Curling Hall makes room for five more

By: Staff Posted: 2:01 AM CST Friday, Feb. 16, 2024

The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame will be accepting five new members, it was announced Thursday.

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The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame will be accepting five new members, it was announced Thursday.

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The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame will be accepting five new members, it was announced Thursday.

Joining the Hall will be Team Sherry Anderson, one of the most accomplished Canadian curling teams ever assembled, along with an Olympian and former Scotties champion, Amy Nixon, who also served as chair of the Curling Canada Board of Governors.

Anderson’s Saskatoon foursome, which also consisted of Patty Hersikorn, Brenda Goertzen and Anita Silvernagle, set a record that may never been broken by winning five consecutive Canadian senior women’s championships. It could have been six titles were it not for the pandemic.

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From left: Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler and Marliese Kasner — Michael Burns photo From left: Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler and Marliese Kasner

Team Anderson started that amazing streak by winning its first national championship in 2017 at Fredericton, N.B., and then followed up with victories in 2018 at Stratford, Ont., 2019 at Chilliwack, B.C., 2021 at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and 2022 at Yarmouth, N.S.

In addition to its national championship victories, Team Anderson also shone on the world stage, winning three gold medals at the World Senior Curling Championships — in 2018 at Östersund, Sweden, in 2019 at Stavanger, Norway, and last year at Gangneung, South Korea.

Nixon, meanwhile, had a profound impact on the game on and off the ice.

Most recently, she served five years on the Curling Canada Board of Governors, and also was elected Chair of the Board of Governors in June 2021, and stayed in that role until the fall of 2022 — the completion of her four-year term. She also agreed to rejoin the Board for the 2022-23 season to help with the orientation process for new governors who had joined the Board.

As a player, Nixon, was the vice-skip for Shannon Kleibrink’s Canadian team that won bronze at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She played the same position for Chelsea Carey’s 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts championship team, and was the alternate for Heather Nedohin’s 2012 Scotties champs.