The new head coach, who is curling, has announced her departure.
The 49-year-old skip, who has won six Canadian women’s crowns, two world championships, and an Olympic gold medal, said on Tuesday that she will be retiring from team curling at the conclusion of this season. Despite this, she will still play mixed doubles with her spouse, Brent Laing.
The accomplished Winnipeg curler from Canada had a hard time deciding to give up team curling.
Jones remarked, “I’m getting a little emotional about it.” It has always played a significant role in both my love and my life, and I will miss it. I was changed by curling. I’ve always been grateful for how it helped me grow into the woman I am today.
“I’m also quite thrilled about the next chapter in my life, which is starting later than I ever imagined, and what the possible next steps may be. I was not prepared for it to begin, but now I am.”
Jennifer Jones shares the record for most Canadian women’s championships with former Nova Scotia skip Colleen Jones with her six victories between 20015 and 2018.
Jones wins his tenth career Grand Slam of Curling title, defeating fellow Canadian Lawes.
With six national women’s titles, she and retiring CBC broadcaster Colleen Jones are tied for the most.
According to Colleen Jones, Jennifer is a player across generations. “Much like tennis superstars like Serena Williams or Roger Federer, her perfect delivery, brilliant curling mind and unshakeable composure under pressure sets her apart from every other curler on the planet.”
I watched her walk confidently across the field at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia. Colleen Jones, a former Nova Scotia skipper, on Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones’s longevity in the sport is something that Colleen Jones, who will be coaching Team Nova Scotia this week in Calgary at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finds astounding.
“She won her first Scotties in 2005 and she has maintained being one of the scariest skips to throw against throughout that entire time,” stated Colleen Jones. “When she walked down to make her famous in-off [shot] for the win in 2005, I was standing behind her scoreboard. That shot launched her career.
Jones’s final Scotties will be the 18th.
“I witnessed her go boldly across the field during the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia. “It’s still one of those dominating performances where it seems like a skip just decides, ‘I am not missing,’ and the team just follows her will and confidence.”
Jennifer Jones maintains that her 18th appearance at the national women’s tournament, which begins this Friday in Calgary, will be her last if she wins a record-breaking seventh Scotties Tournament of Hearts and, with it, the opportunity to return in 2025 as the defending champion.
Six-time champion Colleen Jones is scheduled to rejoin the Scotties as coach of Nova Scotia.
She declared, “This is my last one.” “I wish to take it all in. I want to inhale the ice’s scent as if it were my own. I wish to savor the now. I’ll be a little down when it’s finished, I promise. I just love it so much that even while I’ll be delighted, I’ll also be a little sad.”
She’s not done being a competitive curler. Jones and Laing, who reside in Horseshoe Valley, Ontario, will compete in this year’s national tournament in Fredericton from March 17–22. Last year, they placed fourth in the global championships and won the Canadian mixed doubles championship.
“I think her desire to go to the Olympics with Brent is huge, and obviously they are one of the best mixed doubles teams in the country and reigning Canadian champs,” Colleen Jones said.
In March, Jennifer Jones will serve as Isla’s coach in the elementary school provincials in Ontario.
“I’m pretty proud of the longevity, but we were part of the evolution of women’s curling,” Jones stated.
The greatest compliment anyone could ever give me is that we now have these role models for our young, up-and-coming athletes, and as a mother of two daughters, to see that women can shine on the global stage and on television and how much more air time we have. To be a part of that and have even a small impact on the next generation is truly amazing.
