Colleen Jones
Encyclopedia
Colleen P. Jones (born December 16, 1959 in Halifax
, Nova Scotia
, Canada
) 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. She also serves as a reporter and weather presenter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
, and as a curling commentator for the National Broadcasting Company in the United States
, particularly during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
. At an early age, she gained success in competitive curling and was only 19 years old when she won the first of her 16 Nova Scotia curling titles. That led to competing in the Canadian championships, where she finished second. Jones graduated from Dalhousie University
and went to work in broadcasting in her native Halifax.
In 1982 she became the youngest skip, at age 22, ever to win the Canadian women's curling championship but career, marriage and a family slowed down her competitive curling. She joined CBC Television
as a reporter in 1986 and went on to cover numerous summer and winter Olympic Games
. She continues to work for the CBC, and is currently the weather and sports reporter on CBC Newsworld
's CBC News: Morning.
radio in 1982. She made the switch to television broadcasting in 1984 at CTV, and joined the CBC in 1986.
Beginning in 1993, Colleen Jones has been the weather presenter and sports reporter for CBC Morning News on CBC Newsworld
(now CBC News Network).
Jones starred in a public service announcement
about the Canada 2006 Census
. Jones appeared in the January 15, 2008 episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes
for a skit titled MVC Most Valuable Curler. At the 2006 Torino Olympics
, she did CBC segments about curling.
Jones provided curling commentary for NBC
's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics
in Vancouver
.
, Mary Anne Waye (later Arsenault) and Nancy Delahunt
, Jones won the Canadian curling title for the second time. The team repeated this in 2001 and they went on to win the World Curling Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland. They followed this up with another Canadian championship in 2002 and then won it for a record-setting fifth time at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
. This made Jones the first skip to win four straight Canadian titles. From there the team went on to win their second World Curling Championship.
Their return at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts
was not as stellar. The team finished the round-robin at 6-5 and lost in a tie-breaker to Sandy Comeau of New Brunswick
. When this happened, the team got a standing ovation, which even halted play in the other game that was occurring two sheets over. The following year, the team was back in form, but bowed out in the semi-finals to Jennifer Jones
. At the end of the 2006 season, the team broke up. Jones joined the team of fellow Haligonian Kay Zinck, as her third. The rest of the team got a new skip in Laine Peters
. http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/curling/story.html?id=e521e694-a536-43b3-986c-ae452b028a03&k=13995
to her team along with Kate Hamer and Darah Provencal. At the end of the season Jones would retire from competitive curling.
that she would be again returning to competitive curling. Having been present for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a spark ignited in her, and she once again wanted to make another run for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
For the 2010/2011 season, Jones was recruited by Heather Smith-Dacey
, Blisse Comstock
and Teri Lake
, to take over skipping duties, when former skip Jill Mouzar
moved to Ontario. Just as Jones was due to begin her competitive curling comeback, days before beginning the playdowns for the Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
, It was announced on December 10, 2010 that Jones was diagnosed with meningitis
. Jones turned over skipping duties to Heather Smith-Dacey
, and brought in Danielle Parsons
to play at third. Smith-Dacey's team won the Nova Scotia title, and then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2011 Scotties. Jones was able to return to competition after recovering from her illness, and won the 2011 Nova Scotia Senior Women's Championship on February 27.
to third, and Marsha Sobey to second. Mary Sue Radford remains at lead. Delahunt and Sobey were members of Jones' Senior women's champion team.
, and has been in 7 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, where she has won 2 titles (as vice-skip).
Key
City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Canada
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...
) 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
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...
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
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as...
, including an unprecedented four titles in a row. She also serves as a reporter and weather presenter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, and as a curling commentator for the National Broadcasting Company in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, particularly during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Early career
From a family of curlers, at age 14, she joined the Mayflower Curling ClubMayflower Curling Club
The Mayflower Curling Club, which was founded in 1905, is located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality in Halifax.The club is one of the premier curling rinks in Nova Scotia, being home to the teams headed by Colleen Jones, Mark Dacey, Shawn Adams, and Heather Smith-Dacey...
. At an early age, she gained success in competitive curling and was only 19 years old when she won the first of her 16 Nova Scotia curling titles. That led to competing in the Canadian championships, where she finished second. Jones graduated from Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
and went to work in broadcasting in her native Halifax.
In 1982 she became the youngest skip, at age 22, ever to win the Canadian women's curling championship but career, marriage and a family slowed down her competitive curling. She joined CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
as a reporter in 1986 and went on to cover numerous summer and winter Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
. She continues to work for the CBC, and is currently the weather and sports reporter on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
's CBC News: Morning.
Broadcasting career
Jones is a TV personality, but began her broadcasting career in radio sports at CHUMCHUM
CHUM may refer to:* The former CHUM Radio division now known as Bell Media Radio* CHUM , a Toronto AM station* CHUM-FM, a Toronto FM station...
radio in 1982. She made the switch to television broadcasting in 1984 at CTV, and joined the CBC in 1986.
Beginning in 1993, Colleen Jones has been the weather presenter and sports reporter for CBC Morning News on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
(now CBC News Network).
Jones starred in a public service announcement
Public service announcement
A public service announcement or public service ad is a type of advertisement featured on television, radio, print or other media...
about the Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
. Jones appeared in the January 15, 2008 episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
for a skit titled MVC Most Valuable Curler. At the 2006 Torino Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
, she did CBC segments about curling.
Jones provided curling commentary for NBC
Olympics on NBC
NBC Sports' coverage of the Olympic Games consists of broadcasts on the various networks of NBC Universal in the United States, including the NBC broadcast network, Spanish language network Telemundo, and many of the company's cable networks....
's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
.
1999-2006
In 1999, with her new team of Kim KellyKim Kelly (curler)
Kim Kelly is a Canadian curler, throwing second stones for Mary-Anne Arsenault's Nova Scotia rink...
, Mary Anne Waye (later Arsenault) and Nancy Delahunt
Nancy Delahunt
Nancy Delahunt is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Delahunt currently plays third for Colleen Jones. Delahunt was a longtime member of the Colleen Jones team which won five Scott Tournament of Hearts and two World Curling Championships...
, Jones won the Canadian curling title for the second time. The team repeated this in 2001 and they went on to win the World Curling Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland. They followed this up with another Canadian championship in 2002 and then won it for a record-setting fifth time at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta from February 21 to 29 2004. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her fourth straight championship...
. This made Jones the first skip to win four straight Canadian titles. From there the team went on to win their second World Curling Championship.
Their return at 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...
was not as stellar. The team finished the round-robin at 6-5 and lost in a tie-breaker to Sandy Comeau of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
. When this happened, the team got a standing ovation, which even halted play in the other game that was occurring two sheets over. The following year, the team was back in form, but bowed out in the semi-finals to 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:...
. At the end of the 2006 season, the team broke up. Jones joined the team of fellow Haligonian Kay Zinck, as her third. The rest of the team got a new skip in Laine Peters
Laine Peters
Laine Peters [pronounced: LAY-nee] is a Canadian curler, originally from Carrot River, Saskatchewan. After a successful curling career in Nova Scotia, she moved to Alberta in 2009, and currently plays lead for Heather Nedohin....
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2006-2008
After a short run playing third for Kay Zinck during the 2006/2007 season, Jones went back to skipping. For the 2007/2008 season she would add Olympic bronze medallist Georgina WheatcroftGeorgina Wheatcroft
Georgina Wheatcroft is a Canadian curler.Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts 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...
to her team along with Kate Hamer and Darah Provencal. At the end of the season Jones would retire from competitive curling.
2010-2011
Colleen Jones announced on March 24, 2010 on CBC NewsCBC News
CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services...
that she would be again returning to competitive curling. Having been present for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a spark ignited in her, and she once again wanted to make another run for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
For the 2010/2011 season, Jones was recruited by Heather Smith-Dacey
Heather Smith-Dacey
Heather Smith-Dacey is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia....
, Blisse Comstock
Blisse Comstock
Blisse Comstock is a Canadian curler from Halifax. She is a former Canadian Junior curling champion. She currently plays second for Heather Smith-Dacey....
and Teri Lake
Teri Lake
Teri Lake is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead for Heather Smith-Dacey...
, to take over skipping duties, when former skip Jill Mouzar
Jill Mouzar
Jillian Mouzar [pronounced MOW-zer] is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead for Kirsten Wall's Oakville, Ontario rink.Mouzar started curling in Liverpool, Nova Scotia...
moved to Ontario. Just as Jones was due to begin her competitive curling comeback, days before beginning the playdowns for the Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Nova Scotia provincial women's curling tournament. The winning team represents Nova Scotia at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.-Past winners:...
, It was announced on December 10, 2010 that Jones was diagnosed with meningitis
Meningitis
Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. The inflammation may be caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms, and less commonly by certain drugs...
. Jones turned over skipping duties to Heather Smith-Dacey
Heather Smith-Dacey
Heather Smith-Dacey is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia....
, and brought in Danielle Parsons
Danielle Parsons
Danielle Parsons is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently plays third for Heather Smith-Dacey...
to play at third. Smith-Dacey's team won the Nova Scotia title, and then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2011 Scotties. Jones was able to return to competition after recovering from her illness, and won the 2011 Nova Scotia Senior Women's Championship on February 27.
2011-Current
For the 2011/2012 season Jones has recruited a new squad consisting of Kristen MacDiarmid, Helen Radford and Mary Sue Radford, all whom previous played with Theresa Breen. She has since modified her team adding former teammate Nancy DelahuntNancy Delahunt
Nancy Delahunt is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Delahunt currently plays third for Colleen Jones. Delahunt was a longtime member of the Colleen Jones team which won five Scott Tournament of Hearts and two World Curling Championships...
to third, and Marsha Sobey to second. Mary Sue Radford remains at lead. Delahunt and Sobey were members of Jones' Senior women's champion team.
Career highlights
Colleen Jones is a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of FameCanadian Curling Hall of Fame
The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame was established with its first inductees in 1973. It is operated by the Canadian Curling Association in Orleans, Ontario....
, and has been in 7 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, where she has won 2 titles (as vice-skip).
- Canadian Champion: 1982, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
- World Curling Championship: 2001, 2004
- Canadian Mixed Curling Champion: 1993, 1999
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... |
DNP | Q | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Manitoba Lotteries | DNP | Q | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP |
| 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... |
DNP | Q | DNP | 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 | Q | DNP | N/A | Q | |
| 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... |
SF | DNP | DNP | DNP | 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