Kerry Barr (born 20 August 1986) is a

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curler from

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. She is a former World Junior champion.

Career

As a junior curler, Barr played in her first

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 19 ...

in 2005, playing third for the Victoria Sloan rink. The team finished 7th in the tournament for Scotland. The following year, Barr was invited to be the alternate player for Scotland at the

2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2006 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held March 18–26 at the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Sweden, skipped by Anette Norbe ...

, but she would not play in any games. In her final year of juniors, Barr played third on the

Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bron ...

rink at the

2008 World Junior Curling Championships The 2008 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 1 to 9 at the Ishallen in Östersund, Sweden. Men Teams Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Friday, March 2, 12:00'' Dr ...

. The team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden's

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in the final. After juniors, Barr joined the Sarah Reid at third. Barr played in the

2010 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2010 European Mixed Curling Championship The European Mixed Curling Championship was a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005. The European Mixed Curling Championshi ...

, Barr played third for the Scottish team (skipped by David Edwards) that won the gold medal, defeating Switzerland in the final. The team attempted to repeat their performance at the

2011 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2011 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 30 to October 8 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark. In the final, Switzerland, skipped by Thomas Lips, won their first title after a 9–3 defeat of Germany in seve ...

, but finished 7th. Barr left the Reid rink in 2011 to form her own team. Barr's rink of Rachael Simms, Rhiann Macleod and Barbara McPake were surprise winners of the 2014

Scottish Women's Curling Championship The Scottish Women's Curling Championship is the national women's curling championship for Scotland. The championship usually decides which team of curlers is sent to the World Women's Curling Championship, but in Olympic years, the winner must ...

. The event was notably missing the defending World Champion Eve Muirhead rink, who had competed at the

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. Nonetheless the Barr rink were not the favourites, and finished in 2nd place after the round robin with a 7-5 record, behind

Hannah Fleming Hannah Fleming (born 3 October 1991 in Dumfries) is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. She is a former World junior champion skip. Career Youth Fleming began her junior career by winning a gold medal at the 2009 European Youth O ...

. The rink would lose their first playoff match against Fleming, but would win in the semi-final against Jennifer Martin, and would beat Fleming in the final to advance to the

2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2014 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was held from 15 to 23 March at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick. In the final, Switzerland, skippe ...

where she will represent Scotland.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barr, Kerry Living people 1986 births Scottish female curlers British female curlers Curlers from Edinburgh 21st-century Scottish sportswomen