Beth Hamilton (born October 25, 1980) is a

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curler from

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. She currently plays second on Team

Sarah Hill Sarah Boland (born December 23, 1995 as Sarah Hill) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently skips her own team out of the RE/MAX Centre in St. John's. She is a two-time Newfoundland and Labrador junior c ...

. She is a three-time

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champion.

Career

Hamilton competed in two

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in 1999 and 2000, playing lead for

Laura Strong Laura May Strong (born October 31, 1979, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler. Career Juniors Strong made her first national debut, playing lead for her sister ...

on both occasions. They finished with a 2–10 record

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and with a 4–8 record in 2000. She won her first

in 2005 playing second for

Heather Strong Heather Strong (born November 9, 1976, in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler. Career Juniors Strong was 15 years old when she made her national debut at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing lead stones for Chery ...

. They finished 1–10 at the

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, held in St. John's. She would not win another provincial championship for fourteen years until her team of

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Stephanie Guzzwell Stephanie Guzzwell (born May 1, 1987 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian curler who resides in Oxford, Nova Scotia. Career Juniors Guzzwell was a member of the Stacie Devereaux junior rink, which finished 7th place at the ...

and Carrie Vautour won the 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties, defeating

Cathlia Ward Cathlia Mary Ward (born May 14, 1994) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays lead on Team Amélie Blais. Career Juniors Ward's first national level event was at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships as third for Jessica Daigle. Th ...

in the final. The team struggled at the

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however, finishing tied for last in their pool with a 1–6 record. The following season, she joined the

Erica Curtis Erica Curtis (born June 12, 1991 as Erica Trickett) is a Canadian Curling, curler from Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently plays Third (curling), third on Team Stacie Curtis. Career Curtis made three appearances at the Canadian Ju ...

rink with Erin Porter at third and

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at second. The team won three straight sudden death games to win the

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. At the

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, they finished in fourteenth place with a 1–6 record. Hamilton joined the

rink for the 2020–21 season. Due to the

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, many teams had to opt out of the

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as they could not commit to the quarantine process in order to compete in the

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. This meant that only Team Hill and their clubmates

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's rink entered the event. In the best-of-five series, Team Hill defeated Team Mitchell three games to one to earn the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2021 Scotties in

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. At the Tournament of Hearts, they finished with a 2–6 round robin record, with wins against New Brunswick's

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and Nunavut's

Lori Eddy Lori Christine Eddy (born August 26, 1971, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler from Dundas, Ontario. Career Eddy played third on the Alison Goring rink that represented Ontario at the 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canada's nation ...

. The following season, the provincial championship was cancelled due to the pandemic. As the highest ranked team on the CTRS standings, Team Hill were appointed to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the

2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 28 to February 6 at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team represented Canada at the 2022 World Women's Curl ...

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. The team once again finished the national championship with a 2–6 record, beating Nunavut's

Brigitte MacPhail Brigitte MacPhail (born June 19, 1987, in Grand Falls, New Brunswick) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Iqaluit Curling Club in Iqaluit. Career MacPhail made one appearance at the Can ...

and upsetting Northern Ontario's

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in their two victories.

Personal life

Hamilton studied pharmacy at Memorial University of Newfoundland and currently works as a pharmacist at

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. She is in a relationship with Stephen Sharpe.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Beth 1980 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Living people Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni