And we always have such good chats about curling.” I love going in every day, and not everyone can say that,” Einarson says. Her voice softens as she tells the story of a woman who recently broke her hip, then recovered and was able to walk on her own. “Or they’re like, ‘Kerri, why did you play that shot? You guys have gotta pick it up!’ I’m like, ‘Okay, I know…’ They’re always givin’ me the gears.”Įinarson’s work at the facility includes helping residents maintain their mobility, and getting them up and out of their wheelchairs for frequent walks.
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“Oh, I get tips - all the time,” Einarson says, laughing. They FaceTime her to ask: “When are you coming back to work? We miss you!” And they never hesitate to share their thoughts on her game after a big event. The residents there don’t miss games featuring the skip who’s also a rehabilitation assistant at their facility. When the petite 34-year-old with pin straight dark hair and a dialled-in on-ice gaze is competing, nearly every television at Betel Home Foundation in Gimli, Man., is locked on curling. Theirs is not a team you can blink and miss.Įrri Einarson is incredibly frickin’ huge among a very loyal fanbase of people in their 80s, or thereabouts. And while nearly every top-ranked rink has announced they’re breaking up at the end of this season to start fresh and push towards the next Olympics, Team Einarson is sticking together to build on their success. Led by a skip with a personality coach Reid Carruthers describes as “piss and vinegar,” these women took a risk to play together, changing their roles on the ice so that they could. And it’s about time Meilleur, Birchard, Sweeting and Einarson got their shine. But as the rink heads into this week’s Grand Slam of Curling event with an eye on defending the Players’ Championship they won in Toronto a year ago, they’re in a well-deserved spotlight, fresh off a bronze medal performance last month at world championships - the first time since 2018 that Canada’s women have stood on a world podium.
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As a result, they’ve had fewer opportunities to represent Team Canada than they rightfully earned. This frickin’ huge accomplishment slipped under the radar because Team Einarson achieved most of its success during a pandemic.
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“And I think it hasn’t gotten the public recognition that it deserves. “What they’ve done, it’s almost unheard of,” says a wide-eyed Jeff Stoughton, the three-time (though, not in succession) Brier champion. Einarson’s crew could match that high-water mark in 2023, but they’re already in the finest of company. Alberta’s Randy Ferbey, Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones and Saskatchewan’s Vera Pezer all led their foursomes to three straight, while Nova Scotia’s Colleen Jones led a team to four. It’s only the fifth time in history a men’s or women’s team has pulled that off in this country’s deep and world-class field. And then in February of 2022, Team Einarson managed the three-peat. Now Camp Morton’s basically just a main road that divides two major highways.”īut if by chance you don’t blink as you drive past, you’ll see a sign that features a couple of curling rocks and the words: “Home of Canadian champion, Kerri Einarson.” It went up in 2021, and it was supposed to be a surprise, “but a neighbour spilled the beans,” Einarson says.īy the time that new sign was hammered into the ground, Einarson had skipped her team of Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Meilleur to back-to-back Scotties Tournament of Hearts titles, in 20. “Way back in the day, there used to be a store on the corner, but not anymore. The idea that there might be a sheet of curling ice or a store there makes Einarson laugh again. After a chat with Kyle, Einarson reports back: “ Maybe 50,” she says.
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Well, there are four people in their house alone, rounded out by their eight-year-old twin daughters, Kamryn and Khloe. “How many people in Camp Morton?” Einarson asks her husband, Kyle. She laughs when asked how many other people call Camp Morton home, and then excuses herself from the phone for a second. “Road” is the most accurate way to capture the place, according to Kerri Einarson, who lives there. It’s on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg, and Camp Morton is tough to describe, because it’s not a city, or a town, or a village. Link while you’re driving north on Highway 8, and there’s a good chance you’ll miss Camp Morton, Manitoba.