Renee Simons
2025
After winning the Canadian championships and finishing third at the worlds the previous year, the Scott Rink approached the 2006-07 season determined to defend their Canadian crown and return to the worlds. At the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, as Team Canada the Scott Rink battled through the round robin and defeated Saskatchewan’s Jan Betker Rink in the final to earn the return trip back to the worlds.
Held in Aomori, Japan, the team left behind all family and friends for over a week in a completely unfamiliar foreign country. They could do nothing but focus on curling and rely on one another. Lesser teams crack under such circumstances, but the mettle of this team proved as solid as the gold medals each team member ended up wearing around their neck.
Supported by spare Michelle Allen and coach Gerry Richard, the team dominated the world’s best rinks finishing 10-1 in the round robin. They met the Angelina Jensen Rink of Denmark in the final and closed out their amazing season with an 8-4 victory becoming the fourth BC rink to win the women’s world curling championship.
