Julie Hastings

Julie Hastings
Curler
Born (1975-09-05) September 5, 1975
North York, Ontario
Career
Hearts appearances 1 (2015)
Top CTRS ranking 10th (2014-15)

Julie Hastings (born September 5, 1975 in North York as Julie Anderson[1]) is a Canadian curler from Stouffville, Ontario.[2]

Career

As a junior curler, Hastings won the 1992 Ontario Junior Mixed Championship playing third for skip Brad Savage.[3] In 1994, she won the Toronto Curling Association Junior bonspiel. At just 19, Hastings made it to the final of the 1995 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts, losing to Alison Goring.[4] In 2015, Hastings won the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championships, beating Sherry Middaugh 9-5 in the final.

Hastings is a semi-successful skip on the Women's World Curling Tour circuit. Her team won the Brampton Bacardi Cashspiel in 2005, the Sun Life Invitational in 2007, and the KW Fall Classic in 2013 and 2014, and the Mount Lawn Gord Carroll Classic in 2013.

Hastings has been with the same team since 1994. In 1995, they lost in the final of the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts to Alison Goring.

Hastings' team finished third at the 2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts and out of the playoffs at the 2010 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 4-5 record.

Hastings played in her first Grand Slam event at the 2010 Players' Championships. After winning her first game, she lost three straight, eliminating her team. Her second Grand Slam event was the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic. The team won three games before being eliminated. The team played in their third slam at the 2013 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling. Hastings won just one match in the event.

Hastings would not make it to another provincial championship until 2013. At the 2013 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she led her team to a 5-4 round robin record, losing to Sherry Middaugh in a tie breaker match. Her team had much more success at the 2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They finished the round robin tied for first place with a 7-2 record. They beat Allison Flaxey in their first playoff game, but lost to the Flaxey rink in a re-match in the final. Hastings played in her fourth Grand Slam of her career at the 2014 Players' Championship. At the 2014 Players', her rink won just one game, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Personal life

Hastings attended the Markville Secondary School in Markham and attended Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. She works as the curling manager for the Bayview Golf & Country Club in Thornhill. She is married to Steve Hastings and has two children.

Grand Slam record

Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013-14 2014-15
Autumn Gold DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Colonial Square N/A N/A N/A DNP DNP DNP
Canadian Open N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q
The Masters Grand Slam of Curling N/A N/A N/A Q DNP DNP
Players' Championships Q DNP DNP DNP Q

Former events

Event 2011–12
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Q

References

  1. ↑ Team Hastings [@Team_Hastings] (26 January 2015). "In 1995 Julie Anderson, Christy Anderson, Stacey Smith & Katrina Sale lost the prov final...20 yrs later it happened!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2015scotties-en/files/2015/02/HEART-CHART-FRI-ALL.pdf
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  4. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/2015scotties-en/2015/01/29/long-road-to-the-scotties-for-hastings/
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