David "D. J." Kidby (born March 24, 1987) is a

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curler from

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Curling career

Kidby had a successful junior career which involved winning two provincial junior titles, a national and a world junior championship. Kidby threw second stones for the

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rink in 2005, and they would win the

2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2005 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 5–13 at the Capital Winter Club and the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2005 World Junior Curling Champio ...

and the 2005 World Junior Curling Championships on top of their provincial junior title. Kidby won a second junior title in 2008 throwing second stones for

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. That team lost in a tie-breaker at the

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. After juniors, Kidby moved to Alberta to play lead for the

Chris Schille Christopher Schille (born February 19, 1983 in Barrhead, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Red Deer, Alberta. Curling career Schille grew up in Alberta, where he had a successful junior career, skipping the Alberta team to a 7-5 record at th ...

rink out of

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. In 2010, Kidby and Schille joined the

Don Walchuk Donald J. Walchuk (born March 6, 1963 in Melville, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curling, curler from Edmonton, Alberta. For many years Walchuk played third for Kevin Martin (curler), Kevin Martin's team. On Martin's rink, Walchuk was known especia ...

rink with Kidby throwing second stones. That arrangement lasted one season before Kidby moved back to Regina to play second for

Braeden Moskowy Braeden Moskowy (born August 14, 1990) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. He is a former Canadian junior curling champion and a six-time Brier competitor. Career Moskowy has represented Saskatchewan in two Canadian Junior Curling ...

. In 2012, Schille moved to Saskatchewan to play on the team, as did former Albertan

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who would skip, bumping Moskowy to third. Schille would move to second while Kidby moved to the lead position. Kidby played in his first Alberta men's provincial championship with Walchuk in 2011. The team did not fare well, winning just two matches. After moving back to Saskatchewan, Kidby would play in his first Saskatchewan men's provincial championship in 2012 with Moskowy. That team also did not fare well, winning just one match. However, the new lineup at the

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would fare much better. The team lost just two matches en route to their first provincial title. They would go on to represent Saskatchewan at the

2013 Tim Hortons Brier The 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta. This edition of the Brier marked the thirteenth time that Alberta has hosted the Brier, and the sixth ti ...

. Kidby's first season on the

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was in 2008-09 with Schille. The team played in one

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event, the

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, where they lost all three matches. The next season, the team again played in just one Grand Slam, this time it was the

2010 BDO Classic Canadian Open The 2010 BDO Classic Canadian Open was the third Grand Slam of Curling tournament of the 2009-10 curling season. It was held January 20-24 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Teams Draws Playoffs {{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian Open of Cur ...

, where they again went win less, going 0-5. The next season, with Walchuk, Kidby would play in two slams, the

2010 The National (December) The Swiss Chalet National was held from December 15 to 19, 2010 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia. 18 men's teams were playing for 8 quarterfinal spots in a round-robin format. The purse for this event was CAD$100,000. The even ...

, where the team would make it to the quarterfinals, and the

2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling (January) The 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling was held from January 26–30 at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. This event was the third men's Grand Slam event in the 2010-11 curling season. The purse for this event was CAD$100,000. 18 men' ...

, where the team lost in a tie breaker match. Kidby's next Grand Slam event was at the

2012 Canadian Open of Curling The 2012 Canadian Open of Curling was held from December 12 to 16 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season. The event was held in a ro ...

playing lead for

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, whose normal lead was absent due to personal matters. At that event, the team lost in the quarterfinals. Outside of Slams, Kidby has been on two teams that have won WCT bonspiels. He won the 2012 The Shoot-Out with Walchuk and the 2011 DEKALB Superspiel with Moskowy.

Personal life

Kidby is employed as a sales representative for Titan Automotive.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kidby, DJ Living people 1987 births Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan Curlers from Alberta Canadian male curlers