Rachel Homan and her Ottawa-based rink have been unstoppable in the 2023-24 curling season, achieving a remarkable 67-7 record, winning the national championship, and securing a gold medal at the world championship.
PublishedWhen longtime coach Paul Webster first started working with Rachel Homan and Emma Miskew at a curling camp back in their junior days, he could sense they had the potential for big things on the pebbled ice. A recent one-off visit to their coach's bench gave him a first-hand look at a women's team at the peak of its powers.Homan and her Ottawa-based rink of third Tracy Fleury, Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes were simply dominant over the 2023-24 season.
An eye-popping 67-7 record included a perfect run at the national playdowns and a gold medal at the world championship.Homan's crew is a stunning 40-2 on the campaign and has reached all three Grand Slam of Curling finals, winning twice. The top-ranked side takes a 23-game winning streak into the New Year. 'It's completely crazy,' said Curling Canada chief executive officer Nolan Thiessen.'If you look back from the start of last curling season, Rachel is 107-9. She hasn't lost double-digit games in the last year and a half.Homan ran the table at her first two events this season before dropping two games in October at the HearingLife Tour Challenge. She fell to Italy's Stefania Constantini in her second draw and lost to Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., in the final. That was followed by a 9-0 showing at the Pan Continental Championship and back-to-back Grand Slam titles. 'I think hard work and resilience are both equally important contributors to 2024,' Miskew said in a text message. With the team's coaching position vacated after Brendan Bottcher returned to play in October, Homan's side had Webster, Team Shuster lead Matt Hamilton and curling great Jennifer Jones on the bench at the recent Kioti National in St. John's, N.L. 'It's indicative of a team that isn't done getting better,' Webster said in a recent interview.'They want input. They want to get better. Rachel just has no fear right no
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