Tracy Kennedy

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Tracy Kennedy
Team
Curling club Lakehead Ladies CC, Thunder Bay, ON,
Fort William CC, Thunder Bay, ON,
Port Arthur CC, Thunder Bay, ON
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
Hearts appearances4 (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992)
World Championship
appearances
2 (1988, 1989)

Tracy Kennedy is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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She is a 1989 World women's champion, 1988 World women's silver medallist [1] and a two-time Canadian women's champion (1988, 1989).

In 1994, she was inducted into Canadian Curling Hall of Fame together with all of the Heather Houston 1988 and 1989 team. [2]

Personal life

Kennedy grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario (Fort William). As of 2014, Kennedy is the general manager of two hotel properties in Thunder Bay. [3] Her father, Darwin Wark represented Northern Ontario at the 1959 Macdonald Brier, [4] while her husband Bruce is a four-time Northern Ontario champion, and winner of the 1982 Air Canada Silver Broom world curling championships.

Awards

Teams and events

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1987–88 Heather Houston Lorraine Lang Diane Adams Tracy Kennedy Gloria Taylor (STOH) STOH 1988 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1988 Silver medal icon.svg
1988–89Heather HoustonLorraine LangDiane AdamsTracy KennedyGloria Taylor STOH 1989 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1989 Gold medal icon.svg
1989–90Heather HoustonLorraine LangDiane AdamsTracy KennedyGloria Taylor STOH 1990 Bronze medal icon.svg
1991–92 Kim Clark Tracy Kennedy Patty Wilson Peggy Barrette Marlene Inglis STOH 1992 (8th)

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References

  1. Tracy Kennedy on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Kennedy, Tracy – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". curling.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  3. "Atlific Hotels ventures into Thunder Bay market with management of two Days Inn properties - Atlific Hotels". atlific.com. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  4. "Darwin Wark - Obituary - Thunder Bay". TBNewsWatch.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.