Alison Goring (born November 15, 1963) is a

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curler.

Career

Youth

As a junior curler, Goring won a gold medal at the 1983

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and followed that up with a win at the 1983 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championship.

1990–1997

Goring is a former Canadian champion skip, having won the 1990

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. Goring won her first provincial championship in 1990. Her Ontario rink would with that years' Scott Tournament of Hearts, defeating the Nova Scotia team, skipped by Heather Rankin. Her win gave her the right to represent Canada at the 1990 World Championships. At the 1990 Worlds, they lost to Norway's

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in the semi-final. Her Hearts win in 1990 gave her team the right to represent team Canada at the 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts. At that tournament, her team finished with 6 wins and 5 losses. She returned to the Hearts in 1995, finishing with a 7–4 record, just missing the playoffs. The

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was her last to date, losing to

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's Saskatchewan rink in the final. Goring's team participated in the

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, but finished with a 3–6 record.

2007–current

Goring still continues to competitively curl. Most recently she has qualified for the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2007 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts Goring's team would finish round robin with a 7–2 record, however lost to

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in the quarter final game. At the 2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Goring and her team would finish with a 6–3 record, and advance to the semifinal, where she once again would lose to

. At the

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, Goring would finish round robin play with a 5–4 record, winning two tiebreakers, the 3 vs. 4 game and the semifinal. Her team's winning streak would come to an end in the final, where she lost to

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. Goring's team would not qualify for the provincials in 2010, however she would qualify out of the A side in Regionals advancing to the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Her team would not find success there, finishing round robin with a 2–7 record.

References

External links

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Ontario Curling Tour profile
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