Dallan Muyres (born February 25, 1987) is a

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curler from

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. He currently skips his own team. He grew up in

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Career

Juniors

Muyres was a member of the

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rink at the

2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2008 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held February 2–10 at the Soo Curlers Association and Tarentorous Curling Club in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2008 World Junior Curlin ...

, which lost in the tiebreaker match.

Men's

After juniors, briefly skipped his own team in 2010, making it to the 2010 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's championship in Saskatchewan. There, the led his team of Matt Ryback,

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and Aaron Shutra to three wins, before losing a third game in the triple knockout tournament. The next season, he joined the Pat Simmons team, throwing lead rocks. The rink won one

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event, the

Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic The Medicine Hat Charity Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is held every October at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Event names *Medicine Hat Super 8 Motel Charity Classic (1997 ...

and made the quarterfinals at the 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling. The team won the 2011 SaskTel Tankard, qualifying the rink for the

2011 Tim Hortons Brier The 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 5 until March 13, 2011 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. This event marked the 30th time that the province of Ontario has hosted the Brier s ...

, representing Saskatchewan. There, the team finished with a 4-7 record. After the season, Simmons left for Alberta, and third

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took over the team as skip. In the 2011-12 season, the team did not win any tour events, and did not make it to the playoffs in any

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events. Despite being one of the top ranked teams, the rink won just one game at the 2012 SaskTel Tankard. The next season, the team found some more success, making it to the semi-final of the

2012 Masters of Curling The 2012 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from November 14 to 18 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, the Paris Curling Club, and the Brant Curling Club in Brantford and Paris, Ontario as part of the 201 ...

. The team made it to the playoffs of the

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, but lost in the 3 vs. 4 game. In the 2013–14, the team did not find any more luck on tour, making the playoffs in just one slam, losing in the semi-final of the 2014 Syncrude National. The team did however win the 2014 SaskTel Tankard, qualifying the team to represent Saskatchewan at the

2014 Tim Hortons Brier The 2014 Tim Hortons Brier was held from March 1 to 9 at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. Unlike previous years, the winner of the 2014 Brier automatically qualified for the 2015 Brier as Team Canada, similarly to the S ...

. There, the team narrowly missed the playoffs, finishing the event with a 6-5 record. The next season the team found more success, winning the Weatherford Curling Classic, and making the playoffs in three Slams, including losing in the final of the

2014 Canadian Open of Curling The 2014 Canadian Open of Curling was held from December 9 to 14 at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Open was the third men's Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam and the fourth women's Grand Slam of ...

. The team also won the 2015 SaskTel Tankard, qualifying them again to represent Saskatchewan at the Brier. At the

2015 Tim Hortons Brier The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier was held from February 28 to March 8 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In the final, the team of Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen, representing "Team Canada" as defending ...

, the team made the playoffs after posting a 7-4 round robin record. After losing to Team Canada in the 3 vs. 4 game (skipped by Pat Simmons), they went on to beat Newfoundland and Labrador (

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) in the bronze medal game. The 2015-16 season was another successful season for the rink. The team won the

Canad Inns Men's Classic The Canad Inns Men's Classic (formerly the Meyers Norris Penny Prairie Classic and the Canad Inns Prairie Classic) is an annual curling tournament, held in October at the Portage Curling Club in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It is part of the Wo ...

and won the 2016 SaskTel Tankard, earning another trip to the Brier.

Personal life

Muyres is the son of Lyle Muyres, who skipped Team Saskatchewan at the

1986 Labatt Brier The 1986 Labatt Brier was held from March 2 to 9 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario. Ed Lukowich of Alberta defeated Russ Howard of Ontario to win his second Brier title. Teams Round-robin standings ...

. He is employed as a CAD/Design Technologist with the Saskatchewan Research Council and is married2019 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Team Saskatchewan His brother is his former skip,

Kirk Muyres Kirk Lyle Muyres (born June 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler. He is a former Canadian junior champion. Career Juniors As a youth, Muyres was a member of the Saskatchewan team at the 2007 Canada Winter Games, where he played 5th. For much of his ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muyres, Dallan 1987 births Living people Canadian people of German descent Curlers from Saskatoon Sportspeople from Humboldt, Saskatchewan Canadian male curlers Canada Cup (curling) participants