Erica Curtis (born June 12, 1991 as Erica Trickett) is a Canadian curler from

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. She currently plays

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on Team Stacie Curtis.

Career

Curtis made three appearances at the

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in 2008, 2011 and 2012. In 2008, she finished 5–7 as lead for

Julie Devereaux Julie Hynes (born January 15, 1989 in St. John's, Newfoundland as Julie Devereaux) is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently plays second on Team Stacie Curtis. Career Junior career Hynes joined her sister Stacie Cu ...

. In 2011, she again finished 5–7 this time as lead for Erin Porter. Her final trip in 2012, she skipped the Newfoundland and Labrador team to a 3–9 record. She also competed in two

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, finishing 4–3 in 2011 and 2–5 in 2012. Out of juniors, she joined the

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rink at second. They played in the 2012 Masters Tier 2

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event where they qualified for the playoffs before losing to

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in the quarterfinals. They finished second at the

2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts women's provincial curling championship, was held January 16–20 at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Stacie Devereaux rink ...

, only losing by one point in the final to Stacie Curtis. She later joined

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's rink for the 2014–15 season however they had limited success on tour and failed to qualify for the playoffs at provincials. Curtis won her first

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in 2017 as lead for Stacie Curtis. They had a good showing at the

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, finishing in eighth with a 5–6 record. They defended their title the following season at the

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, going 8–1 through the tournament. They had a great start at the

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, winning their first four games before losing three straight. They then lost the tiebreaker to

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and were eliminated. They officially finished tenth for the tournament, losing the ninth place seeding game to

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. Curtis began skipping her own team the following season. They didn't play in any tour events and failed to qualify at the

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. The following year however, they 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. Team Curtis disbanded following the season, with Curtis and teammate

joining forces with

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and

Camille Burt Camille Burt (born May 29, 2000) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently plays lead on Team Stacie Curtis. Career Burt made her first appearance at the national level as lead for Mackenzie Glynn. The tea ...

for the 2020–21 season. Due to the

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, the team only played in one event together, the

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, where they finished with a 2–3 record. Team Curtis was unable to compete in the

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as they could not commit to the quarantine process in order to compete at the national championship. The following season, they reached the final of both tour events they played in. At the

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, they were defeated by

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in the final and at the Bally Haly Cash Spiel, they lost to

. The 2022 provincial championship was cancelled due to the pandemic. As the highest ranked team on the CTRS standings, Team

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were appointed to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the

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. Stacie Curtis returned to Newfoundland for the 2022–23 season and took over skipping duties of the team, shifting Curtis to third. On tour, the team won the

and lost in the semifinals of both the

and the

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. At the

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, Team Curtis finished 3–1 through the round robin, tied for first place with the

rink. They then won 11–8 in the final to win the provincial title. This qualified them to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the

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. There, they finished with a 2–6 record, earning victories over the Yukon's

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and Wild Card #3's Meghan Walter.

Personal life

Curtis is a recreational specialist at Eastern Health. She is married to Dylan Curtis.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Erica 1991 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Living people Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador People from Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador 21st-century Canadian women