Marie Christianson (born August 12, 1988) is a Canadian curler from

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Career

Christianson skipped Team Nova Scotia at two

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, in 2007 and 2009. At the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships she skipped the team to a tenth-place finish with a 6–6 record. The team placed ninth at the

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with a 5–7 record. She played in her first

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event at the 2007 Sobeys Slam where her team failed to make the playoffs. She also played in the 2010 event, again missing the playoffs. Christianson moved to

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to join the

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rink in 2013 as the team's second. The team went 1–3 at the 2014 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts, not making the playoffs. Christianson left the rink the following season to form her own team to try to get to the Hearts. At the 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Christianson led the team to a 2–2 record, just missing the playoffs once again. Following the season, Christianson moved to

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to join the

Suzanne Birt Suzanne Birt (born Suzanne Gaudet on October 2, 1981, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian retired curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Career Juniors Birt, a skip, is a two-time Canadian Junior Champion (2001, 2002) ...

rink at lead. Team Birt played in the 2015 Tour Challenge Tier 2 where they made the quarterfinals. The team also won the Sobeys Classic on the

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. Christian would win her first provincial championship in 2016 when the team won the final of the 2016 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts 5–4 against

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. They represented PEI at the

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where they went 4–7. Christianson moved back to her home province of Nova Scotia for the 2017–18 season to join the

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rink. The team won the Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic and had semifinal finishes at the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel and the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel. At the 2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team made it all the way to the final where they lost to

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. With their win in Kemptville, the team was invited to play in the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup Grand Slam event. There, the team went winless. Following the event, Christianson left the team and rejoined the Suzanne Birt rink. Team Birt had a very strong 2018–19 season, not missing the playoffs in any of their tour events. They won the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, finished runner-up at the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel and had semifinal finishes at both the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel. The team won five straight sudden-death elimination games at the 2019 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts to claim the provincial title. The team did improve their record at the

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, finishing in sixth place with a 6–5 record. Team Birt played in nine tour events the following season and qualified in eight of them, only missing the playoffs at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. This year, they won the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel and were finalists at the Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge and the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic. They had semifinal finishes at The Curling Store Cashspiel, the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel and the Dave Jones Stanhope Simpson Insurance Mayflower Cashspiel and a quarterfinal appearance at both the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and the Tour Challenge Tier 2. They defended their title at the 2020 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, winning a second championship in a row. the team had an eighth-place finish at the

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, finishing with a 5–6 record. Team Birt began the 2020–21 season with two runner-up finishes at the 2020 The Curling Store Cashspiel and the 2020 Dave Jones Stanhope Simpson Insurance Mayflower Cashspiel. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Prince Edward Island, many teams had to opt out of the 2021 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts as they could not commit to the quarantine process in order to compete in the

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. This meant that only Team Birt and their clubmates Darlene London's rink entered the event. Christianson could not compete at the provincial championship as she was living in

, meaning alternate Kathy O'Rourke took her position at third. In the best-of-five series, Team Birt defeated Team London three games to zero to earn the right to represent Prince Edward Island at the 2021 Scotties in

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. At the Tournament of Hearts, they finished a 4–4 round robin record, failing to qualify for the championship round. The Birt rink had two appearances in finals to begin the 2021–22 season. The team lost in the final of the 2021 Oakville Fall Classic to Team

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and the final of the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic to Team

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. Due to the

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, the qualification process for the

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had to be modified to qualify enough teams for the championship. In these modifications,

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created the 2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event, an event where five teams would compete to try to earn one of three spots into the

. Team Birt qualified for the Trials Direct-Entry Event due to their CTRS ranking from the 2019–20 season. The team went 1–3 through the round robin, finishing in last place and not advancing directly to the Trials. Team Birt had one final chance to advance to the Olympic Trials through the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials where they finished the round robin with a 4–2 record. This qualified them for the double knockout round, where they lost both of their games and were eliminated. The team had two more tour stops during the season, which included winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic and reaching the semifinal of the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel. The 2022 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts was cancelled due to the pandemic and Team Birt were selected to represent their province at the national women's championship. The team finished the

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with a 4–4 record, fifth place in their pool. In advance of the 2022–23 season, Team Birt won a fan vote which qualified them for the 2022 PointsBet Invitational. They lost their opening round game to the

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rink. On tour, the team won two events. In October, they won the Superstore Monctonian Challenge with spares

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and Sinead Dolan filling in for Christianson and Michelle Shea. They then won the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in November, going undefeated in the event. They also had a semifinal appearance at the New Scotland Clothing Women's Cashspiel. During the season, Christianson took over skipping duties on the team with Birt continuing to throw fourth stones. In the new year, they easily won the 2023 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, winning all three qualifying events. At the

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, the team struggled, finishing seventh in their pool with a 2–6 record. After the season, the team announced they would be disbanding. Christianson then moved back to Nova Scotia, forming her own team with

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, Heather Smith and

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for the 2023–24 season.

Personal life

Christianson is a registered massage therapist for Brickyard Health. She lives in Eastern Passage.

Teams

References

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