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{{short description|Canadian curler from New Brunswick|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Rebecca Atkinson
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|17}}
| birth_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]
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| Member Association = {{NB}}
| Hearts appearances = 5 ({{STOH|2012}}, {{STOH|2013}}, {{STOH|2014}}, {{STOH|2015}}, {{STOH|2016}})
| Top CCA ranking = 19th ([[2005–06 curling season|2005–06]])
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'''Rebecca "Becky" Atkinson''' (born July 17, 1982) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] lawyer and [[curling|curler]] from [[Rothesay, New Brunswick|Rothesay]], [[New Brunswick]].
==Career==
===Juniors===
Her first appearance at the [[Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] was in 2000 in Moncton, New Brunswick. She was selected from the spare pool for Teams New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador throughout the week.<ref>{{cite web|title=2000 Karcher Junior Women Curling Championship|url=http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Women_2000.pdf?e81271|publisher=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=June 22, 2012|date=January 20, 2006|archive-date=September 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906035948/http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Women_2000.pdf?e81271|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her second and final trip to the championships was [[2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|in 2003]], this time as skip of her own team. She finished the round robin in seventh place, with a 6–6 record.<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Karcher Junior Women Curling Championship|url=http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Women_2003.pdf?e81271|publisher=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=June 22, 2012|date=January 20, 2006|archive-date=September 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906033428/http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Women_2003.pdf?e81271|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Women's===
Atkinson participated at the [[2009 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], where she skipped her own squad. She would not make the playoffs that year, finishing sixth place with a 3–4 record, but would return again to the [[2011 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], where she would finish round robin in first place with a 5–2 record. She would then face [[Sylvie Robichaud]] in the semifinal, losing the game 6–4.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010-2011 New Brunswick Scotties Women's Championship|url=http://www.playdowns.com/nbca/event.php?id_cmp=10|publisher=Playdowns.com|access-date=June 22, 2012}}</ref>
For the [[2011–12 curling season|2011–12 season]], Atkinson left her team and joined with [[Andrea Crawford|Andrea Kelly]] (Crawford) to form a new squad. Atkinson threw third stones and skipped the team. The team participated in the first [[2011 Curl Atlantic Championship|Curl Atlantic Championship]], where they would advance to the playoffs. They faced [[Suzanne Birt]] in the semifinal, but ended up losing by a score of 6–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curl Atlantic Championships|url=http://livecurling.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&b_id=82&fileid=11|publisher=LiveCurling.com|access-date=June 22, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906180945/http://www.livecurling.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&b_id=82&fileid=11|archivedate=September 6, 2014}}</ref> The team went on to participate in the [[2012 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]. There, they finished the round robin in first place with a 6–1 record. They received a bye to the final, where they faced [[Mary Jane McGuire]], and won the championship by a score of 7–5. With the win, Atkinson also won the right to represent New Brunswick at the [[2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2011-2012 New Brunswick Scotties Women's Championship|url=http://www.playdowns.com/nbca/event.php?id_cmp=35|publisher=Playdowns.com|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref> In Atkinson's first Scotties appearance, she skipped her team to a sixth place round robin finish, ending with a 5–6 record.<ref>{{cite web|title=Draw 17 – 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts – Media Report|url=http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2012-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-Media-Report-Statistical-Report-for-Draw-171.pdf?e81271|publisher=Canadian Curling Association|access-date=June 22, 2012|date=February 23, 2012}}</ref>
Atkinson, who had skipped the team during the 2011–12 season, switched positions with Crawford after the season. Crawford would skip the team, with Atkinson throwing third rocks. The team went undefeated at the [[2013 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], defeating [[Melissa Adams]] in the final, earning the team the right to represent New Brunswick at the [[2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]. There, the team finished with a 6–5 record, tied for fifth. The following year, the team lost just one match en route to winning the [[2014 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], defeating the [[Sylvie Robichaud]] in the final. At the [[2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], the rink once again finished with a 6–5 record, tied for fifth place.
After the [[2013–14 curling season|2013–14 season]], Crawford moved to Alberta and Atkinson joined the Sylvie Robichaud team with [[Marie Richard]] at second and [[Jane Boyle (curler)|Jane Boyle]] at lead. She would win her fourth provincial title in a row at the [[2015 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] where her new rink defeated Melissa Adams 7–6 in the provincial final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/moncton-s-robichaud-completes-field-for-canadian-women-s-curling-championship-1.197313|title=Robichaud completes field for Scotties|publisher=TSN|date=February 1, 2015|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3726&teamid=84848&profileid=|title=2015 New Brunswick Scotties|website=CurlingZone|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> At the [[2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] in [[Moose Jaw]], [[Saskatchewan]], New Brunswick defeated higher seeds such as Ontario's [[Julie Hastings]] and Team Canada's [[Rachel Homan]], ultimately finishing the round robin with a 4–7 record. The team was able to defend their title at the [[2016 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/scotties-playdowns-who-are-the-favourites-1.422955|title=Scotties Playdowns – The Winners|publisher=TSN|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> sending Atkinson to her fifth [[2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|Canadian championship]] in [[Grand Prairie, Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4176&teamid=95000&profileid=|title=2016 New Brunswick Scotties|website=CurlingZone|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> At the end of the round robin, New Brunswick was placed last with a 2–9 record, meaning they would be relegated to the pre-qualification event the following year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/scotties-standings-1.433179|title=2016 Scottties Standings|publisher=TSN|date=February 4, 2016|access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> Also during the [[2015–16 curling season|2015–16 season]], her team played in the [[2015 GSOC Tour Challenge]] Tier 2 [[Grand Slam of Curling]] event, where they lost in the quarterfinals to [[Jamie Sinclair]].
==Personal life==
Atkinson was born in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. She is a lawyer with Cox & Palmer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cloudfront9.curling.ca/2016scotties/files/2016/02/SCOTTIES-SAT-ALL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-24 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205757/http://cloudfront9.curling.ca/2016scotties/files/2016/02/SCOTTIES-SAT-ALL.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Canadian women curlers]]
[[Category:Canadian mixed curling champions]]
[[Category:Curlers from New Brunswick]]
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[[Category:People from Rothesay, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Lawyers in New Brunswick]]