Kim Kelly (born April 4, 1962, in Halifax,

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as Kim Ackles) is a

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curler from

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. She currently throws skip stones for Colleen Jones, whom she has won five national championships and two world championships. In 2019, Kelly was named the eighth greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers. Kelly had retired from competitive curling in 2006 but returned in 2010 playing third for

Nancy Delahunt Nancy Dale Delahunt (born January 5, 1959) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Delahunt currently plays third for Colleen Jones. Career Delahunt was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was a member of the Colleen Jones team which won fiv ...

, failing to secure a spot in the provincial playdowns. She would then go on to join former teammate

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, playing the second position for the 2011–12 season. For the 2012–2013 season Arsenault and Kelly reunited with former skip Colleen Jones, with the goal of reaching the

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. Jones played second, while Arsenault was skip. Jenn Baxter, played lead, while Stephanie McVicar, joined the team as the fifth.

was offered to join the team as coach or manager. Since this announcement McVicar left the team to play with Heather Smith-Dacey, and Delahunt joined the team as the fifth. Jones played second, and Kelly remained at third. Kelly (as third) joined Jones, Mary Sue Radford and Delahunt to win the 2016 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, following that with an undefeated run to win the 2017 World Senior Curling Championships in Lethbridge, Alberta. She currently coaches the Matthew Manuel rink.

Personal life

Kelly is married and has two children. She is a retired pharmacist.2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Mead Guide: Team Nova Scotia

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* 1962 births Living people Canadian women curlers Canadian women's curling champions Canadian mixed curling champions Canadian people of English descent World curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants Canada Cup (curling) participants Curlers from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian curling coaches 20th-century Canadian sportswomen Sportswomen from Nova Scotia {{Canada-curling-bio-stub