THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Jennifer Jones returns to the Canadian ladies’s curling championship a yr after her retirement to teach the world’s top-ranked group.
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Jennifer Jones returns to the Canadian ladies’s curling championship a yr after her retirement to teach the world’s top-ranked group.
Defending Canadian and world champion Rachel Homan introduced on her group’s social media feeds Monday that Jones be on the group’s bench on the Scotties Event of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., however later within the match.
Homan opens defence of her nationwide crown Friday night towards Prince Edward Island’s Jane DiCarlo.
“Jen has been consulting with us at current occasions, and we’re grateful she may match this into her busy calendar,” the put up stated.
“As a result of prior commitments, she is going to be a part of us later within the occasion till the tip of our schedule.
“Jen’s management and expertise are invaluable; we’re fortunate to have her on the bench with us.”
Homan’s alternate participant is Rachel Brown.
Jones, a six-time nationwide champion, two-time world champion and Olympic gold medallist, retired from ladies’s group curling final yr.
Her group misplaced the 2024 Event of Hearts closing in Calgary to Homan.
Jones continues to play combined doubles with husband Brent Laing and lately competed within the Olympic curling trials.
The 50-year-old Jones from Winnipeg is a part of The Curling Group that owns and operates the Grand Slam of Curling collection.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Feb. 10, 2025.
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