Brigitte MacPhail (born June 19, 1987, in Grand Falls,

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) is a

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curler from

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. She currently skips her own team out of the Iqaluit Curling Club in

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Career

MacPhail made one appearance at the

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, playing lead for the New Brunswick Mary Jane McGuire rink. At the

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, the team finished in ninth place with a 6–6 record. After taking multiple seasons off, MacPhail joined the Christie Gamble rink for the 2015–16 season with Kaitlyn Veitch at second and

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at lead. The team did not have a great season on tour, failing to qualify for the playoffs in any of their five events. They finished with a 3–4 record at the

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. The team fared much better the following season on tour, reaching the final of the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic and the quarterfinals of the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel. Despite their tour season, Team Gamble finished with a 2–5 record at the 2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts. With Gamble moving to Saskatchewan following the season, MacPhail and Veitch joined Team Colleen Pinkney with Mary Myketyn-Driscoll throwing fourth rocks and

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as their alternate. The team was able to find some success on tour, reaching the semifinals of both the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel and the

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. At the 2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team finished in seventh with a 3–4 record. Pinkney left the team following the season and Myketyn-Driscoll took over as skip of the team. On tour, they made the final of the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel, semifinals of

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and quarterfinals of the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel. The team once again finished in seventh at the

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, this time with a 2–5 record. During the 2019–20 season, Team Myketyn-Driscoll missed the playoffs in all five of their tour events. They would have their best showing at the 2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing in fifth place with a 3–4 record. For the 2021–22 season, MacPhail took over skipping the Nunavut Women's team of Sadie Pinksen, Kaitlin MacDonald and Alison Taylor. MacPhail remained in Halifax, and played with the team as their designated out-of-province curler. The team represented Nunavut at the

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, finishing with a winless 0–8 record. The following season, Team MacPhail played in four tour events, failing to qualify for the playoffs at all four. At the

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, the team again went 0–8, placing last.

Personal life

MacPhail works as a chiropractor at Choice Health Centre/Maritime Chiropractic & Wellness. She is married to Alex Campbell. She began curling at the age of 9.

Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacPhail, Brigitte 1987 births Canadian women curlers Living people Canadian chiropractors Curlers from New Brunswick People from Grand Falls, New Brunswick Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia