Rebecca Morrison

Rebecca Morrison (born 22 August 1996) is a Scottish curler from Glasgow.[1] She currently skips her own team out of Stirling.[2] The team won the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships in Dumfries.[3]

Rebecca Morrison
Curler
Born (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996
Bristol, England[1]
Team
Curling clubMeldrum & Daviot CC,
Aberdeen, SCO
SkipRebecca Morrison
ThirdGina Aitken
SecondSophie Sinclair
LeadSophie Jackson
AlternateJennifer Dodds
Curling career
Member Association Scotland
World Championship
appearances		2 (2022, 2023)
European Championship
appearances		1 (2022)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Scotland
European Curling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Östersund
Scottish Women's Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dumfries
Gold medal – first place 2023 Dumfries

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]

Personal life

Morrison is a student athlete and curling coach.[8]

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 2023–24
Tour Challenge QF

References
  1. "Rebecca Morrison". British Curling. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. "Team Morrison Selected for 2022 World Championship". No. Scottish Curling. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. Law, Danny (27 February 2022). "Curling: Scottish title joy for Aberdeen's Rebecca Morrison". Press and Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. "CurlingZone: Great Britain Red's Morrison wins Euro Super Series". Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. Law, Danny (8 March 2022). "Curling: Aberdeen's Rebecca Morrison to represent Scotland at Women's World Championships". Press and Journal. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  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.
  8. "2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2022.


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