Darrell McKee (born c. 1963) is a

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curler from

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. He is a Canadian Senior Champion, two-time provincial champion in men's, one-time Saskatchewan mixed champion, and five-time Saskatchewan senior champion.

Curling career

McKee and

Bruce Korte Bruce Korte (born July 22, 1967 in Muenster, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon. He is a three-time SaskTel Tankard provincial champion. As a junior, Korte's top accomplishment was losing the 1984 men's provincial junior final. ...

have long been teammates, and together formed teams among the best in Saskatchewan. They have been teammates on and off since 1998. For most of that time, McKee played third for Korte, but beginning in 2009, McKee and Korte switched positions. Korte and McKee played in their first

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together in 2000, after winning the provincial championship, along with teammates Roger Korte and

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. The team finished the round robin off with a 5-6 record, short of the playoffs. Two years later, the team won their only

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victory as of 2010, winning the

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over

Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is one of the most successful Manitoba ...

. From 2002 to 2005, McKee left the team, but was an alternate for them when they made the Brier in 2004. McKee did not win his second provincial championship until ten years later, qualifying for the

2010 Tim Hortons Brier The 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held between March 6 until March 14, 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Halifax Metro Centre. It marked the sixth time the Brier had been to Halifax, and the seco ...

in Halifax. McKee's team consisted of both Korte's and a new lead in Rob Markowsky. In 2009 McKee skipped a team consisting of Allie McMillan (Gerhardt),

Jason Jacobson Jason Jacobson (born June 8, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Career Jacobson won the 2009 Saskatchewan provincial mixed championship playing second on a team skipped by Darrell McKee. The team represented Saskatchewan ...

, and Amanda Jacobson to a bronze medal at the

2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 9 to 16, 2008 at the Arniatok Arena in Iqaluit Iqaluit ( ; , ; ) is the capital of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest com ...

held in Iqaluit. McKee has gad success in senior curling winning Saskatchewan provincial championships in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 with various teams that included Brad Gee and Rick Pickard (2014), Rod Antonichuk (2017 & 2018), Tony Korol (2017), Dan Kennedy (2018), Mark Lane (2014, 2017, 2018) and Rory Golanowski, Kory Kohuch, and

(2019 & 2020). Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Kory Kohuch, and Rory Goloanowski captured the 2019 Canadian Senior Curling Championships by defeating

Bryan Cochrane Bryan Cochrane (born October 9, 1957 in Winchester, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Russell, Ontario. Cochrane is most notable for winning the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships for Canada, and skipping team Ontario at the 2003 Nokia B ...

of Ontario in the final.

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