Renee Simons
{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 1972)}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Renee Simons
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| birth_name = Renee Lemke
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|4|18}}
| birth_place = Oliver, British Columbia
| Curling club = Kelowna CC,
Kelowna, BC{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/7430/teams/31618/team_athletes/31618-lead-46072|title=Renee Simons Profile|website=Curling Canada|access-date=January 28, 2022}}
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| Member Association = {{BC}}
| Hearts appearances = 5 ({{STOH|2005}}, {{STOH|2006}}, {{STOH|2007}}, {{STOH|2008}}, {{STOH|2022}})
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WWCC|2006}}, {{WWCC|2007}})
| Top CCA ranking = 2nd (2004-05, 2005–06, 2006–07)
| Grand Slam victories = 2 (2006 Autumn Gold, 2007 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic)
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{{MedalSport | Women's Curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2007 Aomori | }}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Grande Prairie | }}
{{MedalCompetition | Scotties Tournament of Hearts }}
{{MedalGold | 2007 Lethbridge | }}
{{MedalCountry | {{BC}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Scotties Tournament of Hearts }}
{{MedalGold | 2006 London | }}
{{MedalBronze | 2005 St. John's | }}
{{MedalCompetition | Canadian Olympic Curling Trials }}
{{MedalSilver | 2005 Halifax | }}
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Renee Simons (born April 18, 1972, in Oliver, British Columbia as Renee Lemke) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/01/2022-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-2.pdf|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=January 26, 2022}} She is the former lead of Team Kelly Scott and currently plays lead on Team Mary-Anne Arsenault.
Career
Playing lead for Kelly Scott, Simons won the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, a bronze medal at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship and a gold medal at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship. She played lead for Scott from 2002 to 2009. The team also won two Grand Slam of Curling events and were the runner-ups at the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials to Shannon Kleibrink.
On March 3, 2020, it was announced she and former teammates Jeanna Schraeder and Sasha Carter would be skipped by five-time Scotties Champion Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2020–21 season.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/eight-ends-breaking-down-top-team-changes-for-next-season-2020-21/|title=Eight Ends: Breaking down top team changes for next season|website=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=March 24, 2020|access-date=March 25, 2020}} The team played in one event during the abbreviated season, finishing runner-up at the Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash to Team Corryn Brown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6761&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1|title=2020 Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash|website=CurlingZone|access-date=February 19, 2022}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Brown was invited to represent British Columbia at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which they accepted, ending the season for Team Arsenault.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/bc-sending-brown-laycock-to-calgary-bubble-after-cancelling-playdowns-1.1574185|title=BC sending Brown, Laycock to Calgary bubble after cancelling playdowns|work=TSN|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2022}}
The next season, the team again reached the final of the Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash, losing to the Kaila Buchy junior rink. They were able to compete in their provincial championship at the 2022 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kamloops from January 5 to 9. After losing to Team Kayla MacMillan in both the A Final and 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, Team Arsenault defeated MacMillan 8–6 in the final to win the provincial championship.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=4575|title=Arsenault wins BC Scotties|publisher=CurlingZone|date=January 9, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}} At the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team finished with a 3–5 round robin record, defeating Quebec, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon in their three victories.{{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}}
Prior to joining the Scott team, Simons had been to one other national championship. In 1991, she played third for Allison MacInnes at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships.
Personal life
References
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External links
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Category:People from Oliver, British Columbia
Category:World curling champions
Category:Canadian women curlers
Category:Canadian women's curling champions
Category:Continental Cup of Curling participants
Category:Canada Cup (curling) participants
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