Charley M. Thomas (born April 4, 1986 in

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) is a

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curler from

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who currently skips his own rink on the

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Curling career

Thomas started his career with an Alberta Provincial Junior title in 2004 and made his debut on the national and international curling scene representing Alberta and winning the

2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2006 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held at the Fort William Curling Club and the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ontario from January 21 to 29. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2006 World Junior Cu ...

(Thunder Bay, Ontario) and 2006 World Junior Curling Championships (Jeonju, Korea). Thomas and team also qualified for the

2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2007 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held February 3-11 at the Jack Gatecliff Arena and the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2007 World Junior ...

by winning the 2007 Alberta Junior Provincials at the Granite Curling Club in

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. He went on to win his second straight Canadian Junior title over

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's rink from

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, as well as a consecutive World Junior title by defeating

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...

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. After juniors, Thomas skipped his own team before teaming up with Chris Schille in 2008, throwing fourth stones for the team. Thomas played one season with Schille. Thomas returned to skipping between 2010 and 2014, and joined the Virtue rink for the 2014-15 season. Thomas and teammate

Kalynn Park Kalynn Park (born September 12, 1988) is a Canadian curler and curling coach. She is right-handed. She and Charley Thomas won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Champ ...

won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the

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to a 4th-place finish. Thomas returned as a skip for the 2015-16 curling season, playing in two

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events that season and four more in the 2016-17 curling season (including playing third on

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

's team in one event, as Gushue was out due to a hip injury.

Personal life

Thomas is currently a student at the

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Awards

* Canadian Junior Men First Team All-star skip: 2006 * Canadian Junior Men First Team All-star skip: 2007

Grand Slam record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Charley 1986 births Living people People from Didsbury, Alberta Curlers from Victoria, British Columbia Canadian male curlers Canadian mixed doubles curling champions Canadian curling coaches Curlers from Calgary Canada Cup (curling) participants