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| Personal |
Name: |
Heather Rankin |
Nickname: |
Pudge |
Relationship Status: |
Married to Chrysta Lewis-Rankin with an amazing toddler son named Gabriel |
Extended Family: |
Parents are Lee & Shirley Rankin from Bridgewater, NS. Older brother Scott also lives there with his wife Tricia, two daughters Dacia and Kelsey, and schnauzer named Frizzel. Younger sister Beth Bowen lives in Boise, Idaho, USA with husband Ken, twin girls Madeleine and Isabelle and two giant malamutes named Caesar and Cleo. |
Age: |
Old Enough to Know Better |
Resides: |
Northwest Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Grew Up: |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Sign: |
Taurus |
Career: |
Vice President and Owner of Scotia Consulting Inc, a business analysis, design and project management company specializing in the oil & gas, insurance, telecom, internet and muncipal government business sectors |
| Education: |
Bachelor of Computer Science from Acada University |
| Favorite Food: |
Italian or Mexican - bring on the spice |
| Four Legged Friends: |
Two dogs, Ruben a salt & pepper miniature schnauzer and Lucy a black miniature schnauzer |
| Life Goal: |
Top 20 Sports Venues with my best friend Brian Fowlie. Check out our journey here. |
| Curling |
| Position: |
Skip |
Slides: |
Right-Handed |
Curling Years: |
35 |
| Favorite Shot: |
Draw to the pin for hammer, for extra points or to score. Did I mention I have great sweepers. |
| Favorite Curling Moment: |
Beating Sherry Middaugh in the semi final of the Saskatoon spiel to qualify for the Olympic Trials. I had to make a draw through a very small port to the pin and the team executed perfectly. Also beating Glenn Howard in the final of the Heart to Heart Celebrity spiel in a captivating final :) |
| Favorite Female Curler: |
Colleen Jones as she has dominated our sport for 3 decades by always re-inventing herself, building amazing teams, and being the mentally toughest athlete that has ever played our game. |
| Favorite Male Curler: |
In the modern era it would be David Nedohin. He rivals Eddie Werenich as the best draw curler ever, can throw it hard accurately, is a tremendous athlete and is great with his family and the fans. |
| Curling Role Model: |
Ed Werenich has always been my role model. His motto was drink draw and win. He played hard, was great to the fans, had an amazing insight into the strategy of the game and was the best draw curler ever. Best advice he ever gave me was by the end of the first end know how to ice a draw to the pin for yourself on both turns. This is easy on arena ice but not so easy in a curling rink in Southern Alberta. |
| What I love about curling with this team: |
We are kindred spirits. We all approach the game with hard work, desire to improve, fun and a passion for the sport. The youth of this team inspires me to continue driving and improving to achieve more. The talent of the 3 ladies I play with is unrealized and they are all champions at life and will be legendary curlers. |
| Accomplishments: |
- Skipped NS at Canadian Junior in 84
- Skipped NS to a runner-up finish at Scotties in 90
- Won the All-Star Skip Award at Scotties in 90
- Played 3rd for NS at 92 Canadian Mixed finished 4th
- Played 3rd for NS at 93 Scotties finished 4th
- Skipped Alberta team at 2001 Olympic Trials
- Alberta Provincial Ladies Runner-up in 2001 as skip
- Alberta Provincial Mixed Runner-up in 2006
- Competed in 3 Players Championships
- Competed in 2 Canada Cups
- Have won at least one major cashspiel in every province in Canada except Newfoundland
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