Darren Roach (born December 29, 1986, in

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) is a

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curler. He currently throws third stones for the Jason Roach rink from

. Roach twice (2004 and 2005) won the New Brunswick men's junior championships playing second on a team skipped by

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. The team won the

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in their first attempt in 2004. They had finished the round robin with a 9–3 record, in a three way tie for first. The team would go on to win both of their playoff games, including the final against Manitoba's Daley Peters. The team then represented Canada at the

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. The team finished the round robin with a 5–4 record, tied with Korea. However, they lost in the tie-breaker match against the Koreans. At the

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they could not repeat their title, finishing with a 5–7 record. After juniors, Roach would go on to play for a number of different teams. He joined up with Grattan in 2012. He played in his first and only

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event with the Grattan team when they played in the 2012 Curling Masters Champéry. They finished 3–2 in pool play at the event, and did not make the playoffs. In 2013 Roach competed in his second Champery Masters this time going 8–0 with team Grattan and taking the title for his first WCT/CCT win. Roach made his first Brier appearance when the Grattan rink won the 2013 Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship, qualifying the team to represent New Brunswick 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 ...

. His brother, Jason plays third for the team and was also a teammate on his Canadian junior championship team.

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