Editing Colleen Jones (section)

==Curling career==

===1999–2006===
In 1999, with her new team of [[Kim Kelly]], [[Mary-Anne Arsenault|Mary Anne Waye (later Arsenault)]] and [[Nancy Delahunt]], Jones won the Canadian curling title for the second time. The team repeated this in 2001 and they went on to win the [[List of women's World Curling champions|World Curling Championship]] in [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]]. They followed this up with another Canadian championship in 2002 and then won it for a record-setting fifth time at the [[2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts]]. This made Jones the first skip to win four straight Canadian titles. From there the team went on to win their second World Curling Championship.

Their return at the [[2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts]] was not as stellar. The team finished the round-robin at 6–5 and lost in a tie-breaker to Sandy Comeau of [[New Brunswick]]. When this happened, the team got a standing ovation, which even halted play in the other game that was occurring two sheets over. The following year, the team was back in form, but bowed out in the semi-finals to [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]]. At the end of the 2006 season, the team broke up. Jones joined the team of fellow Haligonian [[Kay Zinck]], as her third. The rest of the team got a new skip in [[Laine Peters]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110227093821/http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/curling/story.html?id=e521e694-a536-43b3-986c-ae452b028a03&k=13995 {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}</ref>

===2006–2008===
After a short run playing third for [[Kay Zinck]] during the 2006/2007 season,  Jones went back to skipping. For the 2007/2008 season she would add Olympic bronze medallist [[Georgina Wheatcroft]] to her team along with [[Kate Hamer]] and [[Darah Provencal]]. At the end of the season Jones would retire from competitive curling.

===2010–2011===
Colleen Jones announced on March 24, 2010, on [[CBC News]] that she would be again returning to competitive curling. Having been present for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a spark ignited in her, and she once again wanted to make another run for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

For the 2010/2011 season, Jones was recruited by [[Heather Smith-Dacey]], [[Blisse Comstock]] and [[Teri Lake]], to take over skipping duties, when former skip [[Jill Mouzar]] moved to Ontario. Just as Jones was due to begin her competitive curling comeback, days before beginning the playdowns for the [[Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], It was announced on December 10, 2010, that Jones was diagnosed with [[meningitis]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/colleen-jones-in-hospital-with-meningitis-1.866569 |title=Colleen Jones in hospital with meningitis |date=December 10, 2010 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC Sports]] |access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> Jones turned over skipping duties to [[Heather Smith-Dacey]], and brought in [[Danielle Parsons]] to play at third. Smith-Dacey's team won the Nova Scotia title, and then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2011 Scotties.  Jones was able to return to competition after recovering from her illness, and won the 2011 Nova Scotia Senior Women's Championship on February 27.<ref>Television broadcast of 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, The Sports Network, February 27, 2011</ref>

===2011–present===
For the 2011–2012, Jones recruited a new squad, originally consisting of [[Kristen MacDiarmid]], [[Helen Radford]] and [[Mary Sue Radford]], all of whom previous played with [[Theresa Breen]]. Later in the season, she modified her team adding former teammate [[Nancy Delahunt]] to third, and [[Marsha Sobey]] to second. [[Mary Sue Radford]] remained at lead. Delahunt and Sobey were members of Jones' Senior women's champion team. After failing to qualify for the provincial [[2012 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], Jones and her senior team of Delahunt, Sobey and [[Sally Saunders]], participated in the 2012 Nova Scotia Women's Senior Championships. They made it to the final, where they defeated [[Colleen Pinkney]], 6–4, to win back-to-back seniors championships, qualifying for the National senior finals. With Delahunt skipping, and Jones throwing last stones, the team represented Nova Scotia at the [[2012 Canadian Senior Curling Championships]], where they lost in the semi-final to Newfoundland and Labrador's [[Cathy Cunningham]].

For the 2012–2013 season Jones reunited with [[Mary-Anne Arsenault]] and [[Kim Kelly]], with the goal of reaching the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/colleen-jones-s-rink-reunites-for-shot-at-sochi-olympics-1.1163749 |title=Colleen Jones's rink reunites for shot at Sochi Olympics |date=February 13, 2012 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC Sports]] |access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> Jones threw second stones on the team, while acting as the rink's vice skip, or "mate" while Arsenault skips.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcurlingtour.com/teamslist.php?eventtypeid=51 |title=2011-12 Teams List |publisher=Asham World Curling Tour |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205165718/http://www.worldcurlingtour.com/teamslist.php?eventtypeid=51 |archive-date=2012-02-05}}</ref>

The Arsenault-skipped team won the [[2013 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], and qualified for the [[2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]  in [[Kingston, Ontario]]. They finished the event with a 5–6 record.<ref>curling.ca, coverage of 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts</ref>

Jones has appeared in 4 [[Canadian Senior Curling Championships]] (2011, 2012, 2015, and 2016). She finished with a bronze medal at the 2012 Championships, and a silver medal at the 2015 Championships. She won her first Canadian Seniors in 2016 and represented Canada at the [[2017 World Senior Curling Championships]] in [[Lethbridge]], Alberta where her rink went through the event undefeated to win the world title.<ref name="cbc2017">{{cite news |last1=Ray |first1=Carolyn |title=Team Canada wins gold at World Senior Curling Championships |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/team-canada-world-senior-curling-championships-gold-medal-1.4092039?cmp=news-digests-sports |access-date=April 29, 2017 |publisher=CBC Sports |date=April 29, 2017}}</ref>

===Career highlights===
Colleen Jones is a member of the [[Canadian Curling Hall of Fame]] and the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
* World Curling Champion: 2001, 2004
* Canadian Curling Champion: 1982, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
* Canadian Mixed Curling Champion: 1993, 1999
* World Senior Curling Champion: 2017
* Canadian Senior Curling Champion: 2016

She was appointed to the [[Order of Canada]] in 2022.<ref name=CC/>