Georgina Wheatcroft

Georgina Wheatcroft
Curler  ♀
Born	Georgina Hawkes (1965-11-30) November 30, 1965 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Team
Curling club	Royal City CC, New Westminster
Curling career
Hearts appearances	8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Grand Slam victories	1 (2006 Players' Championship)
Medal record Women's curling Representing Canada Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City World Championships 1987 Chicago 2000 Glasgow Representing British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts 1987 Lethbridge 2000 Prince George 1988 Fredericton 2001 Sudbury 2006 London Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 2001 Regina 1987 Calgary

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.

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. 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.

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 Hawkes	Christine Stevenson	Tracey Barwick	Deb Massullo
1986–87	Pat Sanders	Georgina Hawkes	Louise Herlinveaux	Deb Massullo
1987–88	Pat Sanders	Louise Herlinveaux	Georgina Hawkes	Deb Massullo
1988–89	Julie Sutton	Pat Sanders	Georgina Hawkes	Melissa Soligo
1999–00	Kelley Law	Julie Skinner	Georgina Wheatcroft	Diane Nelson
2000–01	Kelley Law	Julie Skinner	Georgina Wheatcroft	Diane Nelson
2001–02	Kelley Law	Julie Skinner	Georgina Wheatcroft	Diane Nelson
2002–03	Kelley Law	Julie Skinner	Georgina Wheatcroft	Diane Dezura
2003–04	Georgina Wheatcroft	Diane McLean	Shellan Reed	Diane Dezura
2004–05	Georgina Wheatcroft	Diane Gushulak	Kristen Recksiedler	Mila Hockley
2005–06	Jennifer Jones	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Jill Officer	Georgina Wheatcroft
2006–07	Kelley Law	Georgina Wheatcroft	Shannon Aleksic	Darah Provencal
2007–08	Colleen Jones	Georgina Wheatcroft	Kate Hamer	Darah Provencal
2008–09	Georgina Wheatcroft	Steph Jackson	Kristen Windsor	Niki Hatter
2009–10	Georgina Wheatcroft	Steph Jackson	Sarah Wark	Kristen Windsor

External links

• Georgina Wheatcroft at World Curling
• Georgina Wheatcroft at Olympics.com
• Georgina Wheatcroft at Olympedia
• Georgina Wheatcroft at Team Canada