Breanne Meakin
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Breanne Meakin (born April 16, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler
. She is a 4-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships
. Meakin currently plays for lead Cathy Overton-Clapham
.
she won silver in 2007 and gold in 2009. While playing lead for the Kaitlyn Lawes team at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships
Meakin won a silver medal.
In 2010, Meakin would get a call from Cathy Overton-Clapham
, who was unexpectedly dropped from Jennifer Jones
’s successful team, to play third stones on a new team, which included Raunora Westcott and Leslie Wilson, who were also let go from Jill Thurston
’s Manitoba team. Together the team would win their zone playdowns in attempt to get to the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
, however Meakin would not be able to participate in the provincial playdowns because she would be attending her final year at the Canadian Junior Championships
. Karen Fallis would take the place of Meakin at third, ultimately winning the provincial championship. Since Fallis was part of the winning team, a decision was made that Meakin would sit as the 5th player during the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
. Meakin would get a chance to play third during draw 9, when the team was in a critical situation, a 1–4 record, Fallis would play lead and Westcott would sit out. However, the change could not tip the scales in favour of Manitoba and they would continue with their losing streak to Nova Scotia. The team would finish the round robin with a 4–7 record.
At the end of the 2010-11 curling season, Cathy Overton-Clapham
announced that Leslie Wilson and Raunora Westcott would leave her team. For the 2011-12 curling season, they would be replaced with Meakin’s former junior teammate Jenna Loder and New Brunswick junior champ Ashley Howard.
Meakin is the daughter of 1995 World Champion Rob Meakin.
Key
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
. She is a 4-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at the 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...
. Meakin currently plays for lead Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler...
.
Career
Meakin had a successful Junior career. At the Canadian Junior Curling ChampionshipsCanadian 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....
she won silver in 2007 and gold in 2009. While playing lead for the Kaitlyn Lawes team at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships
2009 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2009 World Junior Curling Championships was held from 5 March 2009 to 15 March 2009 in the newly completed Vancouver Olympic Centre, which will be the site for curling during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.-Teams:-Standings:-Playoffs:-Teams:...
Meakin won a silver medal.
In 2010, Meakin would get a call from Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler...
, who was unexpectedly dropped from 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:...
’s successful team, to play third stones on a new team, which included Raunora Westcott and Leslie Wilson, who were also let go from Jill Thurston
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....
’s Manitoba team. Together the team would win their zone playdowns in attempt to get to the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Manitoba's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 26–30 in Altona, Manitoba at the Sunflower Gardens Arena. The winning team of Cathy Overton-Clapham represented team Manitoba at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in...
, however Meakin would not be able to participate in the provincial playdowns because she would be attending her final year at the Canadian Junior 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....
. Karen Fallis would take the place of Meakin at third, ultimately winning the provincial championship. Since Fallis was part of the winning team, a decision was made that Meakin would sit as the 5th player during 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...
. Meakin would get a chance to play third during draw 9, when the team was in a critical situation, a 1–4 record, Fallis would play lead and Westcott would sit out. However, the change could not tip the scales in favour of Manitoba and they would continue with their losing streak to Nova Scotia. The team would finish the round robin with a 4–7 record.
At the end of the 2010-11 curling season, Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler...
announced that Leslie Wilson and Raunora Westcott would leave her team. For the 2011-12 curling season, they would be replaced with Meakin’s former junior teammate Jenna Loder and New Brunswick junior champ Ashley Howard.
Meakin is the daughter of 1995 World Champion Rob Meakin.
Grand Slam record
| Event | 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... |
Q | C |
| Manitoba Lotteries | F | |
| 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"... |
SF | |
| 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... |
Q |
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