Rachelle Strybosch

Rachelle Strybosch (born July 1, 1991 in Woodstock, Ontario as Rachelle Vink) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays second for Team Megan Balsdon on the World Curling Tour.[1]

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.[2]

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. Vink 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 game.

In the 2016-17 curling 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 curling 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.

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.[3] She attended St. Mary's Catholic High School.[4]

References
  1. Brazeau, Jonathan (July 2019). "Curling team changes recap for 2019-20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2017-11-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 2017 Home Hardware ROTT Media Guide
  4. "RACHELLE VINK - Women's Curling".
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