Sarah Wilkes

Sarah Wilkes
Curler
Born (1990-08-04) August 4, 1990
Toronto, Ontario
Team
Curling club Saville Community SC,[1]
Edmonton, AB
Skip Shannon Kleibrink
Third Sarah Wilkes
Second Kalynn Park
Lead Alison Thiessen
Career
Hearts appearances 2 (2015, 2017)
Grand Slam victories 1: Champions Cup (2017)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Alberta
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2015 Moose Jaw

Sarah Wilkes (born August 4, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.[2]

Junior career

As a junior curler, Wilkes played third for the 2011 Ontario Junior Women's Championship team skipped by Clancy Grandy. The team represented Ontario at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they finished with a 5-7 record.

In University curling, Wikles played third for the Wilfrid Laurier University women's curling team. She played in the 2010 CIS/CCA Curling Championships on a team skipped by Danielle Inglis, losing in the semi-final. Laurier would then win the 2011 and 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships under skip Laura Crocker. The team represented Canada at the 2013 Winter Universiade, but they finished off the podium with a 4-5 round robin record.

Women's career

After university, Wilkes and Crocker moved to Alberta. They would play in the 2013 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing in the semifinal. The next season, Wilkes joined the Kristie Moore rink. Wilkes was invited to join the Alberta team, skipped by Valerie Sweeting at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They team would go on to lose in the final.

Wilkes joined the Shannon Kleibrink rink in 2015 at second position. In their first season, the team would win the Medicine Hat Charity Classic and play in the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they narrowly missed the playoffs when they lost the final qualification game. The next season they would go on to win the 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, earning the right to represent Alberta at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Mixed curling

Wilkes played third for the Mick Lizmore-skipped Alberta team at the 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. The team would win the event. They represented Canada at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, where they lost in the quarterfinal.

Personal life

Wilkes is a teacher at Leduc Composite High School in Leduc, Alberta.[3] Her hometown is Scarborough, Ontario where she attended Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute.[4] She also played softball while attending Laurier University.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2236/teams/11375/team_athletes/11375-second-5541
  2. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2236/teams/11375/team_athletes/11375-second-5541
  3. ↑ 2017 Scotties Media Guide: Team Alberta
  4. ↑ http://www.laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=7393
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/LaurierSoftball/status/833762265509855232
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