Sherry Middaugh

Sherry L. Middaugh
Other namesSherry Scheirich
Born
Sherry L. Hamel

(1966-10-11) October 11, 1966 (age 58)
Team
Curling clubThornhill G&CC,
Thornhill, ON
Curling career
Member Association Saskatchewan (1995–1998)
 Ontario (1998–present)
Hearts appearances7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011)
Top CTRS ranking3rd (2011–12)
Grand Slam victories2: (2007 Sobeys Slam, 2012 Autumn Gold)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Ontario
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Silver medal – second place 2013 Winnipeg
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Sudbury
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Brandon
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Red Deer
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Regina

Sherry L. Middaugh (née Hamel, born October 11, 1966, in Rosetown, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Before marrying world champion curler Wayne Middaugh, she was known as Sherry Scheirich. She is a five-time Ontario champion and a one-time Saskatchewan curling champion. She is currently the coach of Team Hollie Duncan.[1]

Career

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Middaugh, originally from Saskatchewan, won the 1986 Saskatchewan Junior Women's Championship. She represented Saskatchewan at the 1986 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championship, where she tied for fourth with a 6–4 record.

Her lone Saskatchewan Hearts victory came in 1996, when she defeated Sandra Peterson (Schmirler) in the provincial final, 8–5.[2] She represented Saskatchewan at her first Scott Tournament of Hearts in 1996, and finished with a 7–5 record. In her new province of Ontario at the 1999 Scott Tournament of Hearts, she played third for Kim Gellard, but finished 4–7. She played at the 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts. Middaugh led her team to the semifinals where she lost to Kelley Law of British Columbia. At the 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Middaugh was ousted once again in the semifinals, this time to defending champion Colleen Jones. Middaugh failed to make the Scotts in 2003, but instead won the Canada Cup of Curling beating Kelley Law in the final. Middaugh qualified for the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, but she lost in the semi-final to Quebec's Marie-France Larouche. In 2007, Middaugh won her first Grand Slam event by winning the 2007 Sobeys Slam. At the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Middaugh lost in the semifinal to Manitoba's Jennifer Jones, her fourth semifinal loss. Middaugh also participated as a third for Laurel Kostuk at the 1986 Canadian Junior Championships and she won the 2003 JCV Skins Game. At the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Middaugh also won the Shot of the Week Award and a Bronze medal via a 9–8 loss to Manitoba's Jennifer Jones, in an extra end semifinal. Jones would go on to win the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Victoria, B.C. as Team Canada.

Middaugh attended the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the alternate for the Rachel Homan team. In 2012, she won her second Grand Slam event of her career by winning the 2012 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, defeating Homan in the final.[3]

At the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, the team started slowly with a 1–3 record. However, the team won three straight games to finish the round-robin tied for second at 4–3 with the Chelsea Carey and Rachel Homan rinks. Homan claimed second based on the draw shot challenge while Middaugh and Carey played a tiebreaker. The Middaugh rink found success defeating Carey in the tiebreaker and defeating Homan in the semifinals. Middaugh's rink was unable to defeat the Jennifer Jones rink in the final, therefore claiming the silver medal at the event.[4]

In 2019, Middaugh made her Canadian Senior Curling Championships debut at the 2019 Canadian Senior Curling Championships and placed second, losing in an extra end to Sherry Anderson. She started coaching the Tracy Fleury rink for the 2020–21 season.[5]

Personal life

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Middaugh owns her own company 4M Home & Garden.[6] She is married to Wayne Middaugh and has two children, Kelly and Emily.[7]

Grand Slam record

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Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
The National N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A QF DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A DNP Q
Tour Challenge N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A QF Q Q DNP DNP N/A N/A DNP
Masters N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A QF Q QF Q DNP Q DNP DNP N/A DNP DNP
Canadian Open N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A QF Q DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A N/A DNP
Players' QF QF QF DNP Q SF Q Q Q DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A DNP DNP DNP

Former events

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Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Autumn Gold QF Q SF Q DNP SF C Q DNP
Colonial Square N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNP DNP F
Manitoba Lotteries DNP DNP Q DNP QF Q Q DNP N/A
Sobeys Slam N/A C SF N/A Q N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wayden Transportation Q Q Q N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

References

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  1. ^ "2023 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. September 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ "Preparation pays off for Scheirich". Regina Leader-Post. January 29, 1996. p. B3. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Middaugh bests Homan to win Grand Slam curling event". CBC Sports. October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Judy Owen (December 7, 2013). "Jennifer Jones beats Sherry Middaugh to win Olympic curling trials". CTV News. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Gregory Strong (October 20, 2020). "Team Tracy Fleury adds longtime skip Sherry Middaugh as coach". CBC Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  7. ^ 2017 Home Hardware RTTR Media Guide
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