So you are the Skip for the MacEwan women’s curling team. Did you have to work yourself up to Skip or did you start there?

I have played other positions but I’ve basically been skipping my whole life. I started curling at eight years old and grew up in a curling rink. I’ve made my best friends from curling. I even curled competitive women’s a few years ago. Our team was in the Super League, so we travelled lots. We were playing against really high calibre players like Jennifer Jones.

Are you still playing at that level? You weren’t in the Roar of the Rings were you?

I haven’t really been spending lots of time on it recently. I’m trying to stay focused on school and get my education degree, majoring in social and minoring in physical education secondary. Next year, I’ll be going to the University of Alberta, so hopefully I’ll curl for the University too. Actually, I went to NAIT already so I’ll probably be the only person in the world that has curled for NAIT, U of A, and MacEwan!

I don’t know much about curling so what does it take to be the Skip over the other three positions?

Strategy. The Skip calls the game so they have to know what shots to call. Also, skill wise, the Skip is usually the best player. They throw the final stones, so their shots usually decide which team scores.

How’s your team doing this year?

Great. In our first regionals we went 7 and 1. We lost to NAIT in the finals and it came down to the last rock... We should have won.

So what do you do besides curling?

Golf. They seem to go hand and hand. Both sports require you to focus on so many things at once. You’re really playing against yourself in both, they are so mental.

It seems that the one thing that everyone relates to curling is the yelling.

I yell quite loud. If fact, I’ve been complained about for being too loud. In the women’s leagues, old women would get mad at me.

I guess you’ll make a great teacher if you have the yelling voice down.