Tracy Fleury
| Tracy Fleury | |
|---|---|
| Curler | |
| Born |
Tracy Horgan June 13, 1986 Sudbury, Ontario |
| Team | |
| Curling club |
Idylwylde G&CC, Sudbury, ON |
| Skip | Tracy Fleury |
| Third | Jennifer Wylie |
| Second | Jenna Walsh |
| Lead | Amanda Gates |
| Alternate | Crystal Webster |
| Career | |
| Hearts appearances | 2 (2012, 2015) |
| Top CTRS ranking | 7th (2015-16) |
| Grand Slam victories | 0 |
Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler, who currently skips her own team out of the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club in Sudbury, Ontario.
Career
Juniors
Fleury is a three time Northern Ontario junior champion skip, having won the provincial championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
In 2005, Fleury actually did not skip the Northern Ontario team, but threw last stones. Instead, the team's second, Jenn Horgan held the broom. At the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Fleury finished with a 7-5 record, just out of the playoffs.[1]
At the 2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, with Fleury at skip, they finished with a 7-4 record, tied for third place with Nova Scotia (skipped by Sarah Rhyno). This would mean they had to play in a tie-breaker match, which Nova Scotia would win.[2]
At the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Fleury once again won seven games, and lost five, however, this would not be enough to make the playoffs.[3]
2008–2013
In 2008, Fleury's team graduated to the women's level, and the team qualified for the 2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team finished with a 3-6 record.
Fleury's rink qualified for the 2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, having lost to Krista McCarville in the Northern Ontario final, which is good enough to qualify. The team finished with a 4-5 record.
Fleury won the Northern Ontario championship in December 2009, earning her team a right to play in the 2010 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, her rink went all the way to the final before losing to McCarville.
Fleury's rink returned to the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts by winning the fourth and final slot at the Northern Ontario championship. They did much better at the provincial tournament, but were once again bested by the McCarville rink, this time in the semi-final.
Team Fleury (then known as Team Horgan) had another slow start in their 2012 campaign, placing third at the Northern Ontario championship. However, they would have another successful tournament at that year's 2012 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team lost just two round robin games, and would eventually upset the previously undefeated Rachel Homan rink in the final. Homan missed a draw to the button to win the game on her last rock. At the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Fleury and team would find difficulties through the week, finishing round robin with a 4-7 record.
Fleury's rink began the 2012-13 curling season well by winning the 2012 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. However, her bid to return to the Scotties at the provincial 2013 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was unsuccessful, with the team finishing with a 4-5 record, missing the playoffs. At the 2013 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown, the team went all the way to the finals, before losing in an extra end to Mirjam Ott, the World Champion at the time.
2013–present
The Fleury rink secured a spot at the 2013 Road to the Roar, the Olympic pre-trials event. At the Road to the Roar, the team went 4-3 and lost the 'C' event final on last rock to Valerie Sweeting, who qualified for the Roar along with Renee Sonnenberg. Fleury defeated the top two seeds at the event, Shannon Kleibrink and Laura Crocker. Following the Pre-Trials, the team went undefeated at the Northern Ontario Scotties playdowns. By finishing 1st at the playdowns, the team competed at the 2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The team had a disappointing run at the provincials that year, giving up key steals in their losses to finish with a 5-4 record and ultimately missing the playoffs for a second consecutive year.
The team was selected to represent Canada at the 3rd annual Yichun International Ladies Cup in Yichun, China from December 28, 2013 – January 1, 2014. The team went 6-1 in the round-robin with their only loss coming from Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland in the opening draw. The team defeated Wang Bingyu in the semi-final and Jiang Yilun in the final to win the championship.
The team has had a successful start to their 2014–15 curling season, finishing 3rd at the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel and qualifying for the playoffs of a Grand Slam event, (The Autumn Gold) for a second time in their career making it to the quarter-final before losing to former provincial rival Rachel Homan of Ottawa. At the 2014 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, the team lost their opening match to Colleen Kilgallen before winning their next 8 games. They defeated St. Vital's Jennifer Jones in the final and earned 22.5 CTRS Points for their win. Just 3 weeks later, at the Curl Mesabi Classic, the Fleury rink finished first in their pool after the round-robin with a 3-1 record. In the playoffs, they defeated Patti Lank in the semi-final and defeated Erika Brown in the final to claim the championship title.
At the 2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Fleury rink became the first women's team to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties. The team finished the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record, defeating city rival Kendra Lilly 4-3 in a close match. Team Fleury then had to win a relegation qualifier prior to the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in order to compete in the main tournament.
During the relegation round at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Fleury overpowered Kerry Galusha from the Northwest Territories 10-5 and then bested Sarah Koltun from the Yukon 7-5. In the pre-qualification final, once again they defeated the team from Yellowknife, 7-6, securing the right to represent Northern Ontario in the main draw at the Scotties for the first time. In the main event, Fleury found some success defeating higher seeds such as Julie Hastings and Stefanie Lawton. Headed into Draw 17, the final draw before playoffs, Fleury and Rachel Homan, team Canada at the time, shared 6-4 records. The winner of their game would decide who qualifies as the 4th seed for playoffs, the loser would end up going home. After controlling much of the game and leading 4-2 after 6, Fleury would allow Homan to score 2 in the 7th to tie it up. After a blank in the 8th, Fleury was heavy on a tap attempt in the 9th end to give up a critical steal of 2. Homan would run Fleury out of stones in the 10th to win 6-5. Therefore, Fleury finished 5th at the 2015 event with a respectable 6-5 record.
After the conclusion of the 2014–15 curling season, Fleury announced that their team would add Calgary's Crystal Webster to the lineup in a 5-player roster due to work commitments from Fleury's front end. The team found success early, advancing all the way to the semi-final of the 2015 Tour Challenge Grand Slam. They finished the round robin with a 2-2 record with wins over Eve Muirhead and Kim Eun-jung, qualifying for a tiebreaker. The team stole the 8th end of the tiebreaker against Chelsea Carey and went on to defeat Sherry Middaugh in the quarter-final. They were defeated by Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 9-7 in the semi-final to end their run in the slam. It marks the first time Fleury has advanced to the semi-final of a Slam. Although the team struggled at the next Slam, The Masters, finishing with a 1-3 record, they quickly rebounded and made it all the way to the final of The National. Up 4-3 without hammer in the 8th and final end, the team forced Rachel Homan to execute a difficult draw to the 4-foot through a port to win, which was made. Fleury earned big wins against teams Jennifer Jones and Val Sweeting to qualify.
Personal life
Outside of curling, Fleury is a CPA,CA (chartered professional accountant) with Laurentian University. Her brothers Tanner and Jacob are also successful Northern Ontario junior curlers. They represented Northern Ontario at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Liverpool, Nova Scotia posting a respectable 5-5 record. The junior team replicated their 5-5 result at the 2015 juniors in Corner Brook.
Tracy married Brent Fleury late-June 2015. The team will therefore be known as Team Fleury for the 2015-16 season and beyond.
Grand Slam record
| Key | |
|---|---|
| C | Champion |
| F | Lost in Final |
| SF | Lost in Semifinal |
| QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
| Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
| T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
| DNP | Did not participate in event |
| N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
| Event | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters | N/A | QF | DNP | DNP | Q | Q |
| Tour Challenge | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SF | QF |
| The National | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | F | |
| Canadian Open | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | QF | |
| Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | |
| Champions Cup | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP |
Former events
| Event | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries | DNP | Q | Q | N/A |
| Autumn Gold | Q | Q | Q | QF |
| Colonial Square | N/A | Q | DNP | N/A |