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Jen Gates
Curler
Born
Jennifer Gates

(1990-04-22) April 22, 1990 (age 34)
Sudbury, Ontario
Team
Curling clubIdylwylde G&CC,
Sudbury, ON
SkipKrista McCarville
ThirdKendra Lilly
SecondAshley Sippala
LeadJen Gates
Curling career
Member Association Northern Ontario (2003–2011; 2018–present)
 Alberta (2012–2018)
Hearts appearances3 (2012, 2019, 2020)
Top CTRS ranking5th (2017–18)

Jennifer Gates (born April 22, 1990)[1][2] is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. Gates is a two-time Canadian University Champion.

Career

Bantam and junior curling

During her bantam and junior curling years, Gates played on Team Lilly (formerly Team Maloney) out of the Idylwylde Curling Club in Sudbury, Ontario. The team represented Northern Ontario at the 2004 Ontario Winter Games in London, Ontario.[3] The team remained together and represented Northern Ontario at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011, where Gates played in the second position. The team's best finish was in 2010 in Sorel-Tracey, Quebec where they finished round robin with a record of 9–3 and went on to take a bronze medal at the event.[4]

University

In 2009, Gates curled out of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario where the team played to a bronze medal at the CIS Canadian Curling Championship in Montreal, Quebec.[5]

In 2011, Gates attended Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, where she played second on the varsity curling team. The Laurier Golden Hawks went on to win two consecutive national university titles (2011 and 2012). Their win in 2012 gave them the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2013 Winter Universiade which was held in Trentino, Italy. They did not make the playoffs in this event.[6]

The team's win in 2011 gave them the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2012 Karuizawa International Curling Championship in Karuizawa, Japan. They secured a gold medal at this event defeating Switzerland's Team Tirinzoni in the final.

Women's curling: 2012–2018

Gates, together with teammates Laura Crocker and Sarah Wilkes, moved to Edmonton and began training out of the Saville Sports and Community Centre. With the addition of Rebecca Pattison, Team Crocker was formed. They had a successful 2012-2013 season finishing eighth on the Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS)[7] Team Crocker's CTRS ranking gave them a spot at the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials in Kitchener, Ontario.[8] The team made player changes in both the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. In the 2015–16 season, a player change was made and Kelsey Rocque joined the team at the skip position. On the World Curling Tour, Team Rocque were champions in the Red Deer Classic defeating Switzerland's Alina Pätz [9] and defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni to take the gold medal at the CCT Uiseong Masters in Korea.[10] Through the Grand Slam tour, Team Rocque qualified for play-offs in both the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, in the 2015 National, the 2016 Players' Championship and the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup. They participated in the 2015 Meridian Canadian Open but failed to qualify. The team's performance in the previous season qualified them for a spot at the 2015 Canada Cup of Curling in Grande Prairie, Alberta where they finished with a record of 2–4.[11]

During the 2016-17 curling season, the team lost in the quarterfinals of the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge and failed to qualify for the playoffs at the 2016 WFG Masters, the 2016 Boost National and the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open. At the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling, they went 2-4 again. The team qualified for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials, making it to the B semi-final, where they lost. On the Grand Slam tour in 2017-18, the team began the season by missing the playoffs at the 2017 Boost National, but followed this up by making it to the quarterfinals of the 2018 Meridian Canadian Open. With Crocker as skip, the team just missed the playoffs at the 2018 Players' Championship.

Women's curling: 2018–20

In 2018, Gates moved back to Sudbury, and joined the Krista McCarville rink at second. The team won the 2019 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts and represented the region at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where they placed fourth. Gates was on the first all star team for being the best second during the round robin portion of the tournament, curling an 83% average. The team would once again win the championship the following year at the 2020 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, going undefeated in round robin play and beating Camille Daly, Laura Johnston, Krysta Burns, Amanda Gebhardt, Bella Croisier, and Abby Deschene, before beating Krysta Burns again in the final, which qualified them for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Team McCarville once again lost the 3 vs. 4 game to Ontario and Homan for the second year in a row.

Personal

Gates is a curling and communications manager at the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club.[12] She is in a relationship with Brett Burke.[13] Her sister is Amanda Gates.

References

  1. ^ "CurlingZone – Everything Curling".
  2. ^ "Personal details".
  3. ^ Tim Phillips, " Hack to Hack" ,The Sudbury Star, 10 March 2004.
  4. ^ "2010-2011 CTRS Standings – Men | Curling Canada". Curling.ca. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  5. ^ "Summer Sports". SudburySports.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2016-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Curling Canada | 2012-2013 CTRS Standings – Women".
  8. ^ "Curling Canada | 2012-2013 CTRS Standings – Women".
  9. ^ "Red Deer Curling Classic".
  10. ^ "World Curling Tour - Powered by CurlingZone".
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide: Team Northern Ontario
  13. ^ "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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