Pat Sanders
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Pat Sanders is a Canadian curler
and world champion.
Her team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts
, and reached the final in 1988, finishing second.
In 2008, Sanders won the Canadian Senior Curling Championships
, and won a gold medal for Canada at the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships
.
She won the Canadian Seniors again in 2010.
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 world champion.
Championships
Sanders became world champion in 1987 with the Canadian team.Her team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts
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...
, and reached the final in 1988, finishing second.
In 2008, Sanders won the Canadian Senior Curling Championships
Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The Canadian Senior Curling Championships is an annual bonspiel held to determine the national championships in senior curling for Canada. Seniors are defined as being people over the age of 50. The Championship team plays at the World Senior Curling Championships the following year.-Men's:-Women's:...
, and won a gold medal for Canada at the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships
World Senior Curling Championships
The World Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring curlers from around the world who are at least 50 years old. Senior curling is quite similar to curling, with the exception of having only 8 ends played instead of 10....
.
She won the Canadian Seniors again in 2010.