Jenn Hanna
Jenn Hanna (born January 22, 1980 in Ottawa, Canada) is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. In the 2005 Ontario Women's Curling Championships, Hanna and her team of Pascale Letendre, Dawn Askin and her sister Stephanie Hanna recovered from a 1–4 record in the round-robin to win eight straight games and clinch the Championships, earning the right to represent Ontario at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the 2005 Scotts, she impressed many by winning the Ford Hot Shots competition and defeating defending champion Colleen Jones on day one. However, she would win only one of her next four games but she rebounded by winning her next four only to lose her last game, giving her a record of 6–5. However, this was enough to get into a tie-breaker situation in which she was tied with 3 other teams. Hanna would end up winning both of her tie-breakers agains Cathy King of Alberta and Sandy Comeau of New Brunswick to make the playoffs. She would then go on to beat Stefanie Lawton of Saskatchewan in the 3–4 game and then Kelly Scott of British Columbia in the semi-final to face the Jennifer Jones rink from Manitoba in the final. In the final, Hanna's team played well, and led for most of the game, and were looking like they were going to win it. In the tenth end, Hanna's team was winning by two but did not have the hammer. Hanna's team had a rock on the button that was well guarded, and Jones' only chance was the in-off of a rock in front of the house which would roll and hit the Ontario rock off the button. Jones made this shot, which scored four points giving her the win. Despite the loss, Hanna was named the tournament MVP, and was named on the second all-star team.
In March, 2005 Jenn announced that her team's spare player, Joëlle Sabourin would replace Letendre as the team's third, the same lineup they had in 2003–2004. Letendre was supposed to be the new spare, but has decided to form her own team.
Hanna also made it to a national final in 1998, at the Canadian Juniors, but she lost that game too, to New Brunswick's Melissa McClure. In 2002, as a second for Anne Merklinger, Hanna finished second at the Ontario Championships; in 2003 as a vice-skip for Darcie Simpson she finished second; and in 2004 she finished third as skip. She was invited by 2004 Ontario champion Sherry Middaugh to be the team's "fifth player" at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, however Jenn did not play any games. She is engaged to her fiancé, Brian Rumas and she lives in Kanata, Ontario with her parents. She is employed by the Canadian House of Commons and attends the University of Ottawa. She began curling at age 5.
| Year | Team | Position | Event | Finish | Record | Pct.* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Hanna (OCC) | Skip | Ontario Juniors | 1st | N/A | - |
| 1998 | Ontario (Hanna) | Skip | Canadian Juniors | 2nd | 10–3 | - |
| 1999 | Hanna (OCC) | Skip | Ontario Juniors | 2nd | N/A | - |
| 2002 | Merklinger (RCC) | Second | Ontario STOH | 3rd | N/A | - |
| 2003 | Simpson (RCC) | Third | Ontario STOH | 2nd | 8–4 | - |
| 2004 | Hanna (OCC) | Skip | Ontario STOH | 3rd | 8–3 | - |
| 2004** | Ontario (Middaugh) | Fifth | 2004 STOH | 3rd | 8–5 | - |
| 2005 | Hanna (OCC) | Skip | Ontario STOH | 1st | 9–4 | - |
| 2005 | Ontario (Hanna) | Skip | 2005 STOH | 2nd | 11–6 | 80 |
| Scott Tournament of Hearts Totals | 11–6 | 80 | ||||
* Round-robin only
** Did not play
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