Keira McLaughlin

Keira McLaughlin
Curler
Born	Keira McLaughlin (2000-04-05) April 5, 2000 (age 24) Fredericton, New Brunswick
Team
Curling club	Dixie CC, Mississauga[1]
Skip	Chelsea Brandwood[2]
Third	Lauren Horton
Second	Brenda Chapman
Lead	Keira McLaughlin
Mixed doubles partner	Tanner Horgan
Curling career
Member Association	New Brunswick (2013–2020)  Northern Ontario (2021–2022)  Ontario (2022–present)
Other appearances	CJCC: 4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Top CTRS ranking	25th (2023–24)

Keira McLaughlin (born April 5, 2000)[3] is a Canadian curler originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently plays lead on Team Chelsea Brandwood.

Career

McLaughlin has represented New Brunswick at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships with two bronze medals to her name in 2016 and 2018.[4][5] She also has a very accomplished Under 18 championship record. She won silver medals in both 2016 and 2017 at the 2016 U18 International Curling Championships and the 2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships.[6] Still of junior age, she has participated in the past few New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In 2017, they lost the semifinal to the Melissa Adams rink and in 2018 they lost the tiebreaker to Sarah Mallais.[7][8] She did not participate in the 2019 playdowns as she was at the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The Comeau rink would lose another semifinal at the 2020 provincials, this time to the Sylvie Quillian rink.[9] Later that season, Team Comeau represented the UNB Reds at the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships. There, they made it all the way to the final where they lost to the Alberta Pandas skipped by Selena Sturmay.[10]

Personal life

She currently lives in Mississauga.[1]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead
2013–14[11]	Justine Comeau	Emma Le Blanc	Brigitte Comeau	Keira McLaughlin
2014–15	Justine Comeau	Emma Le Blanc	Brigitte Comeau	Keira McLaughlin
2015–16	Justine Comeau	Emma Le Blanc	Brigitte Comeau	Keira McLaughlin
2016–17	Justine Comeau	Emma Le Blanc	Brigitte Comeau	Keira McLaughlin
2017–18	Justine Comeau	Emma Le Blanc	Brigitte Comeau	Keira McLaughlin
2018–19	Justine Comeau	Emma Le Blanc	Brigitte Comeau	Keira McLaughlin
2019–20	Justine Comeau	Erica Cluff	Brigitte Comeau Leah Thompson[a]	Keira McLaughlin
2021–22	Marie-Elaine Little	Abby Deschene	Keira McLaughlin	Zoe Valliere
2022–23	Abby Deschene	Keira McLaughlin	Melanie Ebach	Shannon Clifford
2023–24	Chelsea Brandwood	Megan Smith	Brenda Chapman	Keira McLaughlin

Notes

1. Leah Thompson replaced Brigitte Comeau halfway through the season as Comeau stepped back from competitive curling.[12]

References

1. "Keira McLaughlin Profile". CurlON. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
2. "Team Chelsea Brandwood". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
3. 2019 Canadian Juniors Media Guide
4. "2016 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
5. "2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
6. "2016 Optimist U18 Women's International". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
7. "2017 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
8. "2018 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
9. "2020 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
10. "2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
11. "Keira McLaughlin Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
12. "Brigitte Comeau steps away from team Comeau". Facebook. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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