Rachel Homan
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Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989 in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

) is a Canadian
Canada
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 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...

 from Orleans, Ontario
Orléans, Ontario
Orleans , also written Orléans, is a suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about from downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2006 Census gave Orleans a population of 95,491. It became a ward of the City of Ottawa in 2001...

. Homan is a former Canadian Junior Champion
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....

.

Career

Homan began her dominance in the sport when she was bantam aged, winning four straight provincial bantam championships from 2003 to 2006. She had won four championships while no other curler had won even twice.

Homan's first two years at the junior level were somewhat disappointing, as her top-rated team failed to win a provincial championship. In 2007, her team lost the provincial final to Hollie Nicol's rink. In 2008, her team lost in the final to Danielle Inglis. However, these losses were amended by a provincial junior championship in 2009, earning her team a berth at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2009 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held January 31-February 8 at the Sunwave Centre and the Salmon Arm Curling Club in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. The winning team will represent Canada at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships in Vancouver.-Men's...

. At the Canadian Juniors, she skipped the Ontario team to a 10-2 record after the round robin, giving her rink a bye to the final. However, she would lose to the defending champion Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion...

 rink from Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 in the final. Homan won the 2010 provincial championship and went on to represent Ontario at the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held January 16-24 at the Colisée Cardin and at the Club Curling Aurèle-Racine in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec.-Teams:-Standings:-Scores:Draw 1 6-3 5-4 8-4...

. At the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Rachel Homan, with Emma Miskew, Laura Crocker, and Lynn Kreviazuk won the Junior National Title in dramatic fashion by completing the event with an undefeated record of 13 wins and 0 losses - only the fourth women's team to do so. The team represented Canada at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships
2010 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships was held March 5-14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland.-Teams:-Standings:-Playoffs:-Teams:1Originally Solène Coulot was to play third until her untimely death on February 20, 2010. -Standings:...

 in Flims
Flims
Flims is a municipality in the district of Imboden in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimserstein which you can see from almost anywhere in the area....

, Switzerland
Switzerland
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. The team dominated the tournament, losing just their final round robin game. However, the team came up short in the final, losing to Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

.

At the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse, Yukon
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, Homan skipped her Ontario rink to a gold medal. (See Curling at the 2007 Canada Games
Curling at the 2007 Canada Games
-Women's:Tie breakers 9-3 12-3 -Men's:Tie breaker 6-4...

.)

Prior to graduating from juniors in 2010, Homan's junior team was too young to participate in Scotties 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...

 playdowns, but this did not stop her from participating in Women's World Curling Tour events. Homan's top accomplishments in the tour have included winning two straight Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiels. In 2007, she defeated then-World Champion 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:...

, and in 2008 she beat the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu
Wang Bingyu
Wang Bingyu is a Chinese curler. She is the skip of the national team, and throws last rocks.-Curling career:Wang began curling in 2001. By 2004, she played in her first international event- skipping the Chinese team at the World Junior B Curling Championships...

. Her team earned $11,000 for each win. In 2009, she won the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
The AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic is an annual curling tournament, held in September in Brockville. It is one of the first curling tournaments of the World Curling Tour season...

, winning $5,500 for her team. Later that year, her team participated in the Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, also known since 2005 as the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, occur every four years, in the year preceding the Winter Olympic games. They are held to determine the men's and women's representative at the following Olympics. The system of qualification for the...

, where her team finished with a record of three wins and three losses, and therefore not qualifying for the "Roar of the Rings", Canada's Olympic Trials.

In 2009, her rink was named the World Curling Tour's "rookie team of the year."

In her first year of eligibility, the Homan rink qualified and won the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was the 2011 edition of the Ontario provincial women's curling championship. It was held January 24–30 at the Thornhill Golf and Country Club in Thornhill, Ontario. The winning team of Rachel Homan represented Ontario at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of...

. At 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...

, Homan skipped the Ontario team to a 4th place finish. She finished the round robin in 3rd place, and lost in the bronze medal game to Nova Scotia's Heather Smith-Dacey
Heather Smith-Dacey
Heather Smith-Dacey is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia....

 after previously beating her in the 3 vs. 4 game. A semi-final loss to Saskatchewan's Amber Holland
Amber Holland
Amber Holland is a Canadian curler. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts...

 eliminated her from the finals.

In April 2011, Homan played third for her brother Mark, and won the 2012 Ontario Mixed Championship. The team which also consists of Brian Fleischhaker and teammate Alison Kreviazuk will represent Ontario at the 2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 12 to November 19 at the Sudbury Curling Club in Sudbury, Ontario.-Teams:The teams are as follows:-Round Robin Standings:Final Round Robin Standings-Draw 1:...

 to be played in November 2011. A week later, Homan's women's team made it to her first Grand Slam final of her career, when she lost 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:...

 in the final of the 2011 Players' Championship
2011 Players' Championship
The 2011 GP Car and Home Players' Championship was a Grand Slam curling bonspiel held at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta from April 12-17. It features a men's and women's draw, where the top sixteen teams from the Order of Merit rankings for the 2010-11 curling season are invited to...

.

She is a student at the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

.

Year by year statistics

Year Team Position Event Finish Record Pct.*
2003 Homan (RCC
Rideau Curling Club
The Rideau Curling Club is a curling facility and organization located in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 1888, the Rideau Curling Club maintains a rivalry with the Ottawa Curling Club.-History:...

)
Skip Ontario Bantam 1st N/A -
2003 Bushfield (CVCC) Third Ontario Bantam Mixed 1st N/A -
2004 Homan (CVCC) Skip Ontario Bantam 1st N/A -
2005 Homan (CVCC) Skip Ontario Bantam 1st N/A -
2006 Homan (CVCC) Skip Ontario Bantam 1st N/A -
2006 Homan (CVCC) Skip Ontario Winter Games 1st N/A -
2007 Homan (CVCC) Skip Ontario Juniors
Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships
The Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament. It is the provincial curling championship for curling teams aged 20 and under in Southern Ontario. The winning team represents Ontario at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships....

3rd N/A -
2007 Ontario (Homan) Skip Canada Winter Games
Curling at the 2007 Canada Games
-Women's:Tie breakers 9-3 12-3 -Men's:Tie breaker 6-4...

1st 7-0 -
2008 Homan (OCC
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858...

)
Skip Ontario Juniors 2nd 5-4 -
2009 Homan (OCC
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858...

)
Skip Ontario Juniors 1st 8-0 -
2009 Ontario (Homan) Skip Canadian Juniors
2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2009 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held January 31-February 8 at the Sunwave Centre and the Salmon Arm Curling Club in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. The winning team will represent Canada at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships in Vancouver.-Men's...

2nd 10-3 80
2009 Homan (OCC
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858...

)
Skip Olympic Pre-Q 5th 3-3 75
2010 Homan (OCC
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858...

)
Skip Ontario Juniors 1st 7-1 -
2010 Ontario (Homan) Skip Canadian Juniors
2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held January 16-24 at the Colisée Cardin and at the Club Curling Aurèle-Racine in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec.-Teams:-Standings:-Scores:Draw 1 6-3 5-4 8-4...

1st 13-0 84
2010 Canada (Homan) Skip World Juniors
2010 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships was held March 5-14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland.-Teams:-Standings:-Playoffs:-Teams:1Originally Solène Coulot was to play third until her untimely death on February 20, 2010. -Standings:...

2nd 9-2 -
2011 Homan (OCC
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858...

)
Skip Ontario STOH
2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was the 2011 edition of the Ontario provincial women's curling championship. It was held January 24–30 at the Thornhill Golf and Country Club in Thornhill, Ontario. The winning team of Rachel Homan represented Ontario at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of...

1st 10-1 -
2011 Ontario (Homan) Skip 2011 STOH
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...

4th 9-5 79 -
2011
(2012)
M. Homan (RCC
Rideau Curling Club
The Rideau Curling Club is a curling facility and organization located in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 1888, the Rideau Curling Club maintains a rivalry with the Ottawa Curling Club.-History:...

)
Third Ontario Mixed 1st 7-3 -
2011
(2012)
Ontario (M. Homan) Third (Canadian Mixed
2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 12 to November 19 at the Sudbury Curling Club in Sudbury, Ontario.-Teams:The teams are as follows:-Round Robin Standings:Final Round Robin Standings-Draw 1:...

)
6th 8-5 75
Scotties Tournament of Hearts Totals 9-5 79

  • Round robin only

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Notes
2002-03 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Nikki Johnston
2003-04 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Nikki Johnston
2004-05 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Nikki Johnston
2005-06 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.Kreviazuk has been the long time lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its second...

 
Jamie Sinclair Team qualified for the 2007 Canada Games
2006-07 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Nikki Johnston For the Canada Games team, see previous season
2007-08 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.Kreviazuk has been the long time lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its second...

2008-09 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.Kreviazuk has been the long time lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its second...

2009-10 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.Kreviazuk has been the long time lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its second...

 
Laura Crocker for Kreviazuk in junior events
2010-11 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Lisa Weagle
Lisa Weagle
Lisa Weagle is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. Weagle is the lead on the team skipped by Rachel Homan out of the Ottawa Curling Club....

 
Alternate Sherry Middaugh for Scotties
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...


Grand Slam record

Event 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 DNP DNP Q
Manitoba Lotteries DNP DNP Q Q
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...

SF 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"...

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...

QF DNP F


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

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