Paige Papley
Paige Papley | |||||||||||||||
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Born | [1] March 10, 1999 | ||||||||||||||
Team | |||||||||||||||
Curling club | Saville Community SC, Edmonton, AB[2] | ||||||||||||||
Skip | Selena Sturmay | ||||||||||||||
Third | Danielle Schmiemann | ||||||||||||||
Second | Dezaray Hawes | ||||||||||||||
Lead | Paige Papley | ||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles partner | Evan van Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||
Curling career | |||||||||||||||
Member Association | Alberta | ||||||||||||||
Hearts appearances | 1 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
Top CTRS ranking | 5th (2023–24) | ||||||||||||||
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Paige Papley (born March 10, 1999) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays lead on Team Selena Sturmay. She is a former Canadian junior champion and world junior silver medallist.
Career
Youth
As a U18 curler, Papley first found success playing third for Abby Marks. The team represented Alberta at the 2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships. There, the team finished with a 5–3 record,[1] just missing the playoffs.
Papley joined the Selena Sturmay junior rink in 2017, playing lead on the team. The team won the Alberta Junior Women's Curling Championship in 2019,[3] sending the team to the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they would represent Alberta. There, the team went undefeated, winning all 11 of their games en route to the championship.[1] With the win, the team earned the right to represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. At the World Juniors, the team finished the round robin with a 6–3 record. They then beat Switzerland (Raphaela Keiser) in the semifinals, before losing to Russia (Vlada Rumiantseva) in the final, settling for a silver medal.
With Sturmay ageing out of juniors, the team's third, Abby Marks formed a new team with Papley throwing second. The team won the 2020 Alberta Juniors,[4] sending the team to the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. There, the team finished the round robin with a 6–4 record. They then won a tiebreaker, and the semifinal before losing to Manitoba (Mackenzie Zacharias) in the final.
In university curling, Papley played the
Mixed
In
Papley at van Amsterdam also played in the 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they finished with a pool play record of 5–2. This put the pair into the playoffs where they lost to Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant in the quarterfinals.[8]
Women's
After juniors, Papley joined back up with Sturmay in 2021, throwing lead stones for her. The team played in their first provincial women's championship at the
Personal life
Papley is employed as the program coordinator for Curling Alberta. She is in a relationship with her mixed doubles partner, Evan van Amsterdam.[1] She is originally from Leduc County near Beaumont, Alberta,[12] and attended École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School.[13] At the University of Alberta, Papley took Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.[14]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Paige Papley Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Alberta Junior Provincials". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Alberta Junior Provincials". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Paige Papley". World Curling. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Pandas well represented in Lake Placid". University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas. January 11, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Curling Alberta Mixed Provincial Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Peterman, Gallant advance to semifinals at mixed doubles curling nationals". CBC. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ "Winning Alberta title 'means everything' to Edmonton's Sturmay". Edmonton Journal. January 28, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Scotties trip to rival Calgary 'dream come true' for Edmonton's Team Sturmay". Calgary Herald. February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Alberta team 'itching to get back' after impressing curling world in Scotties debut: skip". Global. February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ "Local curlers set to compete in winter Universiade in 2021". The Leduc Rep. April 10, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "2021-22 Pandas Curling Roster". University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Papley treasuring final FISU Games with curling roommates; three wins for Canada on Sunday". SIRC. January 16, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.