# Raunora Westcott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Raunora_Westcott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Raunora_Westcott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raunora_Westcott > Source revision: 1337490777 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian curler Raunora Westcott Curler Born (1976-05-01) May 1, 1976 (age 50) Winnipeg, Manitoba Team Curling club Granite CC, Winnipeg, MB Curling career Member Association Manitoba Hearts appearances 5 (2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2021) Top CTRS ranking 6th (2016–17) Medal record Women's curling Scotties Tournament of Hearts Representing Manitoba 2017 St. Catharines **Raunora Westcott** (born May 1, 1976) is a Canadian [curler](/source/Curling) from [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba). ## Career ### Juniors Westcott played lead for Team Manitoba (skipped by [Kristy Jenion](/source/Kristy_McDonald)) at the [1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships](/source/1996_Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships). The team finished with a 5-7 record, missing the playoffs. ### Women's Westcott won her first [provincial women's championship](/source/Manitoba_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts) [in 2010](/source/2010_Manitoba_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts) playing lead on Team [Jill Thurston](/source/Jill_Thurston). The team represented Manitoba at the [2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/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](/source/Cathy_Overton-Clapham) rink at second for the next season. With her new team Westcott won the [2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/2011_Manitoba_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts), her second provincial title in a row. At the [2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/2011_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts), Overton-Clapham led the team to a 4-7 record. Westcott joined the [Barb Spencer](/source/Barb_Spencer) rink in 2011 playing lead for the team for three seasons. With Spencer, she won the 2011 [DeKalb Superspiel](/source/DeKalb_Superspiel), the 2011 [Interlake Pharmacy Classic](/source/Interlake_Pharmacy_Classic), the 2012 [MCT Championships](/source/MCT_Championships) and the 2013 [DeKalb Superspiel](/source/DeKalb_Superspiel). They played in the [2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials](/source/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](/source/2015_Canada_Cup_of_Curling), going 1-5. When McDonald retired from competitive curling in 2015, the team was taken over by [Michelle Englot](/source/Michelle_Englot). In their first season together, the Englot rink won the [2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/2017_Manitoba_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts), and went all the way to the final of the [2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/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](/source/Rachel_Homan).[1] Their successful season qualified the team for the [2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2018_Continental_Cup_of_Curling). In March 2018, Westcott announced she was joining a [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg)-based team skipped by [Allison Flaxey](/source/Allison_Flaxey), with third [Kate Cameron](/source/Kate_Hogan_(curler)) and second [Taylor McDonald](/source/Taylor_McDonald). The team participated in two Slams and finished sixth at the [2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/2019_Manitoba_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts). On March 22, 2019, it was announced that Westcott would join [Theresa Cannon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theresa_Cannon&action=edit&redlink=1), [Karen Klein](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karen_Klein_(curler)&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Vanessa Foster](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanessa_Foster&action=edit&redlink=1) for the [2019–20 curling season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_curling_season). The team started the season by missing the playoffs at the [2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker](/source/2019_Cargill_Curling_Training_Centre_Icebreaker). Next they played in the [2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic](/source/2019_Cameron's_Brewing_Oakville_Fall_Classic) where they lost in the quarterfinals to [Daniela Jentsch](/source/Daniela_Jentsch).[2] The team played in one [Grand Slam of Curling](/source/Grand_Slam_of_Curling) event, the [2019 Masters](/source/2019_Masters_(curling)) where they missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record. At the [2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/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](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Manitoba), so [Curl Manitoba](/source/Curl_Manitoba) appointed Team [Jennifer Jones](/source/Jennifer_Jones_(curler)) to represent Manitoba at the [2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/2021_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts).[3] A pregnant Dawn McEwen opted to stay at home, moving Jones' alternate [Lisa Weagle](/source/Lisa_Weagle) up to lead and Westcott joined the team as their alternate.[4] 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](/source/Laura_Walker_(curler)). Walker defeated Jones 9–8 to advance to the semifinal.[5] On April 25, 2021, it was announced that Westcott would join former teammate [Kristy McDonald](/source/Kristy_McDonald) for the 2021–22 season with teammates [Lisa Blixhavn](/source/Lisa_Blixhavn), [Leslie Wilson-Westcott](/source/Leslie_Wilson-Westcott) and [Lindsay Warkentin](/source/Lindsay_Warkentin).[6] ## Personal life Westcott works in equipment leasing.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Westcott is the daughter of Ron Westcott, who competed in 42 [Manitoba Curling Championships](/source/Viterra_Championship), and won the 2015 [Canadian Masters Curling Championships](/source/Canadian_Masters_Curling_Championships). Her father was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame in 2016.[7] Her grandmother is Jemima Westcott, who in 2021 became one of Manitoba's [supercentenarians](/source/Supercentenarians) when she turned 110,[8] and was the [oldest person in Manitoba](/source/List_of_Canadian_supercentenarians), before she died at the age of 111.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Outrage after meaningless Scotties match ended early"](http://winnipegsun.com/2015/01/24/outrage-after-meaningless-scotties-match-ended-early/wcm/eba19698-1fb5-4d33-9ef2-f729aa7900b1). *[Winnipeg Sun](/source/Winnipeg_Sun)*. January 25, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Team Theresa Cannon 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic"](https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5846&teamid=134085&profileid=12505). *CurlingZone*. Retrieved September 3, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ontario, Manitoba cancel playdowns for Scotties, Brier"](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/ontario-picks-homan-epping-for-curling-championships-after-playdowns-cancelled-1.5849975). CBC. December 21, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lisa Weagle in for Team Jones as Dawn McEwen says no to bubble due to pregnancy"](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/lisa-weagle-team-jones-1.5879379). CBC. January 19, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Alberta's Walker into Hearts semifinal with 9-8 win over Manitoba's Jones"](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). *CTV News Calgary*. February 28, 2021. Archived from [the original](https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-s-walker-into-hearts-semifinal-with-9-8-win-over-manitoba-s-jones-1.5327758) on February 28, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Jonathan Brazeau (April 25, 2021). ["Curling team changes for 2021-22 season"](https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling-team-changes-for-2021-22-season/). Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 28, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Legacy built on love of the rink: Westcotts' 107-year-old matriarch in Penticton to support family"](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/curling/legacy-built-on-love-of-the-rink-471592053.html). *[Winnipeg Free Press](/source/Winnipeg_Free_Press)*. January 28, 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-10. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["'Just be yourself,' Brandon woman turning 110 years old says on secret to long life"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jemima-westcott-brandon-manitoba-birthday-1.5867470). *[CBC Manitoba](/source/CBC_Manitoba)*. January 10, 2021. ## External links --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Raunora Westcott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raunora_Westcott) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raunora_Westcott?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.