Lindsey Burgess

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Lindsey Burgess
Born (1999-07-21) July 21, 1999 (age 26)
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Team
Curling clubHalifax CC,
Halifax, NS
SkipChristina Black
ThirdJill Brothers
SecondMarlee Powers
LeadLindsey Burgess
AlternateKarlee Everist
Curling career
Member Association Nova Scotia (2014–2024; 2026–present)
Alberta (2024–2026)
Top CTRS ranking5th (2025–26)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Canada
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Aberdeen

Lindsey Burgess (born July 21, 1999 in Williams Lake, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.[1] She currently plays lead on Team Christina Black. As a junior, Burgess won a gold medal at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships with skip Kaitlyn Jones.[2][3] She was the 2020 Female Athlete of the Year for Nova Scotia curling.[4]

Juniors

Burgess played on a couple teams from 2014 to 2017 before joining the Kaitlyn Jones rink for the 2017–18 season. They won the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel and had a quarterfinal finish at the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel on the World Curling Tour.[5][6] They would also win the Nova Scotia junior championship and represent Nova Scotia at the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Burgess' first national appearance. At nationals they did not stumble, finishing the round robin and championship pool with a 9–1 record, sending them to the final. They defeated Quebec 5–3 to claim Nova Scotia's fifth title in the women's competition. They would continue their impressive play at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland posting a 7–2 round robin record. They successfully knocked off China and Sweden in the playoff round to win the gold medal.[7] They finished their season at the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup slam event where they went 0–4.

The following season, the team was invited to play in the 2018 Masters Grand Slam of Curling event as the sponsors exemption.[8] Despite this, they finished the round robin with a 3–1 record, beating Rachel Homan, Kerri Einarson and Silvana Tirinzoni with their only loss coming to Tracy Fleury. They couldn't continue their momentum into the playoffs however, falling to Chelsea Carey in the quarterfinals. Team Jones would win the Nova Scotia junior championship once again this season, sending them to the national championship for a second time. They qualified for the playoffs once again but had to go through the semifinal to advance to the final. Unfortunately, they lost to British Columbia's Sarah Daniels and would not advance.

Team Jones disbanded after the season as Kaitlyn Jones was aging out of juniors. Karlee Burgess and Lauren Lenentine moved to Manitoba and Burgess joined a new team with Taylour Stevens skipping. They easily won the provincial junior title this year, going undefeated through the event.[9][10] At nationals, Team Stevens finished 8–2 throughout pool play, clinching them a playoff berth. Things wouldn't go their way in the semifinal however, losing to Alberta's Abby Marks in an extra end. Later that year, Burgess competed for Dalhousie at the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships where they finished fifth. Burgess aged out of juniors the following season and reunited with her former skip Kaitlyn Jones. They brought on Jessica Daigle, Brigitte MacPhail and Kaitlin Fralic to their team.[11]

Women's

After a few seasons in Nova Scotia, during the 2024–25 curling season, Burgess would leave the province and join Alberta's Team Serena Gray-Withers as second, alongside Catherine Clifford and Zoe Cinnamon. The team would find immediate success on the curling tour, winning the 2024 Hack2House Alberta Curling Series event, as well as the 2025 SGI Canada U30 Best of the West. The following season, Team Gray-Withers would continue to improve, going undefeated in each event to win the 2025 U25 NextGen Classic, Saville U25 Challenge, and McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic. Team Gray-Withers would also be invited by the Grand Slam of Curling to participate in the women's event of their inaugural 2025 U25 Jr. GSOC Tour Challenge, giving younger teams the opportunity to gain more experience and participate in Grand Slam of Curling events. The team would also go undefeated to win the U25 GSOC event, beating Japan's Yuina Miura 8–4 in the final. They would also compete at the 2026 Alberta Women's Curling Championship, going undefeated in the event before losing in the final 9–5 to Selena Sturmay, finishing second. After two seasons together, Team Gray-Withers would announce that they were "making a change at the second position", and Burgess would be leaving the team.[12] On April 17, 2026, it was announced that Burgess would be returning to Nova Scotia to take over the lead position on Christina Black's team for the 2026-27 season in place of Karlee Everist, who is expecting her second child in October and will be assuming alternate duties for the season.[13]

Personal life

Burgess attended Dalhousie University. Her cousin, Karlee Burgess, played on her gold medal-winning team in 2018.[8] She is employed as a geologist.[1]

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