Georgina Wheatcroft

Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965 in Nanaimo, British Columbia as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics while on Kelley Law's team.[1]

Georgina Wheatcroft
Curler
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Born
Georgina Hawkes

(1965-11-30) November 30, 1965
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Team
Curling clubRoyal City CC, New Westminster
Curling career
Hearts appearances8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Grand Slam victories1 (2006 Players' Championship)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Chicago
Gold medal – first place 2000 Glasgow
Representing  British Columbia
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 1987 Lethbridge
Gold medal – first place 2000 Prince George
Silver medal – second place 1988 Fredericton
Silver medal – second place 2001 Sudbury
Silver medal – second place 2006 London
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Gold medal – first place 2001 Regina
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Calgary

Curling career

Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national championship, debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1985 for British Columbia. Sanders, Wheatcroft, and their British Columbia team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, defeating Kathie Ellwood in the final. At the World Championships that year, the team won the gold medal defeating Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the final.[2] In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders at the Tournament of Hearts and they lost in the final to Heather Houston. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to Julie Sutton's team and again qualified for the Tournament of Hearts, where they would lose in their first playoff game. Wheatcroft would not go back to the Hearts until 2000.

In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for Kelley Law's rink. With Law, Wheatcroft won that year's Scott Tournament of Hearts and World Curling Championships. The team were runners up at the following 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts, where they lost to Colleen Jones. The following year the team qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics as Team Canada. The team defeated Team United States to win the bronze medal.[3]

In 2004, Wheatcroft skipped her own team to the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that year's Hearts champion Jennifer Jones to replace Cathy Gauthier, and she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to play with the team. With her new team, Wheatcroft played in that year's Olympic trials; the team finished with a 5-4 record. Wheatcroft had the opportunity to play in the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts because Jones had won it the previous year, and thus got to play as Team Canada. The team lost in the final to Kelly Scott of British Columbia.

2006 saw Wheatcroft return to playing with Kelley Law, as her third. In 2007, the team made their way back to the national championship, now called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, after winning the B.C. Provincial Championship. At the Scotties they finished with a 5-6 record.

In 2008, she once again skipped her own team and qualified for the 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Grand Slam record
Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Autumn Gold DNP Q Q Q
Manitoba Lotteries QF Q DNP DNP
Wayden Transportation Q Q QF DNP
Sobeys Slam N/A Q DNP DNP
Players' SF DNP DNP DNP

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead
1984–85 Georgina HawkesChristine StevensonTracey BarwickDeb Massullo
1986–87 Pat SandersGeorgina HawkesLouise HerlinveauxDeb Massullo
1987–88 Pat SandersLouise HerlinveauxGeorgina HawkesDeb Massullo
1988–89 Julie SuttonPat SandersGeorgina HawkesMelissa Soligo
1999–00 Kelley LawJulie SkinnerGeorgina WheatcroftDiane Nelson
2000–01 Kelley LawJulie SkinnerGeorgina WheatcroftDiane Nelson
2001–02 Kelley LawJulie SkinnerGeorgina WheatcroftDiane Nelson
2002–03 Kelley LawJulie SkinnerGeorgina WheatcroftDiane Dezura
2003–04 Georgina WheatcroftDiane McLeanShellan ReedDiane Dezura
2004–05 Georgina WheatcroftDiane GushulakKristen RecksiedlerMila Hockley
2005–06 Jennifer JonesCathy Overton-ClaphamJill OfficerGeorgina Wheatcroft
2006–07 Kelley LawGeorgina WheatcroftShannon AleksicDarah Provencal
2007–08 Colleen JonesGeorgina WheatcroftKate HamerDarah Provencal
2008–09 Georgina WheatcroftSteph JacksonKristen WindsorNiki Hatter
2009–10 Georgina WheatcroftSteph JacksonSarah WarkKristen Windsor

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgina Wheatcroft". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "World Curling Championships 1987: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  3. "Georgina Wheatcroft Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2010-03-11. at Sports Reference
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