Rachelle Strybosch

{{short description|Canadian curler}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Rachelle Strybosch

| image=

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| birth_name = Rachelle Vink

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|7|1}}

| birth_place = Woodstock, Ontario

| Curling club = Woodstock CC,
Woodstock, ON

| Skip = Hollie Duncan

| Third = Megan Balsdon

| Second = Rachelle Strybosch

| Lead = Tess Guyatt

| Alternate = Julie Tippin

| Member Association = {{ON}}

| Hearts appearances = 1 ({{STOH|2022}})

| Top CCA ranking = 9th (2021–22)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Rachelle Strybosch (born July 1, 1991 in Woodstock, Ontario as Rachelle Vink) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays second on Team Hollie Duncan.

Career

=Youth=

Strybosch played third for the McMaster Marauders University curling team at the 2013 CIS/CCA Curling Championships. The team, skipped by Ginger Coyle finished with a 3-4 record, missing the playoffs.

Strybosch played third for Fanshawe College at the 2015 CCAA Curling National Championships, on a team skipped by Shannon Kee. The team would go on to win the gold medal at the event.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fanshawec.ca/about-fanshawe/news/fanshawe-women%E2%80%99s-curling-wins-2015-national-championship |title=Fanshawe Women's Curling Wins 2015 National Championship | Fanshawe College |access-date=2017-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060425/https://www.fanshawec.ca/about-fanshawe/news/fanshawe-women%E2%80%99s-curling-wins-2015-national-championship |archive-date=2017-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

=Women's=

After her college career, Strybosch joined the Tippin rink in 2015. In their first season together, the team won the CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. and the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel. Strybosch qualified for her first Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2016 as a part of the team. The team made the playoffs, but lost in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game.

In the 2016–17 season, the team defended their title at the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel. They played at the 2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but missed the playoffs.

In the 2017–18 season, Strybosch qualified for her first Grand Slam event, the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge, where the team would lose in a tiebreaker. The team won two events in the season, the StuSells Toronto Tankard and the KW Fall Classic. The Tippin rink would win the B final of the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Road Pre-Trials, qualifying the team to play at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials where they would finish in eighth place with a 2–6 record. They would not qualify for the playoffs at the 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

The following season, Team Tippin qualified for the 2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts where they lost in the final to Rachel Homan. Tippin left the team after the season, and Megan Balsdon took over as skip, adding Lynn Kreviazuk at third. The team had a successful season on tour, reaching the final of the KW Fall Classic, the semifinal of the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel and the quarterfinals of the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic, Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam of Curling event. At the 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team finished with a 3–5 record. With Kreviazuk leaving the team following the season, Balsdon, Strybosch and Bobbie added Hollie Duncan to their team as their new skip. The team only played in one event during the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They reached the final of the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, losing to Team Jennifer Jones in an extra end.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/new-look-team-jennifer-jones-makes-debut-one-seasons-first-events/|title=New-look Team Jennifer Jones makes debut in one of season's first events|publisher=Sportsnet|date=October 2, 2020|access-date=February 19, 2022}}

The newly formed team began the 2021–22 season with a semifinal finish at the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic where they lost to event winners Team Tracy Fleury.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/tracey-fleury-brad-jacobs-suzanne-birt-labour-day-classic-1.1690369|title=Fleury comes back to take Oakville Labour Day Classic; Jacobs wins on men's side|publisher=TSN|date=September 6, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2022}} In their next event, the team won the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, defeating the Kerry Galusha rink in the final.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/hollie-duncan-jennifer-jones-kerry-galusha-stu-sells-oakville-tankard-1.1693004|title=Scotland's Mouat, South Korea's Kim pick up victories in Canada|publisher=TSN|date=September 13, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2022}} The following week, they lost in the final of the KW Fall Classic to Team Galusha.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nnsl.com/sports/role-reversal-team-galusha-beats-hollie-duncan-in-final-of-kw-fall-classic/|title=Role reversal: Team Galusha beats Hollie Duncan in final of KW Fall Classic|publisher=NNSL Media|author=James McCarthy|date=September 19, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2022}} They responded with their second event title of the season at the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard where they defeated Team Shannon Jay in the final.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/watch-live-stu-sells-toronto-tankard/|title=Gushue, Duncan win Stu Sells Toronto Tankard titles|publisher=Sportsnet|date=October 11, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2022}} Because of their successes on tour, Team Duncan had enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/02/04/2021-trials-process-revised/|title=2021 Trials proceess revised|work=Curling Canada|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2022}} At the Pre-Trials, the team finished with a 3–3 record, failing to qualify for the championship round.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/10/29/still-in-the-chase/|title=Still in the chase!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2022}} Team Duncan played in two more tour events during the season, missing the playoffs of the 2021 National Grand Slam of Curling event and reaching the quarterfinals of the DeKalb Superspiel. Due to the cancellation of the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, CurlON appointed Team Rachel Homan to represent the province at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.{{Cite tweet|user=Devin_Heroux|number=1479484612372049924|date=January 7, 2022|title=JUST IN... Curl ON selects Team Homan as Scotties reps... HOWEVER. If Rachel Homan is selected to go to Olympics for mixed doubles... Team Duncan will be the Ontario rep for Scotties... Discuss. #cbccurl}} However, because Homan herself was chosen to represent Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in mixed doubles, Team Duncan were awarded the spot as Team Ontario at the national championship, with Team Homan earning one of the three Wild Card spots.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2022/01/13/scotties-update/|title=Scotties update|publisher=Curling Canada|date=January 13, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}} At the Hearts, Team Duncan started with four straight losses before winning their last four games, finishing the event with a 4–4 record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2022-scotties-tournament-hearts-standings-schedule-results/|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings, schedule and results|website=Sportsnet|date=January 28, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}}

=Mixed doubles=

Strybosch and partner Travis Fanset played in the 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials. After posting a 5-2 group record, they lost in the round of 12 to Dustin Kalthoff and Nancy Martin.

Personal life

Strybosch is the general manager at the Woodstock Meadows Golf Centre. She is married to Jordan Strybosch and has one child.{{cite web |title=2023 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/09/2023-PointsBet-Invitational-media-guide-VER1.pdf|website=Curling Canada |date=September 2023 |accessdate=2023-09-24}} She attended St. Mary's Catholic High School.{{Cite web | url=http://www.marauders.ca/roster.aspx?path=&rp_id=5509 |title = RACHELLE VINK - Women's Curling}}

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