THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Jennifer Jones returns to the Canadian girls’s curling championship a yr after her retirement to educate the world’s top-ranked staff.
Defending Canadian and world champion Rachel Homan introduced on her staff’s social media feeds Monday that Jones be on the staff’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 might match this into her busy calendar,” the publish mentioned.
“Because of prior commitments, she is going to be 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 girls’s staff curling final yr.
Her staff misplaced the 2024 Event of Hearts last 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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