Raunora Westcott (born May 1, 1976) is a Canadian curler from

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Career

Juniors

Westcott played lead for Team Manitoba (skipped by Kristy Jenion) at the

1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 1996 Maple Leaf Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the men's and women's national junior curling championships of Canada, were held February 3 to 11 at the Shamrock and Granite Curling Clubs in Edmonton, Alberta. The 1996 event was the fir ...

. The team finished with a 5-7 record, missing the playoffs.

Women's

Westcott won her first provincial women's championship in 2010 playing lead on Team

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. The team represented Manitoba at the

2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The event was described as having a weaker field than normal, as ...

, where they finished the round robin with a 7-4 record, and lost in the tiebreaker match. Westcott joined the

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rink at second for the next season. With her new team Westcott won the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, her second provincial title in a row. At the

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, Overton-Clapham led the team to a 4-7 record. Westcott joined the

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rink in 2011 playing lead for the team for three seasons. With Spencer, she won the 2011 DeKalb Superspiel, the 2011 Interlake Pharmacy Classic, the 2012 MCT Championships and the 2013 DeKalb Superspiel. They played in the

2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials The qualification event for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the Capital One Road to the Roar for sponsorship reasons), was held from November 5 to 10 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kitchener, Ontario. The t ...

, where they won just one game. Westcott joined up with her junior skip (now named Kristy McDonald) in 2014, playing lead. The team played in the 2015 Canada Cup of Curling, going 1-5. When McDonald retired from competitive curling in 2015, the team was taken over by

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. In their first season together, the Englot rink won the

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, and went all the way to the final of the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, after finishing the round robin in first place, with a 10-1 record. The team would lose in the final against Team Ontario, skipped by

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. Their successful season qualified the team for the

2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings for sponsorship reasons) were held from December 2 to 10 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ontario, Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario. The winners of the men's a ...

, but they would have less success there, finishing with a 2-6 record. However, as the Rachel Homan team won the event, and would go on to represent Canada at the Olympics, the Englot rink would be invited to play as Team Canada at the

2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 27–February 4, 2018 at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia. The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 ...

, a spot normally reserved for the defending champions. There, the team finished with a 6-5 record, in 6th place, missing the playoffs. Also that season, the team would play in the 2018 Continental Cup of Curling. In March 2018, Westcott announced she was joining a

-based team skipped by

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, with third Kate Cameron and second

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. The team participated in two Slams and finished sixth at the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. On March 22, 2019, it was announced that Westcott would join Theresa Cannon, Karen Klein and Vanessa Foster for the

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. The team started the season by missing the playoffs at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker. Next they played in the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic where they lost in the quarterfinals to

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. The team played in one

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event, the 2019 Masters where they missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record. At the 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team finished with a 2–3 record, missing the playoffs. The team disbanded after the season. The 2021 Manitoba Scotties were cancelled due to the

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, so Curl Manitoba appointed Team

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to represent Manitoba at the

2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada ...

. A pregnant Dawn McEwen opted to stay at home, moving Jones' alternate

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up to lead and Westcott joined the team as their alternate. At the 2021 Hearts, they finished with a 9–3 record, putting them in a third place tiebreaker match against Alberta, skipped by Laura Walker. Walker defeated Jones 9–8 to advance to the semifinal. On April 25, 2021, it was announced that Westcott would join former teammate Kristy McDonald for the 2021–22 season with teammates Lisa Blixhavn, Leslie Wilson-Westcott and Lindsay Warkentin.

Personal life

Westcott works in equipment leasing. Westcott is the daughter of Ron Westcott, who competed in 42 Manitoba Curling Championships, and won the 2015 Canadian Masters Curling Championships. Her father was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame in 2016. Her grandmother is Jemima Westcott, who in 2021 became one of Manitoba's

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when she turned 110, and was the oldest person in Manitoba, before she died at the age of 111.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Westcott, Raunora Living people 1976 births Curlers from Winnipeg Canadian women curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants Canada Cup (curling) participants