Georgina Wheatcroft

Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler. She is a two-time World Curling Champion and an Olympic bronze medalist.

Curling career Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national championship, debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1985 for British Columbia. Sanders, Wheatcroft, and their British Columbia team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, defeating Kathie Ellwood in the final. At the World Championships that year, the team won the gold medal defeating Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the final. In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders at the Tournament of Hearts and they lost in the final to Heather Houston. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to Julie Sutton's team and again qualified for the Tournament of Hearts, where they would lose in their first playoff game. Wheatcroft would not go back to the Hearts until 2000.

In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for Kelley Law's rink. With Law, Wheatcroft won that year's Scott Tournament of Hearts and World Curling Championships. The team were runners up at the following 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts, where they lost to Colleen Jones. The following year the team qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics as Team Canada. The team defeated Team United States to win the bronze medal.

In 2004, Wheatcroft skipped her own team to the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that year's Hearts champion Jennifer Jones to replace Cathy Gauthier, and she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, to play with the team. With her new team, Wheatcroft played in that year's Olympic trials; the team finished with a 5–4 record. Wheatcroft had the opportunity to play in the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts because Jones had won it the previous year, and thus got to play as Team Canada. The team lost in the final to Kelly Scott of British Columbia.

2006 saw Wheatcroft return to playing with Kelley Law, as her third. In 2007, the team made their way back to the national championship, now called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, after winning the B.C. Provincial Championship. At the Scotties they finished with a 5–6 record.

In 2008, she once again skipped her own team and qualified for the 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Grand Slam record

Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 Autumn Gold DNP Q Q Q Manitoba Lotteries QF Q DNP DNP Wayden Transportation Q Q QF DNP Sobeys Slam N/A Q DNP DNP Players' SF DNP DNP DNP

Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead 1984–85 Georgina Hawkes Christine Stevenson Tracey Barwick Deb Massullo 1986–87 Pat Sanders Georgina Hawkes Louise Herlinveaux Deb Massullo 1987–88 Pat Sanders Louise Herlinveaux Georgina Hawkes Deb Massullo 1988–89 Julie Sutton Pat Sanders Georgina Hawkes Melissa Soligo 1999–00 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Nelson 2000–01 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Nelson 2001–02 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Nelson 2002–03 Kelley Law Julie Skinner Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Dezura 2003–04 Georgina Wheatcroft Diane McLean Shellan Reed Diane Dezura 2004–05 Georgina Wheatcroft Diane Gushulak Kristen Recksiedler Mila Hockley 2005–06 Jennifer Jones Cathy Overton-Clapham Jill Officer Georgina Wheatcroft 2006–07 Kelley Law Georgina Wheatcroft Shannon Aleksic Darah Provencal 2007–08 Colleen Jones Georgina Wheatcroft Kate Hamer Darah Provencal 2008–09 Georgina Wheatcroft Steph Jackson Kristen Windsor Niki Hatter 2009–10 Georgina Wheatcroft Steph Jackson Sarah Wark Kristen Windsor