Shelley Hardy (born May 19, 1982 in

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as Shelley Nichols) is a Canadian curler originally from St. John's. She currently plays

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on Team

Lauren Mann Lauren Mann (born January 27, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Aylmer, Quebec. She currently skips her own team out of Ottawa, Ontario. Career As a junior curler, Mann was the 2002 Ontario Winter Games championship playing third for Laura Payne ...

. Hardy played third for

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at the

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and

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. The team lost the 2002 final to

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of Prince Edward Island. In 2003, they lost a tie breaker to make the playoffs. In 2005, Hardy played third for her brother, 2006 Olympic gold medallist Mark Nichols at that year's

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in which the team won. Hardy joined up with

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for the 2005-06 season, and won

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as her third in 2006 and 2007. She left the team to skip her own in 2007. In 2010, she won her first provincial championship as a skip. Her win qualified her and her team of

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, Rhonda Rogers and Colette Lemon to represent the province at the

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. There, she led her team to a 4–7 record. After losing the provincial final to Stacie Curtis in 2017, Hardy was selected by the Curtis rink to be their alternate at the

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. The team finished with a 5–6 record. Hardy did not curl competitively again until the

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, after moving to Ontario. She played in her first Ontario Scotties

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playing third for

Personal life

She is married to Jeremy Hardy and works for

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. Hardy currently lives in

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* Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador 1982 births Living people Canadian women curlers Canadian mixed curling champions People from Labrador City Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Cup (curling) participants Curlers from Ontario People from Arnprior, Ontario {{Canada-curling-bio-stub