Hardy played third for Jennifer Guzzwell at the 2002 and 2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team lost the 2002 final to Suzanne Gaudet of Prince Edward Island. In 2003, they lost a tie breaker to make the playoffs.
She left the team to skip her own in 2007.
In 2005, Hardy played third for her brother, 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Nichols at that year"s Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in which the team won. Hardy joined up with Heather Strong for the 2005-2006 season, and won provincial championships as her third in 2006 and 2007. In 2010, she won her first provincial championship as a skip.
