Rhonda Varnes

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Rhonda Varnes
Born (1984-04-14) April 14, 1984 (age 40)
Team
Curling club Manitou Curling Club
Skip Darcy Robertson
Third Rhonda Varnes
Second Brooklyn Meiklejohn
Lead Kylie Lippens
Alternate Erika Campbell
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (2000–2008, 2016–2018; 2023–present)
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (2008–2016, 2020–2022)
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (2018–2020)

Rhonda Varnes (born April 14, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for team Darcy Robertson in Winnipeg.

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Career

Varnes grew up in Manitoba, where she won the 2001 Manitoba Juvenile Provincial Championship. As a junior curler, she played in three provincial junior championships as a skip. Her first season on the World Curling Tour was 2005–06. That season, she was the youngest skip at the 2006 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts where she led her Stonewall Curling Club rink to a 3–4 record. After the season she joined the Linda Stewart rink for one season. The team made it to the 2007 Manitoba Scotties, finishing with a 4–3 record. After one more season as a skip in Manitoba, Varnes moved to Ottawa in 2008.

In 2015, Varnes and her team of Melissa Gannon, Erin Macaulay and Rebecca Wichers-Schreur qualified for their first Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In 2016, Varnes moved back to her home province of Manitoba where she joined the Briane Meilleur rink at Third.

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