Stephanie Guzzwell (born May 1, 1987 in

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North Ameri ...

) is a Canadian curler who resides in

Oxford, Nova Scotia Oxford is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is east of Amherst. The town is directly serviced by Routes 104, 204, 301, and 321. Despite its small size and demographic, Oxford is the world's largest processor and distributor of ...

Career

Juniors

Guzzwell was a member of the

Stacie Devereaux Stacie Curtis (born Devereaux; May 27, 1986) is a curler originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a four-time provincial junior champion, three time provincial women's champion and 2007 Canadian Junior champion and World J ...

junior rink, which finished 7th place at the 2003 Canada Winter Games and won four Newfoundland and Labrador junior women's championships between 2004 and 2007. Guzzell played

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on the team. The team represented the province at the

Canadian Junior Curling Championships The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 21 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament. The even ...

in each of those years, going 8–4 in 2004, 5–7 in 2005, 5–6 in 2006 and winning the championship in 2007, with a 12–1 record. The team represented Canada at the

2007 World Junior Curling Championships The 2007 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 3 to 11 at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minnesota. Men Teams Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 3, 14:00'' D ...

, winning a silver medal. After posting a 6–3 round robin record, they won their semifinal match against Denmark, but lost in the final against Scotland.

Women's

After juniors, Guzzwell remained a member of the Devereaux rink. The team won the 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women's championship. They represented the province at the national

2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It was the 30th anniversary of Kruger Pr ...

, where they finished with a 1–10 record. Guzzwell left the team after the season. Guzzwell

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ped her own team for two seasons between 2013 and 2015 before joining the

Heather Strong Heather Strong (born November 9, 1976, in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler. Career Juniors Strong was 15 years old when she made her national debut at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing lead stones for Chery ...

rink as her third between 2015 and 2017. Guzzwell joined the Kelli Sharpe (Turpin) rink in 2018 as her third. The team won the 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Personal life

Guzzwell is employed as a police officer with the

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. She is originally from

Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador Mount Pearl is the third-largest settlement and second-largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The city is located southwest of St. John's, on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. Mount Pearl is the f ...

. Guzzwell attended

Memorial University Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and i ...

as a business administration student. While at Memorial, Guzzwell was the skip of the university's curling team. They played in the 2008 national championship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guzzwell, Stephanie Living people 1987 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador People from Mount Pearl People from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni 21st-century Canadian women