Jamie Smith (curler) explained

Jamie Smith
Birth Date:14 February 2001
Birth Place:Sudbury, Ontario
Curling Club:Dundas Valley Golf and Curling Club,
Dundas, ON[1]
Skip:Emma Artichuk
Third:Megan Smith
Second:Jamie Smith
Lead:Lauren Rajala
Member Association: (2017–2022; 2024–present)
(2022–2024)
Other Appearances:CJCC

1 (2022)

Top Cca Ranking:9th (2022–23)

Jamie Smith[2] (born February 14, 2001) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario.[2] She currently plays second on Team Emma Artichuk. In 2022, she played third for the Canadian junior team at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships.

Career

Smith made her first national appearance at the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships after posting an 8–0 record at the 2018 U18 Northern Ontario Girls Provincial with the Bella Croisier rink.[3] The rink would go on to post a 4–2 round robin record, but would fail to carry momentum into the championship round and would drop their next two games, missing the playoffs.[4]

In 2019 Smith would once again reach the national stage this time at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. After finishing first in the round robin with a 9–1 record, the rink would advance directly to the semi-final where they would defeat Nova Scotia's Cally Moore 6–5 and then go on to capture the gold medal after defeating Manitoba's Hayley Bergman 8–3.[5] In the same year, Smith would go on to win back-to-back provincial titles, capturing the 2019 U18 Northern Ontario Girls Provincial and qualifying for the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships.[6] The rink would once again advance to the championship round after a 5–1 round robin record, this time reaching the playoffs and defeating New Brunswick's Melodie Forsythe 7–4 in the semi-final and Ontario's Emily Deschenes 6–2 in the final to win the gold medal.[7]

Personal life

Smith is currently a Financial Mathematics student at Wilfrid Laurier University.[8]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2017–18[9] Jamie Smith Piper Croisier
2018–19 Bella Croisier Jamie Smith Piper Croisier Lauren Rajala
2019–20 Bella Croisier Jamie Smith Piper Croisier
2020–21 Jamie Smith Katie Shaw
2021–22Isabelle Ladouceur Jamie Smith Lauren Rajala Katie Shaw
2022–23Isabelle Ladouceur Jamie Smith Rachel Steele
2023–24Isabelle Ladouceur Grace Lloyd Jamie Smith Rachel Steele
2024–25Jamie Smith Lauren Rajala

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jamie Smith Profile. Curling Canada. June 6, 2021.
  2. Web site: Red Deer 2019 Canada Games Profile: Jamie Smith. 2019. 2019 Canada Games. June 6, 2021.
  3. Web site: Locals seek to repeat U18 curling dominance. 2018. Sudbury Sports. June 6, 2021.
  4. Web site: Jacob Horgan rink adds bronze to 2017 gold. 2018. Sudbury Sports. June 6, 2021.
  5. Web site: Ontario and B.C. teams are golden in curling finals at Canada Winter Games in Red Deer. 2019. Red Deer Advocate. June 6, 2021.
  6. Web site: Local female curlers flow from one championship to the next. 2019. Sudbury Sports. June 6, 2021.
  7. Web site: NORTHERN ONTARIO GIRLS, ONTARIO BOYS WIN 2019 CANADIAN UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIPS. 2019. Curling Canada. June 6, 2021.
  8. Web site: A junior curling reunion in the midst of a messy season. 2021. Sudbury Sports. June 6, 2021.
  9. Web site: Jamie Smith Past Teams. CurlingZone. June 6, 2021.