Valerie "Val" Sweeting 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 from Vegreville, Alberta

Vegreville, Alberta

-Notable Vegrevillans :*Brent Severyn, former NHL defenseman*Cam Cole, Canadian sports writer*Laurence Decore, lawyer, former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and former leader of the Alberta Liberal Party*Roderick Fraser, former president of the University of Alberta...

. Sweeting surprised many by skipping the winning team at the 2010 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts

2010 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2010 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts was the 2010 edition of the Alberta provincial women's curling championship. It was held January 6-10 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The winning team will represent Alberta at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste....

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Sweeting grew up in Maryfield, Saskatchewan

Maryfield, Saskatchewan

- See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:*******-Footnotes:...

. In 2007, Sweeting played third for Hailey Surik's junior rink out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.http://www.saskcurl.com/sca/yrbook0708/jrwomen.htm. The team represented Saskatchewan at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships

2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships

The 2007 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held February 3-11 at the Jack Gatecliff Arena and the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships.-Men's...

. After posting an 8-4 record, they lost to Manitoba in a tie-breaker match.http://www.cbc.ca/sports/curling/tournaments/tournament-cdnjuniors.html

After juniors, Sweeting moved to Alberta where she would form her own team. In 2010, in her very first provincial championship

Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Alberta provincial women's curling tournament. The winning team represents Alberta at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.-Past winners:-External links:*...

, Sweeting surprised many by defeating former World championship bronze medalist Cathy King

Cathy King

Cathy King , formerly Cathy Borst is a Canadian curler from St. Albert, Alberta...

 and Olympic bronze medalist Shannon Kleibrink

Shannon Kleibrink

Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy...

 to capture the provincial crown. She would be the youngest skip ever to represent Alberta at the national 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...

. At the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario....

, she skipped her province to a 4-7 record.

Sweeting played in her first Grand Slam event later in the season. Ranked 44th going into the 2010 Players' Championships

2010 Players' Championships

The 2010 Grey Power Players' Championship was the last Grand Slam event of both the World Curling Tour and Women's World Curling Tour for the 2009-10 season. This was the eighteenth time the event took place, and the fifth time since it was switched to joint men's/women's format. The event was held...

, she won three straight games after losing to Kleibrink, qualifying her for the playoffs. She would however lose in the quarter final to Stefanie Lawton

Stefanie Lawton

Stefanie Lawton is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Championships, she would go on to win the 2000 Championships with the help of her team of sister Marliese Miller , Stacy Helm and Amanda MacDonald . At the worlds that year, she...

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Grand Slam record

Event	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	Q
Manitoba Lotteries	DNP	DNP	Q
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
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	-

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

External links

• World Curling Tour profile