Clancy Grandy (born December 27, 1990 in Burlington, Ontario) is a

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curler originally from Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of

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Career

Juniors

Grandy's junior career was highlighted by winning the 2011

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with teammates

Sarah Wilkes Sarah Wilkes (born August 4, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from London, Ontario. She won the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Team Chelsea Carey and is currently the second for Team Rachel Homan. Career Juniors As a jun ...

Laura Crocker Laura Walker (born November 19, 1990 as Laura Crocker) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She is a two-time Canadian University champion, a national junior champion, world junior silver medallist and world mixed doubles bronze medalli ...

and

Lynn Kreviazuk Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk (born May 2, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. Career Kreviazuk was the longtime lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its second. In 2006, the team won the Ontario Bantam ...

, defeating Jasmin Thurston in the final. The team represented Ontario at the

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, where the finished with a 5-7 record. Later that season, Grandy skipped the

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University curling team at the

2011 CIS/CCA Curling Championships The 2011 CIS/CCA Curling Championships were hosted by the Memorial University of Newfoundland and held in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 8 Teams in each gender competed at the Championship, including two from Western Canada, two f ...

, finishing with a 2-5 record. Laura Crocker, her junior teammate won the event as the skip for the

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. Grandy skipped Guelph at the

2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships The 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships were held from March 14 to 18 at the Welland Curling Club in Welland, Ontario. The host university of the event was Brock University, located in nearby St. Catharines. The winners of the event, the teams from ...

as well, finishing 3-4, with Crocker's Laurier rink winning again. After playing in university curling, Grandy would play on the college level at

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Women's

After juniors, Grandy would play lead for Laura Crocker's women's team. Crocker would move to Alberta in 2012, forcing the team to disband. Grandy played in the

2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials The 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials was held March 19 to 23 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the second Canadian Mixed Doubles championship. The winning pair of Wayne Tuck Jr. and wife Kim Tuck Kimberly ...

with teammate

Patrick Janssen Patrick "Pat" Janssen (born May 12, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Burlington, Ontario. He currently plays second on Team John Epping. Career Youth Janssen skipped the University of Toronto men's curling team at the 2010 CIS/CCA Curling Cha ...

. After posting a 4–3 record in their group, they lost their first playoff game in the Round of 12. In 2014, Grandy formed her own women's rink with teammates

Janet Murphy Janet Murphy (born April 22, 1965) is a Canadian curler. She was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia but resides in Mississauga, Ontario. She is the director of curling at Mississaugua Golf & Country Club. Career From 2010–2014, Murphy was the third ...

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and

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. That season, Grandy would qualify for her first provincial women's championship, the

2015 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2015 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 19 to 25 at the Penetanguishene Curling Club in Penetanguishene, Ontario. The winning Julie Hastings team represent ...

. The team had a successful week but lost the semi-final to

Sherry Middaugh Sherry L. Middaugh (née Hamel, born October 11, 1966 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Before marrying world champion curler Wayne Middaugh, she was known as Sherry Scheirich. She is a five-time On ...

. For the 2015–16 season, Grandy played third on team

Allison Flaxey Allison "Alli" Flaxey ( Nimik; born February 13, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Carly Howard. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist. Career Flaxey ...

with

playing second and

Morgan Court Morgan Lavell (née Court born February, 18 1985) is a Canadian curler from Vancouver, British Columbia. Curling career Lavell began playing on the Women's World Curling Tour at the 2007 Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiel. During he ...

playing lead. The team qualified for the

2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 18 to 24 at the Brampton Curling Club in Brampton, Ontario. The winning Jenn Hanna rink represented Ontario at the ...

, but finished with a 3–6 record. However, they did win a

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event that season, winning the

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. The next season, Grandy won her first

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event, the

2016 WFG Masters The 2016 WFG Masters was a curling bonspiel held from October 25 to 30, at the Pason Centennial Arena in Okotoks, Alberta. This was the first Grand Slam of the 2016–17 curling season. On the men's side, the Niklas Edin rink from Karlstad, ...

. The team had enough points to qualify for the 2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts through the CTRS Leaders, but they lost the tiebreaker to

Cathy Auld Catherine "Cathy" Auld (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Toronto. She currently skips her own team out of Thornhill, Ontario. Career Auld was a longtime member of the Alison Goring rink. Auld played third for the team until ...

10–4. Team Flaxey qualified for the

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as they were ranked third on the

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for the 2016–17 season. At the trials, they finished in last place with a 1–7 record, only beating

Julie Tippin Julie Tippin (born August 16, 1983 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec as Julie Lynne Reddick) is a Canadian curler from Owen Sound, Ontario. Tippin is a three-time provincial junior champion, and a Canadian mixed champion. Career Tippin attended high scho ...

in the final round robin draw. The team lost all three qualifiers at the

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and did not qualify for the playoffs. For the 2018–19 season, Grandy stayed with Kreviazuk and Court but would bring on

Jacqueline Harrison Jacqueline Harrison (born July 28, 1978 in Niagara Falls, Ontario as Jacqueline Smith) is a Canadian curler from Waterdown, Ontario. Harrison currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Harrison's junior career involved reaching th ...

at skip as Flaxey moved back to Manitoba. The team played in the

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Grand Slam where they lost in the quarterfinals to

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Can ...

. At provincials, the team struggled and ended up missing the playoffs with a 3–4 record. On April 2, 2020, it was announced that Grandy and Court would rejoin Flaxey and would bring on

Kaitlyn Jones Kaitlyn Jones (born March 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Juniors Born in Thompson, Manitoba, Jones curled out of Chilliwack, British Columbia, New Aiyansh, British Columbia and Ontario before moving to Regina, Sa ...

to skip them for the 2019–20 season. The team did not have a great season, failing to win any tour events and not qualifying for the provincial championship. The team disbanded after just one season. Grandy competed at the

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, her first Canadian women's curling championship, as alternate for the

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986, as Tracy Horgan) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling ...

rink skipped by

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip. Career E ...

as Fleury elected to stay home due to family commitments and the ongoing

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. At the Hearts, Carey led the team to a 6–6 eighth place finish. Grandy played in one end of the tournament, the eighth end against Newfoundland and Labrador's Sarah Hill where they stole four en route to an 11–2 victory. For the 2022–23 season, Grandy moved to

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and joined the Kayla MacMillan rink out of British Columbia as their new skip. The team also included Lindsay Dubue and Sarah Loken. In their first event, the team finished runner-up to

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

at the Summer Series. The following week, they defeated Team Tirinzoni in the final of the

2022 Martensville International The 2022 Curling Stadium Martensville International was held from September 1 to 5 at the Martensville Curling Club in Martensville, Saskatchewan. The event was held in a round robin format with a purse of $22,250 on the men's side and $25,000 ...

. Later in the fall, Team Grandy competed in the

2022 Tour Challenge The 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 18 to 23 at the Coca-Cola Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2022–23 curling season. During the draw to the button before the semifinal games ...

Tier 2 event where they went 6–1 to claim the championship title, defeating Jessie Hunkin 8–2 in the final. This qualified the team for the 2023 Canadian Open, which they had to decline their spot at to compete in their provincial championship. Back on tour, the team had a semifinal finish at the

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and the

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. Due to their success throughout the season, they had enough points to qualify for the 2022 Masters, where they finished 1–3. Entering the

2023 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2023 Scotties BC Women's Curling Championship, the provincial women's curling championship for British Columbia, was held from January 11 to 15 at the Chilliwack Curling Club in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The event was held in conjunctio ...

as the number one seed, the team lost both the A qualifier and the 1 vs. 2 game to the

Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and represent ...

rink. Despite this, they were able to defeat Taylor Reese-Hansen 12–4 in the semifinal to qualify for the provincial final. There, they beat Team Brown 10–9 in an extra end to claim the BC provincial title. This qualified them to represent British Columbia on home soil at the

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. After a 5–3 round robin record, Team Grandy beat Quebec's Laurie St-Georges 8–3 in a tiebreaker to move into the championship round. There, they lost 9–4 to Manitoba's

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, eliminating them from contention. The team wrapped up their season at the

2023 Players' Championship The 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship was held from April 11 to 16 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the fifth Grand Slam event and final major of the 2022–23 curling season. In the women's final, Sweden's ...

and the 2023 Champions Cup Slam events. At both, they lost in tiebreakers to the Tirinzoni and Jones rinks respectively. Also during the 2022–23 season, Grandy competed at the

2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 21 to 26 at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury, Ontario. The winning pair will represent Canada at the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in ...

with partner John Morris. There, the team missed the playoffs with a 3–4 record.

Personal life

Grandy is formerly employed as a fascial stretch therapist at Rebound Sport & Spine. She is currently in a relationship with fellow curler

Robin Brydone Robin Brydone (born 29 October 1996) is a Scottish curler from Perth, Scotland. He is currently the skip of the Team Ross Whyte rink. Career Juniors Brydone was the alternate on the Bruce Mouat rink representing Scotland that won a gold medal at ...

, and was previously married to fellow curler

. She also coaches the Jaap van Dorp rink from the

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Grand Slam record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grandy, Clancy 1990 births Living people Canadian women curlers Curlers from Ontario Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario Sportspeople from Clarington Sportspeople from Pickering, Ontario 21st-century Canadian women Curlers from British Columbia Sportspeople from Coquitlam