Beth Hamilton

Beth Hamilton
Curler
Born (1980-10-25) October 25, 1980 (age 44)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Team
Curling clubSt. John's CC,
St. John's, NL[1]
SkipSarah Hill
ThirdKelli Sharpe
SecondBeth Hamilton
LeadAdrienne Mercer
AlternateLaura Phillips
Curling career
Member Association Newfoundland and Labrador
Hearts appearances5 (2005, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Top CTRS ranking66th (2021–22)

Beth Hamilton (born October 25, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[2] She currently plays second on Team Sarah Hill. She is a three-time Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion.[3]

Career

Hamilton competed in two Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1999 and 2000, playing lead for Laura Strong on both occasions. They finished with a 2–10 record in 1999 and with a 4–8 record in 2000. She won her first Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2005 playing second for Heather Strong. They finished 1–10 at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, held in St. John's.[4] She would not win another provincial championship for fourteen years until her team of Kelli Sharpe, Stephanie Guzzwell and Carrie Vautour won the 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties, defeating Cathlia Ward in the final. The team struggled at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts however, finishing tied for last in their pool with a 1–6 record. The following season, she joined the Erica Curtis rink with Erin Porter at third and Julie Devereaux at second. The team won three straight sudden death games to win the 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[5][6] At the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they finished in fourteenth place with a 1–6 record.

Hamilton joined the Sarah Hill rink for the 2020–21 season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Newfoundland and Labrador, many teams had to opt out of the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts as they could not commit to the quarantine process in order to compete in the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. This meant that only Team Hill and their clubmates Mackenzie Mitchell's rink entered the event.[7] In the best-of-five series, Team Hill defeated Team Mitchell three games to one to earn the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2021 Scotties in Calgary, Alberta.[8] At the Tournament of Hearts, they finished with a 2–6 round robin record, with wins against New Brunswick's Melissa Adams and Nunavut's Lori Eddy.[9]

The following season, the provincial championship was cancelled due to the pandemic. As the highest ranked team on the CTRS standings, Team Hill were appointed to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ontario.[10] The team once again finished the national championship with a 2–6 record, beating Nunavut's Brigitte MacPhail and upsetting Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville in their two victories.[11]

Personal life

Hamilton studied pharmacy at Memorial University of Newfoundland and currently works as a pharmacist at Lawtons.[12] She is in a relationship with Stephen Sharpe.[2]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
1998–99[13] Laura Strong Cindy Miller Kim Conway Beth Hamilton
1999–00 Laura Strong Cindy Miller Kim Conway Beth Hamilton
2004–05 Heather Strong Laura Strong Beth Hamilton Susan O'Leary
2011–12 Beth Hamilton Sarah Paul Jillian Waite Adrienne Mercer
2012–13 Beth Hamilton Sarah Paul Jillian Waite Adrienne Mercer
2013–14 Beth Hamilton Jillian Waite Lauren Wasylkiw Adrienne Mercer
2014–15 Kelli Sharpe Michelle Jewer Beth Hamilton Rhonda Whelan
2016–17 Beth Hamilton Adrienne Mercer Ashley Rumboldt Heidi Trickett
2017–18 Beth Hamilton Sarah Hill Heidi Trickett Jeannette Piper
2018–19 Kelli Sharpe Stephanie Guzzwell Beth Hamilton Carrie Vautour
2019–20 Erica Curtis Erin Porter Julie Devereaux Beth Hamilton
2020–21 Sarah Hill Beth Hamilton Lauren Barron Adrienne Mercer
2021–22 Sarah Hill Kelli Sharpe Beth Hamilton Adrienne Mercer
2022–23 Sarah Hill Kelli Sharpe Beth Hamilton Adrienne Mercer
2023–24 Sarah Hill Kelli Sharpe Beth Hamilton Adrienne Mercer

References

  1. ^ "Beth Hamilton Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Curl NL Past Champions". Curling NL. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "2005 Scotties Tournament of Hearts" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Curtis wins three games in one day to take Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties title". The Telegram. January 14, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  6. ^ Brendan McCarthy (February 15, 2020). "Newfoundland and Labrador rink has considerable Scotties experience". The Telegram. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties – Teams". Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Association. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Heather Gillis (January 31, 2021). "Team Smith heading to Brier, Team Hill to Scotties after winning N.L. curling championships". CBC. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule". Sportsnet. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  10. ^ @CurlingNL (January 3, 2022). "Other provinces that are in our situation has gone the route of CTRS points and we will do the same. The team with the most points currently is Team Hill" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings, schedule and results". Sportsnet. January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  12. ^ "Team Curtis Bios". Facebook. Team Curtis. May 20, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "Beth Hamilton Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 10, 2020.