Beth Peterson

Peterson won the 2015 Manitoba Junior provincial championship skipping her team of Robyn Njegovan, Melissa Gordon and Breanne Yozenko. At the 2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, they finished in fifth place with a 6–4 record.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2015/01/29/ontario-women-rebound-in-style-at-2015-mm-meat-shops-canadian-juniors/|title=Ontario women rebound in style at 2015 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors|work=Curling Canada|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=February 25, 2021}} The following season, her team began competing on the World Curling Tour and finished runner-up at the 2015 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic. Peterson won her first tour event at the 2016 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic where she defeated Darcy Robertson 7–6 in the final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4332&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1|title=2016 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic|website=CurlingZone|access-date=February 25, 2021}} At the 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Peterson skipped her team to a 4–3 record, not enough to qualify for the playoff round.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/2017-manitoba-scotties-standings/|title=2017 Manitoba Scotties: Standings|work=Sportsnet|date=January 25, 2017|access-date=February 25, 2021}}

Peterson and longtime teammate Melissa Gordon added Jenna Loder and Katherine Doerksen to their team for the 2018–19 season. The team had three semifinal finishes on the tour and won the Manitoba Scotties Berth Bonspiel to qualify for the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Peterson would have her most successful provincial championship to date, finishing 5–2 through the round robin and qualifying for a tiebreaker against Abby Ackland. Despite tying the game in the seventh end, Team Peterson would give up three points in the eighth end, ultimately losing the game 8–7.{{Cite news|url=https://curlmanitoba.org/2019/01/26/scotties-tournament-of-hearts-presented-by-bayer-update-5/|title=Ackland Advances to Playoffs in Gimli|publisher=Curl Manitoba|author=Connor Njegovan|date=January 26, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2021}} The 2019–20 season was a successful season for the Peterson rink as they qualified for the playoffs in eight of their ten events. They also got to play in their first Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 where they lost in the semifinal to South Korea's Kim Min-ji.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/jacobs-gushue-set-for-showdown-in-gsoc-tour-challenge-mens-final/|title=Jacobs, Gushue set for showdown in Tour Challenge men's final|work=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2021}} Despite entering the 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the fourth seed, Team Peterson finished the round robin with a 2–3 record, failing to reach the championship pool round.{{Cite news|url=https://pembinavalleyonline.com/local-sports/2020-provincial-scotties|title=2020 Provincial Scotties|work=Pembina Valley Online|author=Clayton Dreger|date=January 29, 2020|access-date=February 25, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6346&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1|title=2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts|website=CurlingZone|access-date=February 25, 2021}}

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, many provinces had to cancel their provincial championships, with member associations selecting their representatives for the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Due to this situation, Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were chosen according to the CTRS standings from the 2019–20 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling-canada-adds-three-wild-card-teams-to-field-for-the-scotties-and-brier-1.1576766|title=Three wild-card teams added to Scotties, Brier|work=TSN|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021}} Because Team Peterson ranked 12th on the CTRS{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/team-canada/canadian-team-ranking-system/2019-2020-ctrs-standings-women/|title=2019–20 CTRS Standings|website=Curling Canada|access-date=February 25, 2021}} and kept at least three of their four players together for the 2020–21 season, they got the third Wild Card spot at the 2021 Scotties in Calgary, Alberta.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/02/01/wild-card-teams-set/|title=Wild Card teams set!|work=Curling Canada|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021}} One member of Peterson's rink, Melissa Gordon opted to not attend the Scotties due to work commitments.{{Cite news|url=https://calgarysun.com/sports/curling/calgarys-tran-soaking-up-call-to-scotties-from-cathy-o|title=Calgary's Tran soaking up call to Scotties from Cathy O|publisher=Calgary Sun|author=Todd Saelhof|date=February 25, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2021}} She was replaced by Brittany Tran, who competed at the Scotties in 2019 as second for the Northwest Territories. At the Tournament of Hearts, Peterson led her team to a respectable 7–5 fifth place finish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/scotties-tournament-hearts-scores-standings-schedule-results-2021-bubble/|title=Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule|website=Sportsnet|access-date=February 28, 2021}}

In their first event of the 2021–22 season, Team Peterson reached the final of the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic where they lost to Mackenzie Zacharias.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/09/20/weagle-epping-clinch/|title=Weagle/Epping clinch!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=September 20, 2021|access-date=August 23, 2023}} They were then semifinalists at the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic. With their successful results over the past few seasons, Team Peterson had enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/08/10/big-events-in-ottawa/|title=Big events in Ottawa!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=August 10, 2021|access-date=August 23, 2023}} There, the team missed the playoffs after a 1–5 record.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/10/29/womens-playoffs-determined/|title=Women's playoffs determined!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=August 23, 2023}} At the 2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team began with two straight wins before losing the rest of their games, finishing just outside the playoffs at 2–3.{{Cite web|url=https://curlmanitoba.org/about-company/scoreboard/#!/competitions/7096/teams/31169|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by Bayer|website=Curl Manitoba|access-date=August 23, 2023}} Team Peterson rounded out their season at the 2022 Best of the West where they lost in the final to Corryn Brown.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=5670|title=Brown wins Best of the West|publisher=CurlingZone|access-date=August 23, 2023}}

To begin the 2022–23 season, Team Peterson qualified for the playoffs at three straight events. They began with a semifinal finish at the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic before winning the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/wins-from-silvana-tirinzoni-niklas-edin-highlight-busy-weekend-in-curling-1.1857043|title=Wins from Tirinzoni and Edin highlight busy weekend in curling|publisher=TSN|date=October 3, 2022|access-date=August 23, 2023}} The team then played in the 2022 Western Showdown, however, with Robyn Silvernagle sparing for Peterson at skip. At the event, the team defeated many higher seeds such as Kim Eun-jung, Clancy Grandy and Isabella Wranå, ultimately losing in the semifinals to Silvana Tirinzoni.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=6543|title=Tirinzoni into Western Showdown semifinals|publisher=CurlingZone|access-date=August 23, 2023}} Team Peterson had a strong showing at the 2023 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, beginning with a 4–1 record through the round robin. They went on to finish 5–3 after the championship round and then lost a tiebreaker to Meghan Walter to advance to the playoffs.{{Cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/curling/ackland-upsets-lawes-to-reach-provincial-final|title=Ackland upsets Lawes to reach provincial final|publisher=Toronto Sun|author=Paul Friesen|date=January 29, 2023|access-date=August 23, 2023}} The team ended their season at the Best of the West where they were again defeated by Corryn Brown in the championship game. Peterson was replaced by Kelsey Rocque for the event.{{Cite web|url=https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=7783|title=2023 SGI Best of the West|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 23, 2023}}

The 2023–24 season was moderately successful for the team, as they won the MCT Shootout in September and the MCT Championships in January. They also reached a pair of semifinals and made it to the quarterfinals of the Red Deer Curling Classic, before losing to the country's number one ranked team, Rachel Homan, who ultimately won the event.{{Cite news|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/01/24/peterson-out-to-prove-her-team-has-what-it-takes-to-win-scotties|title=Peterson out to prove her team has what it takes to win Scotties|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|author=Taylor Allen|date=January 24, 2024|access-date=August 27, 2024}} At the 2024 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Peterson made it to the Championship Round with a 3–2 record, and then won four straight to earn a spot in the semifinal, where they defeated Kate Cameron 8–4. That put them up into the final against Kaitlyn Lawes and in a very tight game, they lost 9–8.

Peterson also represented Manitoba at the 2023 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, playing third for Kyle Kurz where they finished the round robin undefeated. In the championship round, they lost just one game (against Saskatchewan), giving them a 9–1 record. After beating Ontario in the semifinal, they played Saskatchewan again in the final and lost 6-4, earning a silver medal in the process.

Peterson works as a radiation therapist at CancerCare Manitoba. She is married to David Turnbull,{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/10/2021-Home-Hardware-Curling-Pre-Trials-media-guide-3.pdf|title=2021 Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=October 22, 2021}} and has two kids.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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