Sheila Anne "Stretch" Rowan (April 22, 1940 – August 2, 2014) was a Canadian curler from Saskatoon. Rowan was born in

Young, Saskatchewan Young ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312. The economy is dominated by local agriculture and the nearby Mosaic Potash mine. History Young came into being wit ...

where she grew up before moving to Plenty, Saskatchewan in 1953 and Saskatoon in 1955 where she graduated from

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. After high school, she worked as a secretary and a buyer. After retiring, she was a school bus driver. Rowan was a talented athlete at both softball and curling. In softball, she won many league and provincial championships, as well as winning the 1970 Canadian Softball Championship. The team represented Canada at the 1970 Women's Softball World Championship. As a curler, Rowan was a member of the three-time national champion Vera Pezer rink, playing third for the team. They won national titles in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

and

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. Rowan would later go on to play skip, winning two more provincial titles in 1983 (4-6 at

1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held from February 26 to March 5, 1983 at the Prince George Coliseum in Prince George, British Columbia. The total attendance for the event was 17,402. After u ...

) and 1985 (3-7 at 1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts). Rowan skipped Saskatchewan to win the

1992 Canadian Senior Curling Championships The 1992 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Canada's national championship for curling, curlers over 50, were held March 14 to 21, 1992 at the Evergreen Centre in Nipawin, Saskatchewan. Team Ontario, consisting of Brian Longley, Joe Gurowka, ...

. She won a second provincial senior title in 1996 and represented Saskatchewan at the 1996 Canadian Seniors. Rowan was inducted into the

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in 1976.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowan, Sheila Canadian softball players Canadian women's curling champions Canadian women curlers 1940 births 2014 deaths Curlers from Saskatoon