Jill Thurston

Jill Thurston (born Staub) December 2, 1971 in Winnipeg, Manitoba is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team out of the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1]

Thurston has been a Manitoba representative at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Her first Scott appearance was in 2000, playing as the alternate for Connie Laliberte. The team would finish second place with a 9-2 record in round robin play. They lost the 1-2 game to Ontario’s Anne Merklinger and lost the semifinal to British Columbia’s Kelley Law who would go on to win the tournament.^[2] Thurston’s next Scott appearance was in 2006, this time playing third for Janet Harvey. The team would finish with a 4-7 record.^[3] Thurston’s last Scotties appearance to date was in 2010. She would skip her own team, finishing the round robin with a 7-4 record. This was enough to clinch a tiebreaker. Thurston’s team would fall short, and she would lose the tie breaker 3-10 to Ontario’s Krista McCarville.^[4]

Thurston was a participant at the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, which was won by Sandra Schmirler.^[5]

Grand Slam record

Key

• C - Won Chamoionship
• F - Lost final
• SF - Lost semi final
• QF - Lost quarter final
• Q - Did not make playoffs
• DNP - Did not participate in event
• N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season

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