Katie Lynn Spencer [1] (born September 6, 1991, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler originally from Sanford, Manitoba. Spencer currently plays on the team skipped by her mother, Barb Spencer.
Spencer currently plays on Team Spencer, composed of Barb Spencer (Skip), Katie Spencer (Third), sister Holly Spencer (Second) and Sydney Arnal (Lead). The coach of Team Spencer is Katie's father, Jim Spencer, a former Brier champion. [2] The team competed in the 2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing in the semi-final round to Kerri Einarson. [3]
Spencer competed at the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, again with her mother Barb. Team Spencer failed to make the playoffs, finishing with a record of 3-4. [4]
Spencer graduated from the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba and is currently employed at a large accounting firm in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [5] She is an avid fisher, and received a Manitoba Master Angler Award in 2014 for catching a 19" Sucker fish on June 1, 2014. [6]
Both her mother Barb and father Jim have been inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame. [7]
Jennifer Judith Jones OM 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.
Cathy Overton-Clapham nicknamed "Cathy O" is a Canadian curler. Overton-Clapham is one of Manitoba's most decorated female curlers, with one world championship, five national championships, and thirteen Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances. In 2019, she began coaching Jamie Sinclair's team, and currently coaches the Cory Christensen team.
Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to go through the Olympics undefeated and the first Manitoba based curling team to win at the Olympics. Lawes curled with John Morris in the mixed doubles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won gold. This win made her and Morris the first Canadian curlers to win two Olympic gold medals, and Lawes was the first to win gold in two consecutive Olympics.
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She is the long-time third of the three-time Canadian champion and 2017 world champion Rachel Homan rink. The Homan team represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Valerie Sweeting is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the 2014 and 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won the tournament in 2020, 2021, and 2022 with Team Kerri Einarson.
Chelsea Danielle Carey is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip.
Allison "Alli" Flaxey is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist.
Kerri Einarson is a Canadian curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She previously won silver in 2018. She has also won two provincial mixed curling championships in 2010 and 2013. Einarson has won four Grand Slam of Curling events: the 2016 Boost National, 2019 Players' Championship, 2021 Players' Championship, and 2022 Champions Cup.
Barbara Spencer is a Canadian curler from Sanford, Manitoba. Spencer is a former Canadian Junior champion and a three-time provincial champion.
Darcy Robertson is a Canadian curler. She is a three-time provincial champion and former Canadian junior champion.
Kristy McDonald is a Canadian from Winnipeg, Manitoba. McDonald retired from 2016–2021, but returned to the playing for the 2021–22 season.
Clancy Grandy is a Canadian curler from Pickering, Ontario.
Katherine Cameron is a Canadian curler from New Bothwell, Manitoba. She currently plays third on Team Casey Scheidegger.
Elisabeth Fyfe is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She attended the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as second on Kerri Einarson's Team Manitoba. She was a Canadian Junior Curling Champion having won the 2008 Canadian Junior Championships as a second on the Kaitlyn Lawes team. Fyfe is the daughter of former Brier champion Vic Peters. She currently plays second for Team Chelsea Carey.
Jocelyn Andrea Peterman is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently plays second for the Kaitlyn Lawes rink.
Shannon Birchard is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays second on Team Kerri Einarson from Gimli, Manitoba. Currently, the Einarson team are the three-time reigning Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions, winning the title in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Birchard also won the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Jennifer Jones when she filled for Kaitlyn Lawes who was competing at the PyeongChang Olympics. She would win a world championship as the alternate member of the Jones team that same year when they won the event in North Bay in 2018. She has also won three Grand Slam of Curling events with the Einarson rink.
Selena Njegovan is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays third on Team Kaitlyn Lawes.
Raunora Westcott is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Briane Meilleur is a Canadian curler from Petersfield, Manitoba. She currently plays lead on Team Kerri Einarson from Gimli, Manitoba. Currently, the Einarson team are the three-time reigning Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions, winning the title in 2020, 2021 and 2022. She has also won three Grand Slam of Curling events with the Einarson rink.
Jenna Loder is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion and two-time world junior medallist, playing third for Kaitlyn Lawes.
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