Sadie Pinksen

Sadie Pinksen
Curler
Born (2000-01-11) January 11, 2000 (age 24)
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Team
Curling clubIqaluit CC,
Iqaluit, NU[1]
SkipJulia Weagle
ThirdSadie Pinksen
SecondLeigh Gustafson
LeadAlison Taylor
Curling career
Member Association Nunavut
Hearts appearances7 (2016, 2017, 2019 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Top CTRS ranking100th (2019–20)
Medal record
Representing  Nunavut
Arctic Winter Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 South Slave

Sadie Wren Pinksen[2] (born January 11, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Iqaluit, Nunavut.[3] She currently plays third on Team Julia Weagle.

Career

Pinksen skipped Team Nunavut at eight Canadian Junior Curling Championships from 2013 to 2020. Her best finish was a 2–7 record in 2016, 2018 and 2020. She also represented Nunavut at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, finishing in eleventh with a 2–6 record. In 2018, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 Arctic Winter Games.[4][5]

While still in juniors, Pinksen was asked to be the alternate for the Nunavut team at the 2016 and 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship. In both years, the team failed to reach the main draw after losing out in the pre-qualifying tournament. Pinksen was also supposed to be the alternate for the team at the 2018 event but had to pull out due to a scheduling conflict.[6] She lost in the playdowns of the 2019 event skipping her own rink but was asked to be the alternate once again by the Jennifer Blaney rink. Pinksen was listed as the teams alternate at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but through lead stones during the round robin, replacing Megan Ingram. They finished with a 1–6 record. The following season, Pinksen, Alison Griffin and Kaitlin MacDonald teamed up with Ontario curler Lori Eddy for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Despite Eddy living in Ontario, she was added to the team as the territory's "import player", after being asked by Griffin. The team automatically qualified for the Scotties as no other team in the Territory decided to challenge them.[7] The team finished with a 2–5 record, including a surprise win against Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville.[8] Team Eddy represented Nunavut again the following year at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they finished with a winless 0–8 record.[9][10]

Brigitte MacPhail joined the team for the 2021–22 season as their out-of-province player, replacing Eddy at the skip position. The team represented Nunavut at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a winless 0–8 record.[11] The following season, Team MacPhail played in four tour events, failing to qualify for the playoffs at all four. At the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team again went 0–8, placing last.[12]

Pinksen has also competed at two Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, finishing winless at both the 2018 and 2019 events.[13]

Personal life

Pinksen attended the University of Ottawa as a Communications and sociology student,[3] and is currently a management and philosophy student at Dalhousie University[14] She started curling when she was seven years old.[15]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2012–13[16] Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Katie Chislett-Manning Emily Matthews
2013–14 Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Katie Chislett-Manning Emily Matthews
2014–15 Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Katie Chislett-Manning Kaitlin MacDonald
2015–16 Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Kaitlin MacDonald Melicia Elizaga
2016–17 Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Kaitlin MacDonald Melicia Elizaga
2017–18 Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Kaitlin MacDonald Melicia Elizaga
2018–19 Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Kaitlin MacDonald Abigail Atienza
2019–20 Sadie Pinksen Christianne West Kaitlin MacDonald Lena Chown
Lori Eddy Sadie Pinksen Alison Griffin Kaitlin MacDonald
2020–21 Lori Eddy Sadie Pinksen Alison Griffin Kaitlin MacDonald
2021–22 Brigitte MacPhail Sadie Pinksen Kaitlin MacDonald Alison Taylor
2022–23 Brigitte MacPhail Sadie Pinksen Kaitlin MacDonald Alison Taylor
2024–25 Julia Weagle Sadie Pinksen Leigh Gustafson Alison Taylor

References

  1. ^ "Sadie Pinksen Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sadie Pinksen Athlete Profile". 2014 Arctic Winter Games. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "2018 Arctic Winter Games Junior Female Curling Results". 2018 Arctic Winter Games. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 Arctic Winter Games Athlete Profile". 2018 Arctic Winter Games. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Shackleton off to Scotties tournament". St. Mary's Independent. January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Ted Wyman (February 17, 2020). "Two decades later, Ontario's Eddy finds second Scotties chance as skip of Nunavut team". Windsor Star. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Nunavut wins 1st game at 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 18, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  9. ^ @Devin_Heroux (January 9, 2021). "Just receiving word Nunavut's Scotties team has been selected. LORI EDDY IS BACK! How much fun was this team at last year's Scotties! @LoriCEddy third Sadie Pinksen, second Alison Griffin and lead Kaitlin MacDonald to represent Nunavut in Calgary bubble. #cbccurl @CBCOlympics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule". Sportsnet. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  11. ^ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings, schedule and results". Sportsnet. January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  12. ^ "2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings and schedule". Sportsnet. February 17, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "Nunavut's young veteran Sadie Pinksen holds key to bright future for the North". Independent Sports News. January 21, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  14. ^ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  15. ^ "Junior curler Q&A with Sadie Pinksen". Curling Canada. October 7, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  16. ^ "Sadie Pinksen Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 12, 2020.