Heather Houston

Heather Houston
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women’s Curling
World championships
1989 Milwaukee Team
1988 Glasgow Team
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
1988 Fredericton
1989 Kelowna
1990 Ottawa
1991 Saskatoon

Heather Houston is a Canadian curler and world champion. She is from Red Rock, Ontario, Canada and curls out of the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

She made her debut at the 1988 Scott Tournament of Hearts. The team had to win two tie-breakers before winning two playoff games to claim the championship. They defeated the defending champion Pat Sanders.

At the 1988 World Championships, the team won the silver medal, losing to Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the final. The Hearts victory gave them a berth at the 1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts. The team would go on to win that as well. They had to win three playoff games before beating Chris More of Manitoba in the final.

At the 1989 World Championships, they avenged their silver medal by defeating Trine Trulsen of Norway in the final.[1] Their Hearts victory in 1989 qualified them for the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts.

International championships

Houston became world champion in 1989 as skip for the Canadian team.[2] She received a silver medal in 1988.

She won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 1988 and 1989. She won the 1988 and 1991 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, skipping her team. She received bronze at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 1990 and 1991. She was Champion skip at the 1996 TSN Skins Game.

Awards

Heather Houston received the Velma Springstead Trophy in 1989.

The Houston team was inducted into the Northwestern Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. This same year they were also inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Houston works as a Desktops and Graphic Technician in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

References

  1. ↑ Bob Weeks (2008). Curling, Etcetera: A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Game. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-470-15613-9.
  2. ↑ "Curling – Women: World Championships" (Retrieved on March 27, 2008)


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