Courtney Chenier (born October 5, 1992 in

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) is a

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curler from

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. She was the alternate for the

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born Tracy Horgan; June 13, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. With Homan, she won the 2024 Scotties Tournament of ...

rink at the

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Career

Chenier won the 2011 and 2012 Northern Ontario Junior Curling Championships as a member of the Kendra Lilly rink. This qualified her for the

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in each of those years. At the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Chenier's team of Lilly, Jen Gates and

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went 6–6 and missed the playoffs. At the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, her team of Lilly, Crystal Lillico and Avery Thomas went 6–6 again, missing the playoffs. Following her junior career, Chenier and Lilly formed their own rink with Laura Pickering-Forget and Joanne Comé-Forget. They went 4–5 with this team at her first provincial championship in 2013. Chenier and her team qualified for playoffs at the

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, losing in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game. Chenier spared for the

Tracy Horgan Tracy Fleury (born Tracy Horgan; June 13, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. With Homan, she won the 2024 Scotties Tournamen ...

rink during the 2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team became the first women's team to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties, after winning the provincials with a 5–0 record and defeating former skip Kendra Lilly 4–3 in the final. Team Fleury then had to win a relegation qualifier prior to the

in order to compete in the main tournament. During the relegation round at the

, Northern Ontario defeated

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from the

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10–5 and then beat

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from the

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7–5. In the pre-qualification final, they once again defeated the team from Yellowknife, 7–6, securing the right to represent

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in the main draw at the Scotties for the first time. In the main event, they found some success defeating higher seeds such as Julie Hastings and

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. Chenier played in two games against

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and

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, winning both. Headed into draw seventeen, the final draw before playoffs, Northern Ontario and

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, Team Canada at the time, shared 6–4 records. The winner of their game would determine the fourth seed for playoffs, and the loser would be eliminated. After leading 4–2 after six ends, they would allow Homan to score two points in the seventh end to tie the game. After a blank in the eighth, Fleury was heavy on a tap attempt in the ninth end and gave up a steal of two points. Homan would run them out of stones in the tenth end to win 6–5. Therefore, Northern Ontario finished fifth at the 2015 event with a 6–5 record.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chenier, Courtney 1992 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Northern Ontario Curlers from Ottawa Living people Sportspeople from Temiskaming Shores 21st-century Canadian sportswomen