Kaitlin MacDonald (born November 26, 1998, in

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) is a

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curler from

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Career

During her junior career, MacDonald competed in six

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from 2015 to 2020 with skip Sadie Pinksen. The teams best finish was a 2–7 record in

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and

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. They also represented Nunavut at the

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, finishing in eleventh with a 2–6 record. In 2020, MacDonald, Pinksen and Alison Griffin teamed up with Ontario curler

Lori Eddy Lori Christine Eddy (born August 26, 1971, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler from Dundas, Ontario. Career Eddy played third on the Alison Goring rink that represented Ontario at the 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canada's natio ...

for the

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. Despite Eddy living in Ontario, she was added to the team as the territory's "import player", after being asked by Griffin. The team automatically qualified for the Scotties as no other team in the Territory decided to challenge them. The team finished with a 2–5 record, including a surprise win against Northern Ontario's

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. Team Eddy represented Nunavut again the following year at the

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, where they finished with a winless 0–8 record. Brigitte MacPhail joined the team for the 2021–22 season as their out-of-province player, replacing Eddy at the skip position. 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

MacDonald took accounting at the

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. She currently works as a finance officer for the Government of Nunavut.

Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDonald, Kaitlin 1998 births Canadian women curlers Living people Curlers from Nunavut Curlers from Ontario Sportspeople from Brantford People from Iqaluit University of Prince Edward Island alumni 21st-century Canadian sportswomen