Cathy Cunningham (born December 30, 1959 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler.

Career

Cunningham played in her first Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, in 1988 as a third for

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. The team finished 6-5. Cunningham returned again in 1991 as a skip but finished with a 2-9 record. In 1993 she returned again, playing third for Thomas, this time finishing with a 5-6 record. The next year she joined up with

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and the team lost in their final tie-breaker match to

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of Saskatchewan. Cunningham was Phillips' third for the next three Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a 5-6 record in 1995 and 1996 and losing to Alison Goring of Ontario in the 1997 semi-final. Cunningham would not return to the Hearts until the

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where she skipped her own team to a 3-8 record. At the

2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario from February 15 to 23. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her third straigh ...

her team finished the round-robin with a 6-5 record, but they managed to make the playoffs, where they beat Jan Betker of Saskatchewan and then Suzanne Gaudet of Prince Edward Island before losing to defending champion Colleen Jones in the final. At the

2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta from February 21 to 29 2004. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her fourth straight champions ...

, Cunningham finished 6-5 once again but did not qualify for the playoffs. In January 2008, Cunningham won the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at

2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling tournament was held February 16–24, 2008 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winner was the 2005 champion team from Manitoba, under skip Jennifer Jones. In w ...

playing third for Heather Strong.

References

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