Kelly Scott
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Kelly Scott (born June 1, 1977 in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 as Kelly Lynn Mackenzie) is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 curler from Kelowna
Kelowna
Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

.

1995-2005

Scott won the 1995 World Junior Curling Championships
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...

 and Canadian Junior Curling Championships
Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 20 as of December 31 in the year prior to the tournament....

 when she curled out of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

. She was also runner up at the 1991 Canadian Junior Curling Championships when she played lead for Jill Staub
Jill Thurston
Jill Thurston December 2, 1971 in Winnipeg, Manitoba is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team out of the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba....

. In 2005, Scott qualified for the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from February 19 to 27 2005. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the...

, where she finished second in the round-robin. At the Olympic trials that year, Scott would lose in the final to Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy...

.

2005-2011

In March 2006, Scott won the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, February 25, 2006 – March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the defending...

. After leading the round robin with an 9-2 record, she beat Colleen Jones
Colleen Jones
Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row...

 in the semi-final and then beat defending champion Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (curler)
Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:...

 in the final with a solid 8-6 win. The Scott team went on to the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
-Draw 2:March 18, 21:00-Draw 3:March 19, 09:00-Draw 4:March 19, 13:30-Draw 5:March 19, 18:30-Draw 6:March 20, 09:00-Draw 7:March 20, 14:00-Draw 8:March 20, 18:30-Draw 9:March 21, 09:00...

 in Grande Prairie, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 where her team won the bronze medal.

At the 2006 Players' Championships
Players' Championships
The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament...

, Scott scored a rare "Eight-ender
Eight-ender
An eight-ender, also called a "snowman," is a perfect score within a single end of curling. In an end, both sides throw eight rocks, and in an eight-ender, all eight rocks from one team score points....

" in one of her games against Cathy King
Cathy King
Cathy King , formerly Cathy Borst is a Canadian curler from St. Albert, Alberta...

. http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/scores/index.php?tournamentgameid=48621&tournamentid=1309

Scott defended her title at the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's women's curling championship, was held February 17-25 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. It marks the first year under the Scotties brand name. The winner was the defending champions Team Canada, under skip Kelly Scott...

 defeating Jan Betker
Jan Betker
Janice "Jan" Betker is a Canadian curler. Betker is best known for playing third on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three world championships and an Olympic gold medal in the 1990s...

's Saskatchewan team in the final. Later, she won the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship
2007 World Women's Curling Championship
-Draw 2:March 17, 15:00-Draw 3:March 17, 20:00-Draw 4:March 18, 10:00-Draw 5:March 18, 15:00-Draw 6:March 18, 20:00-Draw 7:March 19, 10:00-Draw 8:March 19, 15:00-Draw 9:March 19, 20:00...

, defeating Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

's team of Angelina Jensen 8-4 in final. Scott became the first female skip to win a gold medal at both a World Junior Championship and a World Championship.

Scott works at Nutri-Lawn, which is owned by her parents, as a Financial Officer. In the summer 2006 Kelly Scott quit her job with the city of Kelowna due to the heavy pressure of the competitive curling season.
She is married to Chad Scott.

In 2009, Kelly Scott's team failed to represent B.C. at the Tournament of Hearts for the since time since 2004. This, coupled with a disappointing finish in the CTRS standings, prompted the team to remove Renee Simons
Renee Simons
Renee Simons is a Canadian curler.Playing lead for Kelly Scott, Simons won the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, a bronze medal at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship and a gold medal at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship...

 from the team.

At the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario....

, Scott lost in the 3vs4 Page Playoff
Page playoff system
The Page playoff system is a playoff format used primarily in softball and curling at the championship level. Teams are seeded using a round-robin tournament and the top four play a mix of a single-elimination and double-elimination tournament to determine the winner...

 game to Ontario's Krista McCarville.

For the second straight year at the British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the British Columbia provincial women's curling tournament. The winning team represents British Columbia at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.-Past winners:-External links:...

, Scott defeated Kelley Law
Kelley Law
Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia...

 in the final to win the provincial championship. At the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island...

, Scott and team finished the round robin with a 7-4 record which found them in a tie-breaker, where they were defeated by Nova Scotia's Heather Smith Dacey.

2011-Current

For the 2011-2012 season, Scott's longtime Third Jeanna Schraeder
Jeanna Schraeder
Jeanna Schraeder is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently plays third for Kelly Scott....

 will not play with the team as she is expecting her third child in November 2011. She plans to take the year off to focus on family. Schraeder will be replaced with three time British Columbia Junior Champion Dailene Sivertson.

Grand Slam record

Event 2006–07
2006-07 curling season
-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-Men's:-Women's:-WCT Money Ranking:...

2007–08
2007-08 curling season
-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:*...

2008–09
2008-09 curling season
-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:-WCT Money Ranking:...

2009–10
2009-10 curling season
The 2009–10 curling season began in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour events:-Women's World Curling Tour events:...

2010–11 2011–12
Autumn Gold
Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is the very first Grand Slam event of the season on the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the...

C QF Q Q Q Q
Manitoba Lotteries Q DNP F C QF QF
Wayden Transportation
Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic
The Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic, also known as the Abbotsford Ladies was a Grand Slam event on the Women's World Curling Tour. It was held annually in November in Abbotsford, British Columbia...

QF C QF N/A N/A N/A
Sobeys Slam
Sobeys Slam
The Sobeys Slam is the third Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in November in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.The event began in 1998 as the Sobeys Curling Classic. It was added as a Grand Slam event for the 2007-08 curling season, and was renamed the "Sobeys Slam"...

N/A DNP Q N/A DNP
Players' Championships
Players' Championships
The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament...

F Q SF QF DNP


Key
  • C - Champion
  • F - Lost final
  • SF - Lost semi final
  • QF - Lost quarter final
  • Q - Did not make playoffs
  • DNP - Did not participate in event
  • N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season
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