Janet Murphy Explained

Janet Murphy
Birth Date:22 April 1965
Birth Place:Amherst, Nova Scotia
Curling Club:Mississaugua Golf & Country Club
Mississauga, ON
Skip:Jo-Ann Rizzo
Third:Janet Murphy
Second:Lori Eddy
Lead:Mary Chilvers

Janet Murphy (born April 22, 1965)[1] is a Canadian curler. She was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia but resides in Mississauga, Ontario.[2] [3] She is the director of curling at Mississaugua Golf & Country Club.[4] [5]

Career

From 2010–2014, Murphy was the third on Cathy Auld's team. From 2014-2015 she was the third on Clancy Grandy's team.

From 2015–2018 she was third on Jacqueline Harrison's team. In 2015, the team won the Gord Carroll Curling Classic, Oakville Fall Classic and Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic. The following year, the team won the Brantford Nissan Classic.[6]

She coached her daughter Jestyn Murphy who is also a curler.[7] [8] From 2018–2020 they both played on the same team with Janet being third and her daughter being the skip.[9] [10] The team went on to win the Listowel Women's Classic in 2018 and finished as runners-up the following year.[11]

Murphy moved into the Senior ranks in 2022, joining the Jo-Ann Rizzo rink. The team won the Ontario Senior women's championship that year and again in 2024.

Personal life

Her husband Hugh Murphy was also a curler and died in 2020.[12] They had two children, Jestyn and Hale.[13] Murphy works as the director of curling at the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials Media Guide. Curling Canada. October 22, 2021. October 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211022201300/https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/10/2021-Home-Hardware-Curling-Pre-Trials-media-guide-1.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Janet Murphy. 6 July 2021. Curling Zone.
  3. Web site: Janet Murphy. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184430/http://www.ontariocurlingtour.com/player.php?playerid=3840. 9 July 2021. 6 July 2021. Ontario Curling Tour.
  4. Web site: Janet Murphy. 6 July 2021. Linkedin.
  5. Web site: Janet Murphy. 6 July 2021. Mississaugua Golf & Country Club.
  6. Web site: Janet Murphy Events. 6 July 2021. Curling Zone.
  7. Web site: February 2019. Jestyn Murphy, with mom Janet curling . 6 July 2021. The Record.
  8. Web site: Curling Team. 6 July 2021 . YouTube. 9 December 2010 .
  9. Web site: 3 January 2020. Curling a family affair for Team Murphy . 6 July 2021. Cornwall Tourism.
  10. Web site: Janet Murphy Teams. 6 July 2021. Curling Zone.
  11. Web site: Jestyn Murphy Wins Listowel Womens Classic . 8 July 2021. CurlingZone.
  12. Web site: Hugh John Murphy . 8 July 2021. The Globe and Mail.
  13. Web site: The Best – and Worst – of Curling with your Spouse: Inside the 2017 Mixed Doubles Championship . 8 July 2021. curling.ca.