{{short description|Canadian curler}} {{Infobox curler | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|5|1}} | birth_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]] | birth_name = | Curling club = [[Granite Curling Club (Winnipeg)|Granite CC]], <br> [[Winnipeg|Winnipeg, MB]] | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | Member Association = {{MB}} | Hearts appearances = 5 ({{STOH|2010}}, {{STOH|2011}}, {{STOH|2017}}, {{STOH|2018}}, {{STOH|2021}}) | Top CCA ranking = 6th ([[2016–17 curling season|2016–17]]) | Grand Slam victories = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{MB}} }} {{MedalSilver | {{STOH|2017|2017 St. Catharines}} | }} }}
''' Raunora Westcott''' (born May 1, 1976) is a Canadian [[curling|curler]] from [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]].
==Career== ===Juniors=== Westcott played lead for Team Manitoba (skipped by [[Kristy McDonald|Kristy Jenion]]) at the [[1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]]. The team finished with a 5-7 record, missing the playoffs.
===Women's=== Westcott won her first [[Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts|provincial women's championship]] [[2010 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts|in 2010]] playing lead on Team [[Jill Thurston]]. The team represented Manitoba at the [[2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], where they finished the round robin with a 7-4 record, and lost in the tiebreaker match.
Westcott joined the [[Cathy Overton-Clapham]] rink at second for the next season. With her new team Westcott won the [[2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], her second provincial title in a row. At the [[2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], Overton-Clapham led the team to a 4-7 record.
Westcott joined the [[Barb Spencer]] rink in 2011 playing lead for the team for three seasons. With Spencer, she won the 2011 [[DeKalb Superspiel]], the 2011 [[Interlake Pharmacy Classic]], the 2012 [[MCT Championships]] and the 2013 [[DeKalb Superspiel]]. They played in the [[2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials]], where they won just one game.
Westcott joined up with her junior skip (now named Kristy McDonald) in 2014, playing lead. The team played in the [[2015 Canada Cup of Curling]], going 1-5. When McDonald retired from competitive curling in 2015, the team was taken over by [[Michelle Englot]].
In their first season together, the Englot rink won the [[2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], and went all the way to the final of the [[2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], after finishing the round robin in first place, with a 10-1 record. The team would lose in the final against Team Ontario, skipped by [[Rachel Homan]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://winnipegsun.com/2015/01/24/outrage-after-meaningless-scotties-match-ended-early/wcm/eba19698-1fb5-4d33-9ef2-f729aa7900b1|title= Outrage after meaningless Scotties match ended early|date= January 25, 2015|newspaper= [[Winnipeg Sun]]}}</ref>
Their successful season qualified the team for the [[2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]], but they would have less success there, finishing with a 2-6 record. However, as the Rachel Homan team won the event, and would go on to represent Canada at the Olympics, the Englot rink would be invited to play as Team Canada at the [[2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], a spot normally reserved for the defending champions. There, the team finished with a 6-5 record, in 6th place, missing the playoffs. Also that season, the team would play in the [[2018 Continental Cup of Curling]].
In March 2018, Westcott announced she was joining a [[Winnipeg]]-based team skipped by [[Allison Flaxey]], with third [[Kate Hogan (curler)|Kate Cameron]] and second [[Taylor McDonald]]. The team participated in two Slams and finished sixth at the [[2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts]].
On March 22, 2019, it was announced that Westcott would join [[Theresa Cannon]], [[Karen Klein (curler)|Karen Klein]] and [[Vanessa Foster]] for the [[2019–20 curling season]]. The team started the season by missing the playoffs at the [[2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker]]. Next they played in the [[2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic]] where they lost in the quarterfinals to [[Daniela Jentsch]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5846&teamid=134085&profileid=12505|title=Team Theresa Cannon 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> The team played in one [[Grand Slam of Curling]] event, the [[2019 Masters (curling)|2019 Masters]] where they missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record. At the [[2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], the team finished with a 2–3 record, missing the playoffs. The team disbanded after the season.
The 2021 Manitoba Scotties were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba]], so [[Curl Manitoba]] appointed Team [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]] to represent Manitoba at the [[2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ontario, Manitoba cancel playdowns for Scotties, Brier|date=December 21, 2020|publisher=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/ontario-picks-homan-epping-for-curling-championships-after-playdowns-cancelled-1.5849975|access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref> A pregnant Dawn McEwen opted to stay at home, moving Jones' alternate [[Lisa Weagle]] up to lead and Westcott joined the team as their alternate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lisa Weagle in for Team Jones as Dawn McEwen says no to bubble due to pregnancy|date=January 19, 2021|publisher=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/lisa-weagle-team-jones-1.5879379|access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref> At the 2021 Hearts, they finished with a 9–3 record, putting them in a third place tiebreaker match against Alberta, skipped by [[Laura Walker (curler)|Laura Walker]]. Walker defeated Jones 9–8 to advance to the semifinal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-s-walker-into-hearts-semifinal-with-9-8-win-over-manitoba-s-jones-1.5327758|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228183017/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-s-walker-into-hearts-semifinal-with-9-8-win-over-manitoba-s-jones-1.5327758|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2021|title=Alberta's Walker into Hearts semifinal with 9-8 win over Manitoba's Jones|work=CTV News Calgary|date=February 28, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref>
On April 25, 2021, it was announced that Westcott would join former teammate [[Kristy McDonald]] for the 2021–22 season with teammates [[Lisa Blixhavn]], [[Leslie Wilson-Westcott]] and [[Lindsay Warkentin]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling-team-changes-for-2021-22-season/|title=Curling team changes for 2021-22 season|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=April 25, 2021|access-date=April 28, 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Westcott works in equipment leasing.{{cn|date=August 2024}} Westcott is the daughter of Ron Westcott, who competed in 42 [[Viterra Championship|Manitoba Curling Championships]], and won the 2015 [[Canadian Masters Curling Championships]]. Her father was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Legacy built on love of the rink: Westcotts' 107-year-old matriarch in Penticton to support family |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/curling/legacy-built-on-love-of-the-rink-471592053.html |website=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=January 28, 2018 |accessdate=2021-01-10}}</ref> Her grandmother is Jemima Westcott, who in 2021 became one of Manitoba's [[supercentenarians]] when she turned 110,<ref>{{cite news |title='Just be yourself,' Brandon woman turning 110 years old says on secret to long life |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jemima-westcott-brandon-manitoba-birthday-1.5867470 |date=January 10, 2021 |website=[[CBC Manitoba]]}}</ref> and was the [[List of Canadian supercentenarians|oldest person in Manitoba]], before she died at the age of 111.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
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