Ashley Klymchuk

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Ashley Klymchuk
Curler
Born
Ashley Nordin

(1993-05-04) May 4, 1993 (age 28)
Kamloops, British Columbia
Team
Curling club,
Kamloops, BC[1]
Career
Member Association British Columbia
Hearts appearances1 (2020)
Top CTRS ranking8th (2019–20)

Ashley Klymchuk (born May 4, 1993 as Ashley Nordin) is a Canadian curler from Kamloops, British Columbia.[2]

Career[]

Klymchuk competed in two U Sports/Curling Canada University Championships for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in 2015 and 2016. At the 2015 Championship, her team of Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott and Samantha Fisher made it all the way to the final where they lost to the Alberta Pandas skipped by Kelsey Rocque. In 2016, they once again lost the final to the Pandas.[3]

She competed in her first British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2015 as second for a team which consisted of her three sisters,[4] Courtney Karwandy, Crista Sanbrooks and skip . They finished winless in the triple knockout bracket, going 0–3. The team returned the following year where they would finish in last with a 1–6 record.

Klymchuk took a season off curling before joining former teammates Corryn Brown and Erin Pincott who brought on Dezaray Hawes for the 2018–19 season. Team Brown played in seven tour events and qualified in six of the seven including winning the King Cash Spiel and the Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash. It was Klymchuk's first tour event win. At the 2019 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts they lost the final to Sarah Wark.

In their first event of the 2019–20 season, they missed the playoffs at the Booster Juice Shoot-Out. They then missed the playoffs at the 2019 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. They then made the playoffs at six straight events starting with the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic where they made it to the quarterfinals. The following week, they won the and two weeks after that they won the Kamloops Crown of Curling. Their next event was the Tour Challenge Tier 2 where they lost to Jestyn Murphy in the semifinal. They also made the semifinal at the Red Deer Curling Classic. They lost the final of the China Open in mid-December, their last event of 2019. Klymchuk won her first provincial title at the 2020 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts where this year they defeated Wark's rink by stealing the extra end. At the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team BC finished with a 5–6 record and they finished in sixth place.[5]

Personal life[]

Klymchuk works as a teacher at the Logan Lake Secondary School. She is married to Tyler Klymchuk.[2] Klymchuk had twins in April 2020, and as a result announced she would be leaving Team Brown.[6]

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2011–12[7] Ashley Nordin
2012–13 Brandi Tinkler Ashley Nordin
2013–14 Brandi Tinkler Ashley Nordin
2014–15 Ashley Nordin
2015–16 Amanda Russett Crista Sanbrooks Ashley Nordin Courtney Karwandy
2016–17 Amanda Russett Ashley Nordin
2018–19 Corryn Brown Erin Pincott Dezaray Hawes Ashley Klymchuk
2019–20 Corryn Brown Erin Pincott Dezaray Hawes Ashley Klymchuk

References[]

  1. ^ "Dezaray Hawes Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "2016 CIS / Curling Canada University Championships – Women". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Nordin sisters have a rocky relationship". Vancouver Sun. January 22, 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  6. ^ @TeamBrownBC (5 April 2020). "With her hands full raising 2 future rockstars, Ash will be stepping away from the team to focus on her growing family. We had an amazing 2 seasons together, travelling the world & making memories. We sure will miss her determination, positivity and humour out there on the ice" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Ashley Klymchuk Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 29, 2020.

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