in 1992.
2018–19[edit]
Jones won her fourth career Canada Cup title in 2018, defeating Kerri Einarson in the final.[123] In the new year, she won the 2019 TSN All-Star Curling Skins Game, defeating Tracy Fleury's rink to pick up $51,000. Her rink represented Team Canada as defending champions at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team struggled, finishing the round robin with a 6–5 record and missing the playoffs. It was the first time Jones had ever missed the playoffs at the Scotties in her 14th event.[124] Jones was invited to represent Team Canada (in lieu of a pregnant Rachel Homan, who had previously qualified) in the Grand Final of the inaugural Curling World Cup.[125] Jones and her composite rink of Kaitlyn Lawes, Shannon Birchard and Jill Officer won the event, defeating the World Champion Silvana Tirinzoni rink from Switzerland in the final.[126]
2019–20[edit]
In their first event of the 2019–20 season, Team Jones won the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, defeating Tracy Fleury in the final. Next, they played in the 2019 Colonial Square Ladies Classic, where Fleury would take them out in the semi-finals. They had two quarterfinal finishes at the first two Slams of the season, the Masters and the Tour Challenge. The team struggled at the Canada Cup, finishing with a 2–4 record. The team made the final at the Boost National, losing to Team Hasselborg,[127] and the quarterfinals at the Canadian Open.[128] The team made the final of the 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts and lost to Team Einarson.[129] By virtue of their CTRS ranking, the team had a second chance to qualify for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts through the wild card play-in game, where they defeated Team Fleury to become Team Wild Card.[130] At the Scotties, they finished the round robin and championship pool with a 9–2 record as the second seed in playoffs but lost to Kerri Einarson (Team Manitoba) in the 1 vs. 2 playoff game and to Rachel Homan (Team Ontario) in the semifinal to finish in third place.[131] It would be their last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[132] On 18 March 2020, the team announced that Lisa Weagle, after parting ways with Team Homan, would join the team in a 5-player rotation.[133]
2020–21[edit]
After losing in the semi-final of the 2020 Scotties, Jones did not "step foot (sic) on the ice" again until the 2020 Cameron's Brewing Mixed Doubles Cashspiel played in September 2020, due to the COVID pandemic.[134] Jones and partner Brent Laing went undefeated at the event, defeating Maddy Warriner and Charlie Richard in the final.[135] A week later, she won her first women's event of the season at the 2020 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard.[136] The 2021 Manitoba Scotties were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba, so Curl Manitoba appointed the Jones rink to represent Manitoba at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[137] At the 2021 Hearts, Jones led Manitoba to a 9–3 record, putting them in a third place tiebreaker match against Alberta, skipped by Laura Walker. Walker defeated Jones 9–8 to advance to the semifinal.[138] A month later, Jones was back in the bubble to compete with Brent Laing at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. After going 5–1 record through the round robin, the pair lost in the round of 8 to eventual champions Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue, eliminating them from contention.[139] Jones ended her season with her women's team at the only two Grand Slam events of the abbreviated season, also held in the Calgary bubble. Her team missed the playoffs at both the 2021 Champions Cup and the 2021 Players' Championship.[140][141]
2021–22[edit]
Team Jones qualified for the playoffs in each of their first four tour events; however, they were not able to qualify for any finals. At the first Grand Slam of the season, the 2021 Masters, the team was able to reach the final before losing to Tracy Fleury in a 9–7 match.[142] They then missed the playoffs at the 2021 National two weeks later.
A month later, Team Jones competed in the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. There, the team posted a 5–3 round robin record, earning a spot in the semifinal. They then defeated Krista McCarville to qualify for the final, where they would face Fleury again. After a tight game all the way through, Team Fleury stole one in the ninth end to take a single-point lead. In the tenth end, Jones had an open hit-and-stick to win the game; however, her shooter rolled too far, and she only got one. This sent the game to an extra end. On her final shot, Fleury attempted a soft-weight hit on a Jones stone partially buried behind a guard. Her rock, however, curled too much and hit the guard, giving up a steal of one and the game to Team Jones.[143] After the game, Jones said that "We're there to pick each other up when you miss, not everybody can say that and that's really a big strength of our team."[144][145] With the win, Team Jones travelled to Beijing, China to represent Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Jones, at 47, was the oldest Canadian athlete on the team for Games.[146] Through the round robin, the Canadian team had mixed results, ultimately finishing tied for third with a 5–4 record. However, because of their draw shot challenge results, which were the lowest of the teams they were tied with, they ranked fifth overall, missing the playoffs. After their final game, an emotional Jones said, "I can tell everybody at home that we tried our very best, we're really sorry we don't get to play again, but we tried our hardest."[147]
On March 15, 2022, Team Jones announced they would be parting ways after the 2021–22 season.[148] Lead Dawn McEwen announced she would be retiring from competitive curling,[149] while third Kaitlyn Lawes and second Jocelyn Peterman announced they would be joining Selena Njegovan and Kristin MacCuish of Team Fleury to form a new team. Additionally, alternate Lisa Weagle stated she would focus solely on mixed doubles. A few days later, on March 17, 2022, Jones announced that she would be teaming up with Team Mackenzie Zacharias for the 2022–23 season. Jones would take over the team as skip, with the four Zacharias members each moving down one position in the lineup.[150]
Team Jones still had two more events together before parting ways, the 2022 Players' Championship and 2022 Champions Cup Grand Slams. At the Players', the team went 1–3, missing the playoffs. They then missed the playoffs again at the Champions Cup with a 1–4 record, ending the team's run together.[151]
2022–23[edit]
The newly revised Jones lineup with third Karlee Burgess, second Mackenzie Zacharias, lead Lauren Lenentine and alternate Emily Zacharias found immediate success on tour, winning the 2022 Saville Shoot-Out after an undefeated run.[152] The team then competed in the 2022 PointsBet Invitational single elimination event where they won all four of their games to claim the title.[153] They had three semifinal finishes in a row at the 2022 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic and the DeKalb Superspiel, losing to Michèle Jäggi, Christina Black and Nancy Martin respectively. At the 2023 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Jones went undefeated to win their first provincial title as a new squad.[154] This qualified the team for the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where after an opening draw loss, they went on a ten game winning streak to qualify for the final where they faced the three-time defending champions in Team Kerri Einarson. Tied 2–2 in the fifth, Jones pulled up light on her final draw which gave Team Canada a steal of two. In the ninth, she missed a pivotal freeze which left Einarson with an open hit to count five to secure the win.[155] In Grand Slam play, Team Jones reached the playoffs in four of six events but never made it past the quarterfinal round.
On the mixed doubles tour, Jones and Laing went undefeated to win the Goldline Valleyfield Mixed Doubles event in Quebec.[156] At the 2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the pair went undefeated through the round robin with a 7–0 record.[157] They then defeated Lisa Weagle and John Epping in the quarterfinals and Rachel Homan and Tyler Tardi in the semifinals to qualify for the championship game. There, tied in the eighth end, they scored five to down Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant 9–4, securing the national title.[158] This qualified the pair for the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship where they finished first through their pool with an 8–1 record, earning a bye to the semifinal. They then lost both the semifinal and bronze medal game to the United States and Norway respectively, finishing fourth.[159]
2023–24[edit]
Team Jones had a strong start to the 2023–24 season, finishing second at the 2023 Saville Shootout after losing to Heather Nedohin (skipping Team Homan) in the final.[160] Jones did not play with the team for the event, however, being replaced by Chelsea Carey. At the 2023 PointsBet Invitational, they could not defend their title, losing in the quarterfinal round to Christina Black.[161] In October, the team played in the first Slam of the season, the 2023 Tour Challenge, where they qualified for the playoffs with a 2–2 record. They then upset the higher seeded Silvana Tirinzoni and Anna Hasselborg rinks in the quarters and semis to reach their first Slam final as a team.[162] Facing Jones' former teammate Kaitlyn Lawes, the team won the game 7–4, giving Jones' her seventeenth career Slam.[163] In their next event, Carey substituted for Jones again and led the team to another second-place finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, losing to Tirinzoni in the final.[164] At the next three Slams, the team had two semifinal finishes and one quarterfinal appearance.
New qualifying rules for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts allowed Team Jones a pre-qualifying spot at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts without having to play in the 2024 playdowns.[165] Days before the event began, Jones announced that at the conclusion of the season she would be retiring from four person curling, marking the end of one of the most historic careers in Canadian women's curling.[166] In her last Hearts, Jones led her team to a 6–2 round robin record, followed by a championship round victory over Alberta. After dropping the 1 vs. 2 game to Rachel Homan, they defeated Kate Cameron in the semifinal to advance to their second straight Scotties final. After Jones got two in the tenth to tie the game at four all, Homan counted one in an extra end for the 5–4 victory.[167] In their final event, Team Jones went 1–4 at the 2024 Players' Championship.[168] Chelsea Carey took over Jones' rink full-time for the 2024–25 season.[169]
Year-by-year statistics[edit]
Team events[edit]
Year | Team | Position | Event | Finish | Record | Pct.[a] |
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1990 | Jones | Skip | Manitoba Juniors | DNQ | 1–2[18] | – |
1991 | Staub (CCC) | Third | Manitoba Juniors | 1st[18] | – | |
1991 | Manitoba (Staub) | Third | Canadian Juniors | 2nd | 11–1 | 74[20] |
1992 | Jones | Skip | Manitoba Juniors | 2nd[22] | – | |
1993 | Jones | Skip | Manitoba Juniors | 1st[22] | – | |
1993 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | Canadian Juniors | 5th | 8–4 | 68[25] |
1994 | Jones | Skip | Manitoba Juniors | 1st | 6–0[22] | – |
1994 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | Canadian Juniors | 1st | 11–4 | 70[27] |
1995 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba Juniors | 2nd[28] | – | |
1995 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | Canadian Juniors | T3rd | 0–1 | 53[b][170] |
1999 | Porritt (SVCC) | Third | Manitoba STOH | DNQ[33] | 3–2[171][172][173] | – |
2001 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 2nd[37] | – | |
2002 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st[37] | – | |
2002 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2002 STOH | 4th | 8–4 | 79[38] |
2003 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 2nd | 6–3[39] | – |
2004 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | T8th | 1–3 | 70[174] |
2004 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 4th | 6–2[41] | – |
2005 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 10–1[175] | – |
2005 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2005 STOH | 1st | 11–2 | 80[176] |
2005 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2005 WCC | 4th | 8–4 | 68[177] |
2005 | Jones | Skip | 2005 COCT | 6th | 5–4 | 73[178] |
2006 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 2nd | 6–3 | 75[179] |
2006 | Team Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2006 STOH | 2nd | 10–4 | 70[180] |
2007 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 9–2[181] | – |
2007 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2007 STOH | 3rd | 10–3 | 76[182] |
2007 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 1st | 6–2 | 73[183] |
2007 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 1st | [citation needed] | |
2008 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 8–2[184] | – |
2008 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2008 STOH | 1st | 11–4 | 76[60] |
2008 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 4th | 4–2 | 78[185] |
2008 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2008 WCC | 1st | 11–3 | 82[186] |
2008 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 2nd | 0–2–1[187] | |
2009 | Team Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2009 STOH | 1st | 11–4 | 78[188] |
2009 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2009 WCC | 4th | 9–4 | 81[189] |
2009 | Jones | Skip | 2009 COCT | 6th | 2–5 | 76[190] |
2010 | Team Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2010 STOH | 1st | 10–3 | 76[191] |
2010 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2010 WCC | 3rd | 11–3 | 85[192] |
2010 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 5th | 3–2 | 75[193] |
2011 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 3–0 | 73[194] |
2011 | Team Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2011 STOH | 2nd | 9–4 | 83[195] |
2011 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 1st | 5–3 | 75[196] |
2012 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 9–2[197] | – |
2012 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2012 STOH | 3rd | 10–4 | 83[198] |
2013 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 3–0–1 | 78[199] |
2013 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 8–1[200] | – |
2013 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2013 STOH | 2nd | 12–2 | 86[201] |
2013 | Jones | Skip | 2013 COCT | 1st | 7–1 | 84[202] |
2014 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 2–2 | 83[203] |
2014 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | OG | 1st | 11–0 | 86[204] |
2014 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 4th | 3–3 | 74[205] |
2015 | Canada | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 1–1–2 | 82[206] |
2015 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 9–0[207] | – |
2015 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2015 STOH | 1st | 12–1 | 81[208] |
2015 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2015 WCC | 2nd | 10–4 | 77[209] |
2015 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 3rd | 4–3 | 82[210] |
2016 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 4–0–0 | 84[211] |
2016 | Team Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2016 STOH | 3rd | 10–4 | 85[212] |
2016 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 1st | 6–1 | 79[213] |
2017 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 1–2–1 | 67[214] |
2017 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 3rd | 7–2[215] | – |
2017 | Jones | Skip | 2017 COCT | 3rd | 5–4 | 74[216] |
2018 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 8–1[217] | – |
2018 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2018 STOH | 1st | 11–2 | 84[218] |
2018 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2018 WCC | 1st | 14–0 | 80[219] |
2018 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 1st | 7–2 | 74[220] |
2019 | North America | Skip | Cont'l Cup | 2nd | 1–1–1[221] | |
2019 | Team Canada (Jones) | Skip | 2019 STOH | 7th | 6–5 | 73[222] |
2019 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | CWC | 1st | 5–2[223] | – |
2019 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Canada Cup | 6th | 2–4 | 69[224] |
2020 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 2nd | 6–3[225] | – |
2020 | Jones (SVCC) | Skip | STOH Wild Card | 1st | 1–0 | 74[226] |
2020 | Wild Card (Jones) | Skip | 2020 STOH | 3rd | 9–4 | 75[227] |
2021 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2021 STOH | 4th | 9–4 | 79[228] |
2021 | Jones | Skip | 2021 COCT | 1st | 7–3 | 75[229] |
2022 | Canada (Jones) | Skip | OG | 5th | 5–4 | 74[230] |
2023 | Jones (SVCC/ACC) | Skip | Manitoba STOH | 1st | 9–0[231] | – |
2023 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2023 STOH | 2nd | 10–2 | 81[232] |
2024 | Manitoba (Jones) | Skip | 2024 STOH | 2nd | 8–4 | 81[233] |
Scotties Tournament of Hearts Totals[234] | 177–60 | 79 | ||||
World Championship Totals[235] | 63–18 | 79 | ||||
Olympic Curling Trial Totals[234] | 26–17 | 77 | ||||
Olympic Games Totals[235] | 16–4 | 81 |
Mixed doubles[edit]
Year | Partner | Event | Finish | Record | Pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Bill Todhunter | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 1–0–0 | 91[236] |
2008 | Marc Kennedy | Cont'l Cup | 2nd | 0–0–1[187] | |
2011 | Carter Rycroft | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 1–0–0[237] | |
2013 | Brent Laing | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 1–0–0 | 73[238] |
2014 | Mark Nichols | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 1–0–0 | 71[203] |
2016 | Brent Laing | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 0–1–0 | 67[211] |
2017 | Brent Laing | Cont'l Cup | 1st | 0–1–0 | 59[214] |
2017 | Brent Laing | CMDCC | T3rd | 7–2[239] | |
2018 | Mark Nichols | CMDCOT | 4th | 8–4 | 73[240] |
2018 | Brent Laing | CMDCC | T5th | 6–3 | 71[241] |
2019 | Mark Nichols | Cont'l Cup | 2nd | 0–1–0[221] | |
2019 | Brent Laing | CMDCC | T9th | 5–3 | 71[242] |
2021 | Brent Laing | CMDCC | T5th | 5–2[243] | |
2023 | Brent Laing | CMDCC | 1st | 10–0[244] | |
2023 | Brent Laing | 2023 WCC | 4th | 8–3 | 77[a][245] |
2024 | Brent Laing | CMDCC | T18th | 3–4 | 73[246] |
World Championship Totals | 8–3 | 77[a] | |||
Olympic Curling Trial Totals | 8–4 | 73 |
Grand Slam record[edit]
Jones has won a career 17 Grand Slam victories since the women's grand slam was introduced in 2006, though the Grand Slam of Curling only recognizes 10 victories of the current day events.
Key | |
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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 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13[c] | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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Tour Challenge | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q | QF | SF | QF | QF | N/A | N/A | Q | C |
The National | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | QF | Q | C | SF | F | N/A | Q | QF | QF |
Masters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | SF | SF | QF | QF | C | QF | QF | N/A | F | QF | SF |
Canadian Open | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | QF | F | QF | SF | Q | QF | N/A | N/A | QF | SF |
Players' | C | C | Q | C | QF | C | SF | SF | C | Q | F | C | F | QF | N/A | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Champions Cup | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | C | QF | SF | QF | N/A | Q | Q | QF | N/A |
Former events[edit]
Event | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13[c] | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 |
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Elite 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SF |
Autumn Gold | Q | C | Q | C | SF | Q | DNP | QF | C | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Colonial Square | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | C | DNP | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries | F | F | QF | F | QF | QF | DNP | C | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sobeys Slam | N/A | Q | Q | N/A | C | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Wayden Transportation | QF | Q | C | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Teams[edit]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
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1989–90[18] | Jennifer Jones | Heather Jones | Tracey Lavery | Dana Malanchuk |
1990–91 | Jill Staub | Jennifer Jones | Kristie Moroz | Kelly Mackenzie |
1992–93 | Jennifer Jones | Trisha Baldwin | Jill Officer | Dana Malanchuk |
1993–94 | Jennifer Jones | Trisha Baldwin | Jill Officer | Dana Malanchuk |
1994–95 [247] | Jennifer Jones | Trisha Baldwin | Jill Officer | Dana Malanchuk |
1996–97[30] | Karen Porritt | Jennifer Jones | Jill Officer | Patti Burtnyk |
1997–98[248] | Karen Porritt | Jennifer Jones | Patti Burtnyk | Jill Officer |
1998–99[249] | Karen Porritt | Jennifer Jones | Patti Burtnyk | Jill Officer |
2000–01[250] | Jennifer Jones | Karen Porritt | Lynn Fallis-Kurz | Dana Allerton |
2001–02 | Jennifer Jones | Karen Porritt | Lynn Fallis-Kurz | Dana Allerton |
2002–03[251] | Jennifer Jones | Kimberly Keizer | Lynn Fallis-Kurz | Dana Allerton |
2003–04 | Jennifer Jones | Karen Porritt | Jill Officer | Lynn Fallis-Kurz |
2004–05 | Jennifer Jones | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jill Officer | Cathy Gauthier |
2005–06 | Jennifer Jones | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jill Officer | Georgina Wheatcroft |
2006–07 | Jennifer Jones | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jill Officer | Dana Allerton / Janet Arnott / Dawn Askin |
2007–08 | Jennifer Jones | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin |
2008–09 | Jennifer Jones | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin |
2009–10 | Jennifer Jones | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin |
2010–11 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin |
2011–12 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Joëlle Sabourin (Sept–Dec) Jill Officer (Jan–April) |
Dawn Askin |
2013 [d] | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin |
2013–14 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen |
2014–15 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen |
2015–16 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Jennifer Clark-Rouire[e] / Dawn McEwen |
2016–17 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen |
2017–18 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes Shannon Birchard (STOH only) |
Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen |
2018–19 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jocelyn Peterman | Dawn McEwen |
2019–20 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jocelyn Peterman | Dawn McEwen |
2020–21 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jocelyn Peterman | Dawn McEwen / Lisa Weagle |
2021–22 | Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jocelyn Peterman | Dawn McEwen / Lisa Weagle |
2022–23[252] | Jennifer Jones | Karlee Burgess | Mackenzie Zacharias | Emily Zacharias / Lauren Lenentine |
2023–24 | Jennifer Jones | Karlee Burgess | Emily Zacharias | Lauren Lenentine |
Honours[edit]
In 2011, she was a finalist for the Future Leaders of Manitoba award in the business/professional category. In 2014, she was made a member of the Order of Manitoba.[253]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Round robin only
- ^ Percentage for semifinal only, as this is the only game that Team Canada played in.
- ^ a b Jones did not play at the beginning of the 2012–13 season due to her pregnancy. She returned to the team in January, in time for that year's Players' slam.
- ^ Jones was on maternity leave for the beginning of the 2012–13 curling season and returned to her team in January 2013.
- ^ McEwen was on maternity leave at the beginning of the 2015–16 curling season, and she returned to the team in November 2015.
References[edit]
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- ^ a b Harrison, Doug (31 January 2017). "Shocking loss doesn't deter Jennifer Jones from Olympic goal". CBC Sports. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Jones reaches record in career Tournament of Hearts wins". TSN. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Greatest Curlers: Jones honoured as best skip in history - TSN.ca". 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Top 10 Greatest Women Curlers".
- ^ Wyman 2014, pp. 1–3
- ^ "World champion curler, corporate lawyer". Lawyers Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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- ^ Wyman 2014, p. 8
- ^ 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup Media Guide: Jennifer Jones
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Canadian women curlers
- Curlers from Winnipeg
- Lawyers in Manitoba
- World curling champions
- Canadian women's curling champions
- Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic curlers for Canada
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in curling
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Canadian women lawyers
- Members of the Order of Manitoba
- Continental Cup of Curling participants
- Curlers from Simcoe County
- Canada Cup (curling) participants
- People from St. Vital, Winnipeg
- Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- University of Manitoba alumni
- Canadian mixed doubles curling champions