| Grace Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 10, 2000 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Whitby CC, Whitby, ON |
| Skip | Isabelle Ladouceur |
| Third | Grace Lloyd |
| Second | Michaela Robert |
| Lead | Rachel Steele |
| Alternate | Lori Eddy |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Ontario |
Grace Elizabeth Alberta Lloyd [2] [3] (born December 10, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Brantford, Ontario. [1]
Lloyd played second for the McMaster Marauders women's curling team (skipped by Madelyn Warriner) at the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships. The team place fourth, with a 4–5 record. [1] Following the event, Lloyd was named as a first-team All-Canadian. [4] She was also named McMaster Athlete of the Week. [5] Lloyd played third for McMaster (skipped by Warriner) again at the 2023 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships. There, the team missed the playoffs, finishing with a 3–4 record. [1] After the event, Lloyd was named to the All-Canadian second team. [6] After graduating from McMaster in 2023, she joined the team's coaching staff. [7] In total, Lloyd played in four straight Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships, [8] winning provincial titles in 2020 and 2023. [9]
Lloyd began curling for the Emily Deschenes junior rink in 2020, playing second on the team. The rink won the 2022 Ontario U-21 Curling Championships. [10] The team represented "Ontario 1" at the 2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they made it to the final, where they lost to Nova Scotia 1, skipped by Taylour Stevens in the final. [1]
Lloyd played third for the Susan Froud rink at the 2022 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which had been postponed until April of that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. The team finished 3–4 at the event. [11]
Lloyd joined the Isabelle Ladouceur rink at second position in 2022 after graduating from the junior ranks. [12] They had a strong first season in 2022–23, winning the North Grenville Curling Club Women's Fall Classic, the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel and the Gord Carroll Curling Classic events on the tour. The team also played in their first Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2023 Canadian Open. [13] They lost all three of their games in the triple knockout event. They also qualified for the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts that season, going 2–3. By virtue of winning the North Grenville Fall Classic, the team qualified for the season ending Champions Cup Grand Slam event. Lloyd and third Jamie Smith switched positions for the event, with Lloyd throwing third stones. At the Champions Cup, the team finished 1–4. [14]
For the 2023–24 curling season, Lloyd continued playing third on the team. The Ladouceur rink played in the 2023 PointsBet Invitational event, put on by Curling Canada. The team won their first round game against Serena Gray-Withers, but lost in the second round to Rachel Homan. [15] The team played in the 2024 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they qualified for the playoffs, before losing to Chelsea Brandwood rink in the C1 vs C2 game. [16]
Lloyd's hometown is Dundas, Ontario. [17] She attended McMaster University for kinesiology, [18] graduating in 2023 with distinction. [2] As of 2023, she works as a kinesiologist for the Stott Physiotherapy Clinic. [1] Her sister Emily [3] is also a curler.
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