Christina Black

Christina Black (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1] She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour.

Christina Black
Curler
Born (1987-10-21) October 21, 1987
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Team
Curling clubDartmouth CC
Dartmouth, NS
SkipChristina Black
ThirdJenn Baxter
SecondKarlee Jones
LeadShelley Barker
Career
Member Association Nova Scotia
Hearts appearances3 (2015, 2018, 2020)
Top CTRS ranking22nd (2017–18)
Medal record
Representing  Nova Scotia
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2018 Penticton

Career

Black joined Team Arsenault in the 2014–15 curling season. The team, along with second Jane Snyder and lead Jennifer Baxter, won two tour events early in the season, the Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel and the Gibson's Cashspiel.[2] They also won the 2015 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, qualifying them for the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In 2016, Jennifer Crouse joined at second when Snyder left the team. They won the 2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[3] Later that year, the team won the 2018 New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel.[4]

The Arsenault rink began the 2019-20 curling season by winning the 2019 Curling Store Cashspiel.[5] by The team won the provincial Scotties again in 2020, and represented Nova Scotia at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with new lead Emma Logan. The team finished pool play with a 4-3 round robin record, in a tie with British Columbia's Corryn Brown rink. They lost to British Columbia in a tiebreaker, failing to advance.

In 2020, Arsneault announced she was moving to British Columbia.[6] Black formed a new rink as skip with Baxter at third and front end Karlee Jones and Shelley Barker. In their first event together, the team won the 2020 Curling Store Cashspiel.[7]

Black also played third for Brent MacDougall, representing Nova Scotia at the 2013 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, where they were finalists,[8] as well as the 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.[9]

Personal life

Black works as an SSI Supervision Specialist for Scotiabank.[1]

Teams

Black has played with the following women's curling teams:[10]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2010–11 Tanya HilliardChristina BlackLiz WoodworthKaitlin Fralic
2011–12 Marie ChristiansonKristen MacDiarmidChristina BlackJane Snyder
2012–13 Marie ChristiansonKristen MacDiarmidChristina BlackJane Snyder
2013–14 Christina Black (fourth)Jane SnyderKatarina DanbrookMary Sue Radford (skip)
2014–15 Mary-Anne ArsenaultChristina BlackJane SnyderJennifer Baxter
2015–16 Mary-Anne ArsenaultChristina BlackJane SnyderJennifer Baxter
2016–17 Mary-Anne ArsenaultChristina BlackJennifer CrouseJennifer Baxter
2017–18 Mary-Anne ArsenaultChristina BlackJennifer BaxterJennifer Crouse
2018–19 Mary-Anne ArsenaultChristina BlackJennifer BaxterKristin Clarke
2019–20 Mary-Anne ArsenaultChristina BlackJennifer BaxterEmma Logan
2020–21[11] Christina BlackJennifer BaxterKarlee JonesShelley Barker

References
  1. "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  2. "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  3. "Sydney's Christina Black a third on provincial champion rink". Cape Breton Post. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  4. "New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  5. "2019 The Curling Store Cashspiel – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  6. "Mary Anne Arsenault Throwing Last Rocks for NS at Scotties".
  7. "2020 The Curling Store Cashspiel – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  8. Lamoureux, Danny. "Heggestad – Canadian Mixed Curling Champion!". Curling Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  9. "Teams - 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship". Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  10. "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  11. "Team Black — Introducing our new and exciting lineup for the 2020/21 curling season!". Facebook. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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