Valerie Sweeting



Valerie "Val" Sweeting (born July 9, 1987 in Redvers, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Vegreville, Alberta. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.



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[hide]  *1 Career  ==Career[edit] == Sweeting grew up in Maryfield, Saskatchewan. In 2007, Sweeting played third for Hailey Surik's junior rink out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1]. The team represented Saskatchewan at the2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. After posting an 8-4 record, they lost to Manitoba in a tie-breaker match.[2]
 * 2 Personal life
 * 3 Grand Slam record
 * 3.1 Former Events
 * 4 External links

After juniors, Sweeting moved to Alberta where she would form her own team with Megan Anderson at third, Carly Quigley at second and Whitney Eckstrand at lead. In 2010, in her very firstprovincial championship, Sweeting surprised many by defeating former World championship bronze medalist Cathy King and Olympic bronze medalist Shannon Kleibrink to capture the provincial crown. She would be the youngest skip ever to represent Alberta at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she skipped her province to a 4-7 record.

Sweeting played in her first Grand Slam event later in the season. Ranked 44th going into the 2010 Players' Championships, she won three straight games after losing to Kleibrink, qualifying her for the playoffs. She would however lose in the quarter final to Stefanie Lawton.

After the 2009-10 season, Sweeting re-jigged her team's lineup adding Leslie Rogers at third, replacing Quigley. The team had a less eventful season in 2010-11, including winning just one game at the 2011 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts. After the season, Sweeting brought in a new front-end of Joanne Courtney and Rachelle Pidherry. The team improved on the year before, including finished in fourth place at the 2012 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Following the season, Sweeting added Dana Ferguson at third position, replacing Rogers.

In the 2012-13 season, Sweeting's rink narrowly missed the playoffs at the 2013 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but the team was able to gain enough CTRS points to qualify for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials. The team was one of the qualifiers in the event, giving them the right to play in the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Also in the 2013-14 season, the rink had two quarter final appearances at Grand Slames, at the 2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. ==Personal life[edit] == Sweeting is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. She is currently a service delivery agent at the Case Processing Centre Vegreville. She has a partner and a son. [1] ==Grand Slam record[edit] == ===Former Events[edit] ===