Jenn Hanna

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Jennifer Ann Hanna

Jenn Hanna (crouched) playing against Chantal Osborne (standing)
Team Hanna
Skip	Jenn Hanna
Third	Chrissy Cadorin
Second	Stephanie Hanna
Lead	Lee Merklinger
Alternate	Brianne Merklinger
Club	Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Top CCA ranking	9th (2004-05 & 2005-06)
Hearts appearances	2 (2004, 2005)
Grand Slam victories	1 (Autumn Gold Classic, 2005)

Jennifer Ann Hanna (born January 22, 1980^[1]) is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts.^[2]

[edit] Personal life

Hanna was born in Ottawa, Canada^[2] and began curling at age five.^[3] In September 2006, Hanna married Brian Rumas.^{[citation needed]} She is employed by the Government of Canada and is a graduate of the University of Ottawa.^[4]

[edit] Early competitive career

Hanna competed at the Canadian Juniors in 1998, losing in the final to New Brunswick's Melissa McClure.^[5] Despite this, she was named as the tournament's second team all-star skip. In 2002, as a second for Anne Merklinger, Hanna finished second at the Ontario Championships. In 2003, as a vice-skip for Darcie Simpson, she finished second^[6] and in 2004 she finished third as skip. She was invited by Sherry Middaugh, the 2004 Ontario champion, to be the team's "fifth player" at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts.^[7] Hanna did not, however, play any games. ^[8]

[edit] 2005 Provincials and Scott Tournament of Hearts

In the 2005 Ontario Women's Curling Championships, Hanna and her team, consisting of Pascale Letendre, Dawn Askin and her sister Stephanie Hanna, recovered from a 1-4 record in the round-robin to win eight straight games and clinch the Championships, earning the right to represent Ontario at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.^[3]

At the 2005 Scotts, she caught the attention of many by winning the Ford Hot Shots competition and defeating defending champion Colleen Jones in the first draw.^[9] After falling to a record of 2-4, she rallied by winning four of her next five games, finishing 6-5. This was enough, however, to get into a four-way tie for fourth place.^[10] Hanna would end up winning both of her tie-breakers, against Cathy King of Alberta and Sandy Comeau of New Brunswick, allowing her to make the playoffs.^[11] She then proceeded to defeat Stefanie Lawton of Saskatchewan in the 3 vs. 4 game, followed by Kelly Scott of British Columbia in the semi-final, to face the Jennifer Jones rink from Manitoba in the final.^[12] At this stage, Hanna's team played well, and led for most of the game, but lost on the last rock to Jones' game saving in-off for four points.^[13] Hanna was named the tournament MVP, and was chosen for the second all-star team.^[14]

For her winning the 2005 provincial Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Ottawa Curling Club was given this banner

[edit] 2005-2006 season and present

In March 2005, Hanna announced that her team's spare player, Joëlle Sabourin, would replace Letendre as the team's third, producing the same lineup they had in 2003-2004. Letendre was supposed to be the new spare, but had decided to form her own team.^{[citation needed]}

The new Hanna team started the 2005-06 season well, with their first ever Women's Tour victory, winning the Autumn Gold Classic in Calgary, Alberta on October 17, 2005.^[15] The total winnings for the team were $14,000. At the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts, however, Hanna's team lost in the quarter-final to two-time World Champion Marilyn Bodogh. ^[16]

In February 2006, the team acquired a new player for the following season, Chrissy Cadorin of Guelph, Ontario. Cadorin, who had skipped her own team for a number of years would play third, while Sabourin would play second. Dawn Askin became the team's Alternate, citing her desire to focus on her new career.^[17]

The 2006-2007 season was not as successful as the previous two for the Hanna team. After not winning any major bonspiels, the team did have some success at the 2007 provincial championship. After finishing in first place after the round-robin, they lost both of their playoff games.^[18]

After the season, Jöelle Sabourin left the team to play for Marie-France Larouche in Quebec. Alternate Dawn Askin moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to play for Jennifer Jones. Sabourin will be replaced by Lee Merklinger at lead.^[19]

Hanna played the 2007-2008 season while pregnant. Once again, the team qualified for the provincials, but lost in the tie-breaker match to Janet McGhee.

* Round-robin only
** Did not play

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