Mary-Anne Arsenault

Mary-Anne Arsenault
Born	August 19, 1968 (1968-08-19) Scarborough, Ontario
Team
Curling club	Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Skip	Mary-Anne Arsenault
Third	Stephanie McVicar
Second	Kim Kelly
Lead	Jennifer Baxter
Career
Hearts appearances	10: (1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
World Championship appearances	5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Top CCA ranking	2nd (2003-04)
Grand Slam victories	0

Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Gold	2001 Lausanne
Gold	2004 Gävle
Silver	2003 Winnipeg
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Gold	1999 Charlottetown
Gold	2001 Sudbury
Gold	2002 Brandon
Gold	2003 Kitchener
Gold	2004 Red Deer
Bronze	2006 London
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Bronze	2001 Regina

Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is a five time Canadian Champion, and two time World Curling Champion. Arsenault has skipped her own team since 2007.

1999-2006

Arsenault joined up with Colleen Jones prior to the 1999 season. She had previously played with Jones, as her lead at the 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts. Together with Jones, Nancy Delahunt and Kim Kelly, The team would achieve great success, winning 5 Canadian Championships, and 2 World Championships. After a record winning 4 championships in a row, the team would struggle at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts. Finishing round robin play, with a 6-5 record, the Jones team would end up in a four team tiebreaker. They would face Sandy Comeau of New Brunswick in the tiebreaker, where the opportunity to compete for a 5th Canadian Championship was lost, when Comeau defeated Jones 9-4. For the first time since 2001, the Jones team would have to win Provincials to return to the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, which they did. After an impressive showing, the Jones team would finish second place in round robin play. After losing the 1-2 Game to British Columbia's Kelly Scott, they would meet team Canada, Jennifer Jones, in the semi-final. Nova Scotia would lose to Canada, giving the team a third place finish and a bronze medal. At the end of the season, the team would split up ending a successful eight year run. With Jones, Arsenault played in every Hearts from 1999 to 2006.

2007-Current

Arsenault would join together once again with Kim Kelly, and Nancy Delahunt , adding long time Jones 5th Laine Peters to the team. They would qualify for the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in January 2008 by defeating Colleen Pinkney in the Nova Scotia final. They would finish 6-5 in round robin, missing the playoffs.

In 2009 and 2010 Arsenault skipped her team in the Nova Scotia Scotties coming in at 6-1, and 5-2. She lost 4-7 in the 2009 final and 5-6 in the 2010 finals both times to Nancy McConnery who went on to represent Nova Scotia at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2011 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Arsenault finished second with a 5-2 record in round robin play. She would lose the semi-final to Heather Smith-Dacey, who would go on to win the Nova Scotia Championship and finish third at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

In 2011 Arsenault would reunite with former Jones teammate Kim Kelly, who joined Arsenault's team playing second.

For the 2012/2013 season Arsenault and Kelly will reunite with former skip Colleen Jones, with the goal of reaching the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Jones will either play third or second position, while Arsenault will skip. Arsenault's current lead Jennifer Baxter, will play lead, while her third Stephanie McVicar, is expected to join the team as the fifth. Nancy Delahunt has offered to join the team as coach or manager.