Cathy Overton-Clapham

Cathy Overton-Clapham (born Cathy Overton, July 19, 1969) nicknamed "Cathy O" is a Canadian curler.

Overton-Clapham is one of Manitoba's most decorated female curlers, with one world championship, five national championships, and thirteen Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances.

Overton-Clapham had been to one other Canadian Junior Championship, having played third for Janet Harvey in 1986, finishing third.

Overton-Clapham skipped Team Manitoba to a 1989 Canadian Junior Curling Championships win.

This qualified her for the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships, during which she won a bronze medal for team Canada.

In 1991, Overton-Clapham made her first trip to the Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship.

She played third for Kathie Allardyce and the team finished with a 5–6 record.

In 1995, she returned to the Tournament of Hearts, this time as third for Connie Laliberte.

The team won the Hearts that year, and went on to win the silver medal at the 1995 Ford World Curling Championships, losing to Sweden's Elisabet Gustafson in the final.

Overton-Clapham would also play at the 1996, 1999, and 2000 Hearts for Laliberte, finishing third each time.

Starting the 1999–2000 season, Overton-Clapham would begin throwing fourth stones for Laliberte.

When Laliberte became pregnant, Overton-Clapham would take over as skip of the team.

Now, skipping the squad, Jill Staub, was brought in at third, Debbie Jones-Walker and Janet Arnott remained at second and lead.

Overton-Clapham would skip the team to victory winning the Manitoba Provincials.

With Laliberte rejoining the squad for Nationals, Overton-Clapham would move back to throwing fourth stones, with Laliberte calling the game, and Staub moving to fifth.

They would finish third at the 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts losing the semi-final to British Columbia's Kelley Law.

Overton-Clapham would again return to the Hearts in 2005, but as a third for Jennifer Jones.

There at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the team won the championship, defeating Jenn Hanna of Ontario in the final.

The team would go on to finish fourth at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship.

Together the team would participate in the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, but would finish 5-4 failing to reach the playoffs.

The team returned to the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts as Team Canada, but they lost in the final to Kelly Scott of British Columbia.

At the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team lost the semi-final.

At the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Overton-Clapham won another national title.

The Jones team went to the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the reigning champions.

They again reached the finals where they faced British Columbia and won thanks to a steal of two in the seventh end.

The team went on the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship again as the returning championships but were unable to repeat there, losing to Denmark in the bronze medal game.

The team would again participate in the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, and with many expecting them to take the championship, disappointed many along with themselves.

The team would only win 2 games, tied for second last place, with a 2–5 record.

After playing third for Jennifer Jones' rink for many years, this partnership came to an end after the 2009-10 curling season.

The Jennifer Jones team decided to replace her with young former Canadian Junior Champion Kaitlyn Lawes, and ousted Overton-Clapham from the team.

Later, Overton-Clapham said in an interview that she was blindsided by the team, she was shocked by this judgment but could tell by the Jones team's behaviour that something was up.

Returning to the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts again as part of the Jones team and Team Canada, Overton-Clapham won the national title for the third year in a row.

The win was Overton-Clapham's 5th Scotties title in total and moved her one off of Colleen Jones in the record book and alongside the legendary Joyce McKee of Saskatchewan and Nova Scotians Mary Anne Arsenault, Nancy Delahunt, and Kim Kelly.

Overton's admitted her desire to continue curling however, and she stated that she will be returning to the ice with a new team for the 2010–2011 season.

Her new team was to consist of Raunora Westcott and Leslie Wilson, who previously played with Manitoba's 2010 provincial champion Jill Thurston, and former Canadian Junior Champion Breanne Meakin.

With her new team Overton-Clapham has a successful start to the 2010-11 curling season.

However young third Breanne Meakin qualified for the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, forcing Overton-Clapham to find a new third for the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

On short notice, Karen Fallis was selected to take Meakin's place and Meakin was slotted in as the team's alternate.

In 2019, she began coaching in the United States, and currently coaches the Tabitha Peterson team.

In 2019, Overton-Clapham was named the fifth greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.