| Rachel Catherine Homan | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 5, 1989 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Ottawa CC, Ottawa |
| Skip | Rachel Homan |
| Third | Emma Miskew |
| Second | Alison Kreviazuk |
| Lead | Lisa Weagle |
| Alternate | Sherry Middaugh |
| Career | |
| Hearts appearances | 1 (2011) |
| Top CCA ranking | 7th (2010-11) |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Curling | ||
| World Junior Curling Championships | ||
| Silver | 2010 Flims | |
| Canada Winter Games | ||
| Gold | 2007 Whitehorse | |
Rachel Catherine Homan[1] (born April 5, 1989 in Ottawa) is a Canadian curler from Orleans, Ontario. Homan is a former Canadian Junior Champion.
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Homan began her dominance in the sport when she was bantam aged, winning four straight provincial bantam championships from 2003 to 2006. She had won four championships while no other curler had won even twice.
Homan's first two years at the junior level were somewhat disappointing, as her top-rated team failed to win a provincial championship. In 2007, her team lost the provincial final to Hollie Nicol's rink. In 2008, her team lost in the final to Danielle Inglis. However, these losses were amended by a provincial junior championship in 2009, earning her team a berth at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. At the Canadian Juniors, she skipped the Ontario team to a 10-2 record after the round robin, giving her rink a bye to the final. However, she would lose to the defending champion Kaitlyn Lawes rink from Manitoba in the final. Homan won the 2010 provincial championship and went on to represent Ontario at the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. At the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Rachel Homan, with Emma Miskew, Laura Crocker, and Lynn Kreviazuk won the Junior National Title in dramatic fashion by completing the event with an undefeated record of 13 wins and 0 losses - only the fourth women's team to do so. The team represented Canada at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships in Flims, Switzerland. The team dominated the tournament, losing just their final round robin game. However, the team came up short in the final, losing to Sweden.
At the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon, Homan skipped her Ontario rink to a gold medal. (See Curling at the 2007 Canada Games.)
Prior to graduating from juniors in 2010, Homan's junior team was too young to participate in Scotties Tournament of Hearts playdowns, but this did not stop her from participating in Women's World Curling Tour events. Homan's top accomplishments in the tour have included winning two straight Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiels. In 2007, she defeated then-World Champion Jennifer Jones, and in 2008 she beat the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu. Her team earned $11,000 for each win. In 2009, she won the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, winning $5,500 for her team. Later that year, her team participated in the Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials, where her team finished with a record of three wins and three losses, and therefore not qualifying for the "Roar of the Rings", Canada's Olympic Trials.
In 2009, her rink was named the World Curling Tour's "rookie team of the year." [2]
In her first year of eligibility, the Homan rink qualified and won the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Homan skipped the Ontario team to a 4th place finish. She finished the round robin in 3rd place, and lost in the bronze medal game to Nova Scotia's Heather Smith-Dacey after previously beating her in the 3 vs. 4 game. A semi-final loss to Saskatchewan's Amber Holland eliminated her from the finals.
In April 2011, Homan played third for her brother Mark, and won the 2012 Ontario Mixed Championship. The team which also consists of Brian Fleischhaker and teammate Alison Kreviazuk will represent Ontario at the 2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship to be played in November 2011. A week later, Homan's women's team made it to her first Grand Slam final of her career, when she lost to Jennifer Jones in the final of the 2011 Players' Championship.
She is a student at the University of Ottawa.
| Year | Team | Position | Event | Finish | Record | Pct.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Homan (RCC) | Skip | Ontario Bantam | 1st | N/A | - | |
| 2003 | Bushfield (CVCC) | Third | Ontario Bantam Mixed | 1st | N/A | - | |
| 2004 | Homan (CVCC) | Skip | Ontario Bantam | 1st | N/A | - | |
| 2005 | Homan (CVCC) | Skip | Ontario Bantam | 1st | N/A | - | |
| 2006 | Homan (CVCC) | Skip | Ontario Bantam | 1st | N/A | - | |
| 2006 | Homan (CVCC) | Skip | Ontario Winter Games | 1st | N/A | - | |
| 2007 | Homan (CVCC) | Skip | Ontario Juniors | 3rd | N/A | - | |
| 2007 | Ontario (Homan) | Skip | Canada Winter Games | 1st | 7-0 | - | |
| 2008 | Homan (OCC) | Skip | Ontario Juniors | 2nd | 5-4 | - | |
| 2009 | Homan (OCC) | Skip | Ontario Juniors | 1st | 8-0 | - | |
| 2009 | Ontario (Homan) | Skip | Canadian Juniors | 2nd | 10-3 | 80 | |
| 2009 | Homan (OCC) | Skip | Olympic Pre-Q | 5th | 3-3 | 75 | |
| 2010 | Homan (OCC) | Skip | Ontario Juniors | 1st | 7-1 | - | |
| 2010 | Ontario (Homan) | Skip | Canadian Juniors | 1st | 13-0 | 84 | |
| 2010 | Canada (Homan) | Skip | World Juniors | 2nd | 9-2 | - | |
| 2011 | Homan (OCC) | Skip | Ontario STOH | 1st | 10-1 | - | |
| 2011 | Ontario (Homan) | Skip | 2011 STOH | 4th | 9-5 | 79 | - |
| 2011 (2012) |
M. Homan (RCC) | Third | Ontario Mixed | 1st | 7-3 | - | |
| 2011 (2012) |
Ontario (M. Homan) | Third | (Canadian Mixed) | 6th | 8-5 | 75 | |
| Scotties Tournament of Hearts Totals | 9-5 | 79 | |||||
* Round robin only
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Nikki Johnston | |
| 2003-04 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Nikki Johnston | |
| 2004-05 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Nikki Johnston | |
| 2005-06 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Lynn Kreviazuk | Jamie Sinclair | Team qualified for the 2007 Canada Games |
| 2006-07 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Nikki Johnston | For the Canada Games team, see previous season |
| 2007-08 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Lynn Kreviazuk | |
| 2008-09 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Lynn Kreviazuk | |
| 2009-10 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Lynn Kreviazuk | Laura Crocker for Kreviazuk in junior events |
| 2010-11 | Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Lisa Weagle | Alternate Sherry Middaugh for Scotties |
| Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Gold | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q |
| Manitoba Lotteries | DNP | DNP | Q | Q |
| Wayden Transportation | SF | N/A | N/A | |
| Sobeys Slam | DNP | N/A | Q | |
| Players' Championships | QF | DNP | F |
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