{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 1987)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox curler | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|10|21}} | birth_place = [[Sydney, Nova Scotia|Sydney]], [[Nova Scotia]] | Curling club = [[Halifax Curling Club|Halifax CC]], <br> [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax, NS]] | Skip = '''Christina Black''' | Third = [[Jill Brothers]] | Second = [[Marlee Powers]] | Lead = [[Lindsey Burgess]] | Alternate = [[Karlee Everist]] | Member Association = {{NS}} | Top CCA ranking = 4th ([[2024–25 curling season|2024–25]]) | Hearts appearances = 7 ({{STOH|2015}}, {{STOH|2018}}, {{STOH|2020}}, {{STOH|2022}}, {{STOH|2023}}, {{STOH|2025}}, {{STOH|2026}}) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{NS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2025 Halifax]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|2018 Penticton]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|2025 Thunder Bay]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Mixed Curling Championship]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2013 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|2013 Mount Royal]] | }} {{MedalGold | [[2024 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|2024 St. Catharines]] | }} }}
'''Christina Black''' (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian [[Curling|curler]] from [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref name="Media Guide">{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/02/2020-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-Media-Guide-3.pdf |title=2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website= |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2020-02-12 |quote=}}</ref> She currently [[Skip (curling)|skips]] her own team out of the [[Halifax Curling Club]].
==Career== ===Women's=== Black represented [[Saint_Mary's_University_(Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] in the [[U_Sports|Canadian Interuniversity Sport]]/[[Curling Canada|Canadian Curling Association]] University Curling Championships in [[2009_CIS/CCA_Curling_Championships|2009]] and [[2010_CIS/CCA_Curling_Championships|2010]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/content/championships/2009universitywomen.asp|title=2009 CIS/CCA University Championships ~ WOMEN|publisher=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=March 9, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213004310/http://www.curling.ca/content/championships/2009universitywomen.asp|archive-date=February 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/content/Championships/2010WOMEN.asp|title=2010 CIS/CCA UNIVERSITY CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - WOMEN'S TEAMS|publisher=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=March 9, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311215658/http://www.curling.ca/content/Championships/2010WOMEN.asp |archive-date=March 11, 2010}}</ref> In the 2009 tournament, she played second on a Huskies rink skipped by [[Sarah Rhyno]]. They finished in second place in Pool A in the round-robin with a 5-2 record and beat [[Laurentian University]] 6-5 in the semifinal, but lost to [[Hollie Nicol]] and the [[Wilfrid Laurier University|Wilfrid Laurier]] Golden Hawks in the final 6-4, claiming the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/content/championships/2009university_women_final_results.asp|title=2009 CIS / CCA University Championships - Final Results - Women|publisher=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=March 9, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210174838/http://www.curling.ca/content/championships/2009university_women_final_results.asp |archive-date=December 10, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, the Huskies were skipped by [[Marie Christianson]], and Black played third. They finished first in Pool D with a 4-1 record,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/content/Championships/2010CIS_STANDINGS.asp|title=University Championships - Standings|website=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=March 9, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416013550/http://www.curling.ca/content/Championships/2010CIS_STANDINGS.asp|archive-date=April 16, 2010}}</ref> then beat [[Brock University]] 8-5 in the semifinal before dropping the final to [[Brooklyn Lemon]] and her [[University of Regina]] Cougars 6-5 in an extra end, winning the silver medal again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/content/Championships/2010university_results.asp|title=2010 CIS/CCA UNIVERSITY CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS|website=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=March 9, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415202205/http://www.curling.ca/content/Championships/2010university_results.asp|archive-date=April 15, 2010}}</ref>
Black joined Team [[Mary-Anne Arsenault]] for the [[2014–15 curling season|2014–15 season]] at third. The team, along with second [[Jane Snyder (curler)|Jane Snyder]] and lead [[Jennifer Baxter (curler)|Jennifer Baxter]], won two tour events early in the season, the [[Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel]] and the Gibson's Cashspiel.<ref name="Events">>{{Cite web|url=https://curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=21125&view=Events|title=Christina Black: Events|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 13, 2018}}</ref> They also won the [[2015 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], qualifying them for the [[2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], Black's first. There, the team finished in seventh place with a 5–6 record. In 2016, [[Jennifer Crouse (curler)|Jennifer Crouse]] joined as second when Snyder left the team. A few seasons later, they won the [[2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] and won a bronze medal at the [[2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.capebretonpost.com/sports/curling/sydneys-christina-black-a-third-on-provincial-champion-rink-177211/|title=Sydney's Christina Black a third on provincial champion rink|website=Cape Breton Post|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225350/https://www.capebretonpost.com/sports/curling/sydneys-christina-black-a-third-on-provincial-champion-rink-177211/|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, the team won the 2018 [[New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=5484&view=Main#1|title=New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel|website=www.curlingzone.com|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref>
The Arsenault rink began the [[2019–20 curling season|2019–20 season]] by winning the 2019 [[The Curling Store Cashspiel|Curling Store Cashspiel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=5858#1|title=2019 The Curling Store Cashspiel – Women's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref> The team won the provincial Scotties again [[2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts|in 2020]], and represented Nova Scotia at the [[2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] with new lead [[Emma Logan]]. The team finished pool play with a 4–3 round-robin record, tied with British Columbia's [[Corryn Brown]] rink. They lost to British Columbia in a tiebreaker and failed to advance.
In 2020, Arsenault announced she was moving to British Columbia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/sports/local-sports/mary-anne-arsenault-throwing-last-rocks-for-ns-at-scotties-411009/|title=Mary Anne Arsenault Throwing Last Rocks for NS at Scotties|publisher=Saltwire|author=John MacNeil|date=February 13, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> Black formed a new rink as skip with Baxter at third and front end [[Karlee Everist|Karlee Jones]] and [[Shelley Barker]]. In their first event together, the team won the 2020 Curling Store Cashspiel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6703#1|title=2020 The Curling Store Cashspiel – Women's|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> The 2021 Nova Scotia Scotties was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia]], so the Nova Scotia Curling Association appointed Team [[Jill Brothers]] to represent the province at the [[2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]. Team Black would have been selected as the Nova Scotia representatives, however, they did not retain three out of their four players from the previous season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/sports/regional-sports/jill-brothers-rink-accepts-scotties-invite-christina-blacks-team-was-next-in-line-to-represent-nova-scotia-541134/|title=Jill Brothers rink accepts Scotties invite; Christina Black's team was next in line to represent Nova Scotia|publisher=Saltwire|author=Jeremy Fraser|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref>
Team Black won their first event of the [[2021–22 curling season|2021–22 season]], The Curling Store Cashspiel, going undefeated to claim the title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/09/27/curling-tours-recap/|title=Curling tours recap!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> They also reached the final of the [[Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge]], losing to the [[Andrea Crawford]] rink. In November, the team once again went undefeated to win the [[Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel]], defeating former teammate [[Jennifer Crouse (curler)|Jennifer Crouse]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=7190#1|title=2021 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> At the [[2022 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], Team Black won all three qualifying events, winning the provincial title and securing their spot at the [[2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=4111|title=Black Punches Ticket To Scotties|website=CurlingZone|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> At the Hearts, Black led her rink to a 5–3 record in the round robin, which was enough to qualify for the championship round. Along the way, she scored victories over higher-seeded teams such as Alberta's [[Laura Walker (curler)|Laura Walker]] and Manitoba's [[Mackenzie Zacharias]]. She also defeated British Columbia, which was skipped by her former teammate [[Mary-Anne Arsenault]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=4756|title=Black bests curling mentor at Hearts|publisher=CurlingZone|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> In their championship round match against Northern Ontario's [[Krista Scharf|Krista McCarville]], Team Black got down 9–1 before coming back to make the game 9–8, eventually losing 11–8. This eliminated them from the championship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2022/02/04/mrs-m-a-winner/|title=Mrs. M a winner|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 4, 2022|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref>
The Black rink began the [[2022–23 curling season|2022–23 season]] at the inaugural [[2022 PointsBet Invitational|PointsBet Invitational]], where they lost to [[Kelsey Rocque]] in the opening round.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2022/09/21/one-win-in-the-bank/|title=One win in the bank!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> They bounced back immediately in their next event, however, winning the New Scotland Clothing Women's Cashspiel in a 6–4 final over [[Tanya Hilliard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6583|title=2022 New Scotland Clothing Women's Cashspiel|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> At the [[2022 Tour Challenge]] Tier 2 [[Grand Slam of Curling]] event, the team went undefeated until the semifinals where they were defeated by [[Jessie Hunkin]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/oskar-eriksson-skips-team-edin-into-hearinglife-tour-challenge-mens-final/|title=Oskar Eriksson skips Team Edin into HearingLife Tour Challenge men's final|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|date=October 23, 2022|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> Through November and December, they qualified for three straight finals. After losing to the [[Kaitlyn Lawes]] rink, skipped by [[Selena Njegovan]], in the final of the [[2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/john-epping-epping-kaitlyn-lawes-win-1824-halifax-classic-1.1878396|title=Epping, Lawes win 1824 Halifax Classic|publisher=TSN|date=November 15, 2022|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> they once again defeated Jennifer Crouse at the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel and then beat [[Marlee Powers]] in the final of the Bogside Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/team.php?teamid=160793&profileid=31163|title=Team Christina Black: 2022–23|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> At the [[2023 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], Team Black won both the A and B events to earn two of the three spots in the playoffs. They then beat the Hilliard rink 9–4 in the semifinals to claim their second consecutive Nova Scotia Scotties title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/2023scotties/2023/02/10/meet-the-teams-nova-scotia/|title=Meet the Teams: Nova Scotia|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> This qualified the team for the [[2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] in [[Kamloops]], [[British Columbia]] where they again went 5–3 through the round robin. This qualified them for a tiebreaker where they stole in an extra end to upset the Lawes Wild Card rink.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/2023scotties/2023/02/24/stayin-alive/|title=Stayin' Alive!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 24, 2023|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> In the championship round, they again stole in an extra to beat Ontario's [[Rachel Homan]] rink before losing to Northern Ontario's McCarville in the seeding game. They then fell 9–4 to Team Canada's [[Kerri Einarson]] in the 3 vs. 4 game, settling for fourth.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/2023scotties/2023/02/25/bounce-back-win/|title=Bounce-back win!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 25, 2023|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref>
The [[2023–24 curling season|2023–24 season]] began well for Team Black as they reached the final of the Summer Series, losing 5–4 to [[Danielle Inglis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/kate-cameron-kayla-skrlik-bruce-mouat-all-winners-on-tour-this-weekend-1.2000850|title=Cameron, Skrlik, Mouat all winners on Tour this weekend|publisher=TSN|date=August 28, 2023|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> In their third event, they reached another final where they narrowly lost to [[Jessica Daigle]]. With their success from the previous season, the team qualified as the sixth seeds for the [[2023 PointsBet Invitational]]. After defeating [[Nancy Martin]] in the opening round, they upset [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]] in the quarterfinals before dropping the semifinal to [[Rachel Homan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2023/09/29/bracket-bustin-black/|title=Bracket-Bustin' Black!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=September 29, 2023|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> In their next two events, the team reached the quarterfinals of both the [[2023 Tour Challenge]] Tier 2 and the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, losing out to [[Madeleine Dupont]] and [[Stefania Constantini]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/team.php?teamid=170294#schedule|title=Team Christina Black: 2023–24|website=CurlingZone|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> In November 2023, the team ranked sixteenth in the world, qualifying them for the [[2023 National]] Tier 1 Slam. They finished with a 1–3 record, earning a victory over Korea's [[Ha Seung-youn]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/homan-hasselborg-stay-undefeated-to-clinch-playoff-berths-at-kioti-national/|title=Homan, Hasselborg stay undefeated to clinch playoff berths at KIOTI National|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=November 9, 2023|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> At the [[2024 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], the team easily qualified for the playoffs through the A event. They then lost to [[Heather Smith (curler)|Heather Smith]] in the 1 vs. 2 game but defeated [[Mackenzie Mitchell]] in the semifinal to reach the final. There, they could not defend their provincial title for a third time, dropping the final 6–4 to Team Smith.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/curling-scotties-colleen-jones-coach-nova-scotia-1.7091333|title=6-time champion Colleen Jones set to return to Scotties as Nova Scotia coach|publisher=CBC Sports|author=Gregory Strong|date=January 22, 2024|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> After the season, the team's lead Shelley Barker retired from competitive women's play.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/reel/7290484670999623|title=After four unforgettable seasons, it's with mixed emotions to share that Shelley has decided to step away from competitive play.|publisher=Team Black|website=Facebook|date=March 3, 2024|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> The team then added [[Jill Brothers]] and [[Marlee Powers]] for the 2024–25 season. The revised lineup featured Brothers at third, with Baxter and Everist moving to second and lead, respectively. Powers was named the alternate but rotates with Baxter at second.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/TeamBlackNS/posts/pfbid0n8ZpuawX3NhGXgeukzZzLreEbK54suRFLabBng7WhRQ4nJgrFGbPRitoL9hpjMyyl|title=🚨 NEW TEAMMATE ALERT 🚨|publisher=Team Black|website=Facebook|date=March 9, 2024|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> The team had success in their first season together, winning the Tier 2 event of the [[2024 Tour Challenge]], qualifying them for the [[2024 National]] Grand Slam, where they lost in the Quarterfinals to [[Anna Hasselborg]]. Black would also go on to win the [[2025 Ocean Contractors Women's Curling Championship|2025 NS Women's Championship]], beating clubmate [[Mackenzie Mitchell]] in the final, qualifying the team to represent Nova Scotia at the [[2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]. At the 2025 Scotties, Black finished 2nd in Pool B with a 6–2 record, and would make it to the semifinals, where she lost to [[Kerri Einarson]] 9–8 after a measurement in the 10th end, winning a bronze medal for Nova Scotia.
Team Black finished the 2024–25 season at number four in the [[Canadian Team Ranking System]] rankings,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/high-performance/womens/ctrs|title=Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS)|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> which earned them a pre-qualifier berth in the [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-WEB4.pdf|title=2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|format=PDF|page=15|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> and they also prequalified for the [[2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]] based on cumulative CTRS points from 2023 to 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-Montanas-Curling-Trials-media-guide-FINAL6.pdf|title=2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|format=PDF|page=11|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> As a result, they were able to primarily focus their efforts in [[2025–26 curling season|2025-26]] on travelling to Tier 1 and Tier 2 events outside Nova Scotia, where they could play against tougher competition and gain valuable experience.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/halifax/sports-halifax/team-black-so-close-to-scotties-final-in-2025-more-prepared-and-confident-in-2026|title=Team Black, so close to Scotties final in 2025, more prepared and confident in 2026|publisher=The Chronicle-Herald|author=George Myrer|date=January 16, 2026|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> Their first major event was the [[2025 Masters (September)|2025 AMJ Masters]] in London, ON, where they went 2–2 in the round-robin, missing the quarterfinals by a point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/events/masters-12/draw-schedule-results|title=2025 AMJ Masters Draws & Schedules|website=The Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> Next up for them was the [[2025 PointsBet Invitational]] in Calgary; the seven teams that had prequalified for the Olympic Trials were automatically invited;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/news/2025-pointsbet-invitational-what-you-need-to-know|title=PointsBet Invitational preview|publisher=The Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=September 30, 2025|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> they went 1–3 in this event, again missing the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#/events/23051|title=2025 Pointsbet Invitational Scores|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> A couple of weeks later, they flew back to Alberta for the CO-OP Tour Challenge in Nisku and fared even worse with an 0–4 record.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/events/tour-challenge-7/draw-schedule-results |title= CO-OP Tour Challenge Draws & Schedules |website= The Grand Slam of Curling |access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> Black said that despite their cumulative record, she considered these three events to have been “a great opportunity” and “really good practice.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/nova-scotias-christina-black-feels-curling-buzz-ramping-up-in-her-home-province/article_456612c6-b5e0-5a7a-8544-5601458bbcec.html|title=Nova Scotia's Christina Black feels curling buzz ramping up in her home province|publisher=The Canadian Press|author=Donna Spencer|date=October 23, 2025|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> In November, Team Black participated in the 2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in their hometown of Halifax, where they would finish round-robin play in 3rd place with a 4–3 record. They would go on to beat [[Kerri Einarson]] 6–3 in the semifinals but would ultimately lose both games to [[Rachel Homan]] in the best-of-three final by 5-4 and 12-3 scores, claiming the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/2025trials/#/events/23052/draws|title=2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> They went on the road one more time before the end of 2025, appearing at the [[2025 Canadian Open (curling)|2025 HearingLife Canadian Open Tier 2 Division]] in Martensville, SK, which they qualified for based on their [[WCF World Rankings|World Curling team ranking]] (#15).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/events/canadian-open-9/format-qualifications|title=HearingLife Canadian Open Format & Qualification|website=The Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/rankings.php?task=week&oomid=82&eventyear=2025#1|title=World Team Rankings: Women|website=CurlingZone|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> Their record at the Open was 2-2; they qualified for the quarterfinals, where they beat [[Isabella Wranå]] 7-1 and then fell to [[Kaitlyn Lawes]] in the semifinal 8–3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/news/hearinglife-canadian-open-tier-2-schedule-standings-and-results|title=HearingLife Canadian Open Tier 2: Schedule, standings and results|website=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> The last event on Team Black's calendar for the 2025–26 season was the [[2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] in Mississauga, ON. They finished second in Pool B with a 6–2 record, but struggled in the playoffs, losing to Manitoba's Lawes in the 1/2 qualifier game 8–6, defeating fellow Nova Scotian [[Taylour Stevens]] 11–6 in the 3/4 qualifier game, then falling in the Page 3/4 game to Alberta's [[Selena Sturmay]] 8–4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/2026scotties/|title=2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> Team Black participated in some smaller events earlier in the season as well, making the semifinals at the Asham Ice Breaker Challenge in Morris, MB after finishing pool play with a 3–1 record,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=8980&view=Main#1|title=Icebreaker Challenge|website=CurlingZone|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> missing the playoffs at the 2025 [[AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic]] in Cornwall, ON after a 2-3 round-robin,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=8967&view=Main#1|title=AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic|website=CurlingZone|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> and won the 2025 [[Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic]], finishing 4–1 in the round-robin and defeating [[Danielle Inglis]] in the final 6–5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stucurls.com/scores/#/events/23088|title=2025 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic – Women|website=Stu Sells Series|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref> On March 16, 2026, Team Black announced that Baxter will be leaving the team and stepping away from competitive curling to focus on other important parts of her life and to spend more time with her family. The remaining members of the team were planning to continue together for the 2026-27 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TeamBlackNS/posts/pfbid0AXnq9eJ2WDumLhnYniiJWPBWvxrtEVdZ6eS1ZNnj3ZfTUiqUqnWGcnAG46Fwo2cEl|publisher=Team Black|title=TEAM BLACK UPDATE!!|website=Facebook|date=March 16, 2026|access-date=March 16, 2026}}</ref> but on April 17, 2026, Everist announced that she is expecting her second child in October and that her role with the team would be changing as a result.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DXQFcCBjVrf/|title=We are so excited to share that our family is growing this October!|publisher=Karlee Everist|website=Instagram|date=April 17, 2026|access-date=May 12, 2026}}</ref> The next day, Team Black announced that [[Lindsey Burgess]], who had been living in Alberta and playing second for [[Serena Gray-Withers]], would be returning to Nova Scotia, where she grew up and went to school, to take over the lead position in the 2026-27 season while Everist steps back into the alternate role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TeamBlackNS/posts/pfbid0Sh3ypzVcEKhHv5KZAEbxbEmhhwiAeLByQ3ZKWrjWAxuw7tmn2zBm3gCV69SuKLqml|publisher=Team Black|title=Welcome Lindsey!|website=Facebook|date=April 18, 2026|access-date=April 21, 2026}}</ref> Black said that giving Burgess the lead role "will help us have a consistent lineup for the whole season, not having to change halfway through. It’s the best route to take for our year."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/halifax/sports-halifax/former-world-junior-champion-lindsey-burgess-joins-christina-black-rink|publisher=The Chronicle Herald|title=Returning home to join Christina Black rink a dream come true for former world junior champion|author=George Myrer|date=April 23, 2026|access-date=April 24, 2026}}</ref>
===Mixed=== Black has also represented Nova Scotia in the [[Canadian Mixed Curling Championship]] four times as a third. In 2013, she won a silver medal with [[Brent MacDougall]] as skip, finishing first in the round-robin with a 9-2 record and earning an automatic spot in the final, which they dropped to [[Cory Heggestad]]'s Ontario rink 10-3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2019/11/2020-Mixed-Guide-Formatted.pdf|title=2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Media Guide|publisher=Curling Canada|format=PDF|page=38|access-date=March 6, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121184409/https://www.curling.ca/files/2019/11/2020-Mixed-Guide-Formatted.pdf#page=38|archive-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref> She participated but didn't medal in 2015 and 2018, also with MacDougall as skip (made placement round in both but missed playoffs) and was named the Canadian Mixed All-Star at third in the 2015 event<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2019/11/2020-Mixed-Guide-Formatted.pdf|title=2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Media Guide|publisher=Curling Canada|format=PDF|page=30|access-date=March 6, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121184409/https://www.curling.ca/files/2019/11/2020-Mixed-Guide-Formatted.pdf#page=30|archive-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2019/11/2020-Mixed-Guide-Formatted.pdf|title=2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Media Guide|publisher=Curling Canada|format=PDF|page=15|access-date=March 6, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121184409/https://www.curling.ca/files/2019/11/2020-Mixed-Guide-Formatted.pdf#page=15|archive-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>. More recently, she won the gold medal with [[Owen Purcell]] as skip in 2024 (and Team Black second [[Jennifer Baxter|Jenn Baxter]] as lead), finishing second in Pool A in the round-robin with a 5-1 record, winning all four of their placement round games, then defeating both [[Ryan Wiebe]]'s Manitoba team 7-4 in the semifinal and Saskatchewan's [[Jason Ackerman]] in the gold medal game 5-4. Black was named as the tournament’s female MVP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CC_FB25_FINAL_Nov5.pdf#page=28|title=Season of Champions 2024-25 Fact Book|publisher=Curling Canada|format=PDF|page=28|access-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== Black was born in Sydney and attended Riverview High School.<ref name="Events" /> She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from [[Saint_Mary's_University_(Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] in 2010,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/smuhalifax/posts/we-are-so-proud-of-christina-black-bcomm10-and-this-team-as-they-have-secured-a-/1307020721470515/|publisher=Saint Mary's University Halifax|title=We are so proud of Christina Black BComm’10 and this team as they have secured a spot in the play offs at this year's Scotties Tournament of Hearts.|website=Facebook|date=January 29, 2026|access-date=March 9, 2026}}</ref> and is currently employed as an SSI Supervision Specialist for [[Scotiabank]].<ref name="Media Guide" />
==Grand Slam record== {{Curling GS key}} {{clear}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Event ! [[2015–16 curling season|2015–16]] ! [[2016–17 curling season|2016–17]] ! [[2017–18 curling season|2017–18]] ! [[2018–19 curling season|2018–19]] ! [[2019–20 curling season|2019–20]] ! [[2020–21 curling season|2020–21]] ! [[2021–22 curling season|2021–22]] ! [[2022–23 curling season|2022–23]] ! [[2023–24 curling season|2023–24]] ! [[2024–25 curling season|2024–25]] ! [[2025–26 curling season|2025–26]] |- | [[Masters (curling)|Masters]] |style="background:#ffebcd;"| [[2015 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling|QF]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2025 Masters (September)|Q]] |- | [[Tour Challenge]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2015 GSOC Tour Challenge|T2]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2018 Tour Challenge|T2]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2019 Tour Challenge|T2]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2022 Tour Challenge|T2]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 Tour Challenge|T2]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 Tour Challenge|T2]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2025 Tour Challenge|Q]] |- | [[National (curling)|The National]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 National|Q]] |style="background:#ffebcd;"| [[2024 National|QF]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |- | [[Canadian Open (curling)|Canadian Open]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2025 Canadian Open (curling)|T2]] |}
== Teams == Black has played with the following women's curling teams:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=21125&view=Teams|title=CurlingZone|website=www.curlingzone.com|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead |- ! scope="row"| 2010–11 | [[Tanya Hilliard]] || Christina Black || [[Liz Woodworth]] || [[Kaitlin Fralic]] |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12 | [[Marie Christianson]] || [[Kristen MacDiarmid]] || Christina Black || [[Jane Snyder (curler)|Jane Snyder]] |- ! scope="row"| 2012–13 | Marie Christianson || Kristen MacDiarmid || Christina Black || Jane Snyder |- ! scope="row"| 2013–14 | Christina Black (Fourth) || Jane Snyder || [[Katarina Danbrook]] || [[Mary Sue Radford]] (Skip) |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | [[Mary-Anne Arsenault]] || Christina Black || Jane Snyder || [[Jennifer Baxter (curler)|Jenn Baxter]] |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Mary-Anne Arsenault || Christina Black || Jane Snyder || Jenn Baxter |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | Mary-Anne Arsenault || Christina Black || [[Jennifer Crouse (curler)|Jennifer Crouse]] || Jenn Baxter |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Mary-Anne Arsenault || Christina Black || Jenn Baxter || Jennifer Crouse |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Mary-Anne Arsenault || Christina Black || Jenn Baxter || [[Kristin Clarke]] |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20 | Mary-Anne Arsenault || Christina Black || Jenn Baxter || [[Emma Logan]] |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21<ref>{{cite web |title=Team Black — Introducing our new and exciting lineup for the 2020/21 curling season! |url=https://m.facebook.com/TeamBlackNS/photos/a.107342987657357/107531130971876/?type=3&source=48&ref=page_internal&__tn__=EH-R |website=Facebook |accessdate=May 22, 2020 |date=May 19, 2020}}</ref> | Christina Black || Jenn Baxter || [[Karlee Everist|Karlee Jones]] || [[Shelley Barker]] |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Christina Black || Jenn Baxter || Karlee Everist || Shelley Barker |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Christina Black || Jenn Baxter || Karlee Everist || Shelley Barker |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Christina Black || Jenn Baxter || Karlee Everist || Shelley Barker |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Christina Black || [[Jill Brothers]] || Jenn Baxter || Karlee Everist |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Christina Black || Jill Brothers || Jenn Baxter || Karlee Everist |- ! scope="row"| 2026–27 | Christina Black || Jill Brothers || [[Marlee Powers]] || [[Lindsey Burgess]] |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
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