Three of the most accomplished curlers in the sport's history will be added to the Curling Canada Hall of Fame.

Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Arsenault and Nancy Delahunt, who each won five Scotties Tournament of Hearts titles and two world women's championships playing alongside Colleen Jones, will be officially inducted to the Hall of Fame in June during the Curling Canada Hall of Fame and Awards Gala on June 16 in Collingwood, Ont.

"I know it's always a challenge for Curling Canada's Hall of Fame and Awards Committee when it comes to deciding on Hall of Fame inductees," said Lena West, Curling Canada governor and Chair of Curling Canada's Hall of Fame and Awards Committee. "We have so many worthy candidates, and deciding between them is difficult, to say the least. But I'm thrilled to see these three athletes get their due, and they are certainly worthy inductees."

The Halifax-based team of Jones (who was inducted to the Curling Canada Hall of Fame in 1989), Kelly, Arsenault and Delahunt was among the finest women's curling teams ever put together. The team won its first of five Canadian women's curling championships in 1999, missed the playoffs in 2000, and then began a record run of four straight Scotties titles in 2001 at Sudbury, Ont.

The team also claimed world championship gold medals in 2001 at Lausanne, Switzerland, and 2004 at Gavle, Sweden, and a silver in 2003 at Winnipeg.

"It is very special to have our team recognized in this manner," said Kelly, the team's longtime third, who played in 15 Scotties. "We have been very fortunate to have experienced all that happened to us through our competition years. So many wonderful life lessons. We learned the true meaning of teamwork, a give-and-take that made our sum much greater than our individual parts. I'm thrilled to be sharing this honour with Nancy, Mary-Anne and Colleen."

"It is a special recognition for our team to be inducted into the Curling Canada Hall of Fame," said Delhaunt, who threw lead rocks while holding the broom for Jones on skip's rocks. "Certainly, it is a humbling feeling to be on the same page with so many names that we have admired for so long. Those years were extremely kind to us, and we were generously rewarded for our hard work and the commitment that we had to the sport and to each other."

"Being named to the Curling Canada Hall of Fame, and going in with my teammates at the same time, is an incredible honour," said Arsenault. "Curling in Canada, you know there are so many worthy candidates, so I'm just blown away by this, and truly grateful at the same time."

"I was truly blessed to not only be able to win, but to win with such an amazing group of athletes and ladies, with whom I will always be friends," said Jones. "A skip is nothing without her teammates, and I'll be the first to admit that I wouldn't have won without Kim, Mary-Anne and Nancy on the team, and I'm thrilled to see them get this recognition. We got to go on an incredible curling ride together, and as Nancy always reminded us, we enjoyed the journey along the way."

In addition to the athletes' induction into the Curling Canada Hall of Fame, two former Chairs of the Curling Canada Board of Governors also will be inducted as part of the Executive Honour Roll: Marilyn Neily and Hugh Avery.