Rebecca Morrison

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Rebecca Morrison
Born (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 28)
Team
Curling club Meldrum & Daviot CC,
Aberdeen, SCO
Skip Sophie Jackson
FourthRebecca Morrison
Third Jennifer Dodds
Second Sophie Sinclair
Alternate Fay Henderson
Mixed doubles
partner
Bobby Lammie
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championship
appearances
3 (2022, 2023, 2024)
European Championship
appearances
3 (2022, 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
European Curling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Östersund
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Lohja
Scottish Women's Curling Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Dumfries
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Dumfries
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Dumfries

Rebecca Morrison (born 22 August 1996) is a Scottish curler from Glasgow. [1] She currently throws fourth stones on her team out of Stirling which is skipped by Sophie Jackson. [2] The team won the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships in Dumfries. [3]

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Career

Rebecca Morrison's national curling career has been closely intertwined with that of the Team GB nine-player squad. In being part of this squad, she skipped Team GB to the Euro Super Series championship in 2019. [4] She later formed her current squad, with two of the other three members previous being on the team (the only person not is lead Sophie Jackson). Team Morrison, competing with third/vice-skip Gina Aitken, second Sophie Sinclair, and lead Sophie Jackson, won the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships which qualified them for the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship in Prince George. [2] [5] They were selected over Team Muirhead who did not compete at the 2022 Scottish Championships because of the proximity in time to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. [6] Unfortunately, Team Morrison was forced to withdraw from the 2022 World Championship after four of the five players on the team tested positive for COVID-19 leaving only one curler eligible to curl with Morrison and Fay Henderson testing positive before the start of the tournament, dropping team Morrison down to three players including the alternate and leaving them without their skip. On 20 March 2022, two more members of the team tested positive forcing Team Morrison to withdraw. [7]

Grand Slam record

Key
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2023–24 2024–25
Tour Challenge QF Q
Canadian Open Q DNP
Masters Q DNP

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Team Morrison Selected for 2022 World Championship". No. Scottish Curling. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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  6. Nicolson, Eric (8 March 2022). "Eve Muirhead and Beijing heroes have NOT been selected by British Curling for World Championships". The Courier. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. Clakre, Ted (20 March 2022). "Positive COVID tests force Scotland to withdraw from women's world curling championship". Prince George Citizen. Retrieved 21 March 2022.