David Seth "Splash" Mathers (born May 12, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He currently plays

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for the Glenn Howard rink. Born in Ottawa, Mathers grew up in the Waterloo Region.

Curling career

Junior's

As a student at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, Mathers won the 2007 Ontario Schoolboy Championship, playing second for Andrew Flemming. The following year, he won a Bantam championship playing second for Mike Flemming. Mathers would then move back to Ottawa to attend Algonquin College. As a junior curler, Mathers played second for the

Mathew Camm Mathew Robert "Mat" Camm (born March 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler from Cornwall, Ontario. He currently plays third on Team John Epping. Camm is originally from Rockland, Ontario. Career Juniors In 2007, Camm played second for the Neil Si ...

rink at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, representing Ontario. The team lost to Saskatchewan's

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 Curlin ...

in the final. That season, they also played in the

2010 Canada Cup of Curling The 2010 Canada Cup of Curling was held December 1–5, 2010 at the Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Glenn Howard rink won their first Canada Cup on the men's side while Stefanie Lawton won her second cup. Glenn Howard's win mark ...

(going 0–5) and the

2011 Players' Championship The 2011 GP Car and Home Players' Championship was a Grand Slam curling bonspiel held at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta from April 12–17. It features a men's and women's draw, where the top sixteen teams from the Order of Merit ...

, Mathers' first Grand Slam event, where they won just one game.

Men's

Following his junior career, Mathers was picked up to play lead for the John Epping rink. This team would find immediate success on the World Curling Tour, winning the

2011 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic The 2011 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 15 to 18 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the men's and wome ...

which was their first event of the season. The team played in the Grand Slams that season, losing in the final of the

2011 World Cup of Curling The 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling was held from November 2 to 6 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. T ...

, failing to qualify at the 2011 BDO Canadian Open and winning the

2012 Players' Championship The 2012 Sun Life Financial Players' Championship was held from April 17 to 22 at the Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. It was the last Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the twentieth time t ...

. Despite their success, the team failed to qualify for the provincial championship that season. The next season, the team began the season by winning two straight WCT events (the

2012 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic The 2012 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic is an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 13 to 16 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The winning team of John Epping too ...

and the 2012 Point Optical Curling Classic). The team entered all four Slams that season, failing to qualify for the playoffs in three of the four events. Their best result was the quarter-finals at the

2013 Players' Championship The 2013 Players' Championship was a curling tournament held from April 16 to 21 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (Maple Leaf Gardens) in Toronto, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. It was the fourth men's and fifth women's Grand ...

. The team also played at the

2012 Canada Cup of Curling The 2012 Capital One Canada Cup of Curling was held from November 28 to December 2 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. This was Moose Jaw's first time hosting the Canada Cup, and Saskatchewan's second time hosting the Canada Cup, which was ...

, winning just three games. The team did make it to the provincial championships that season. At the 2013 provincial championship, they lost in the semi-final. Their relative success over the previous two seasons gave the Epping rink a direct berth to the

2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings for sponsorship reasons) were held from December 1 to 8 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The winners of the men's and women's events were chosen to ...

, just edging out the defending Brier champion Brad Jacobs rink on the CRTS ranking. However, the rink won just one game at the Trials, finishing last. The team did not win any WCT events in the 2013-14 curling season. The team played in two Slams, failing to qualify at the

2013 Masters of Curling The 2013 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from October 29 to November 3 at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The Masters was the first Grand Slam on ...

and losing in the quarter-finals of the

2013 Canadian Open of Curling The 2013 Canadian Open of Curling was held from November 13 to 17 at Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season. The event was held in a r ...

. The team played at the 2014 provincial championship, but failed to make the playoffs. At the end of the season, the Epping rink dissolved and Mathers joined the

Mark Kean Mark Kean (born June 22, 1988 in Innerkip, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Woodstock, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Ottawa. Career Kean's junior career involved winning the provincial junior mixed title in 2009. Kean made ...

team, playing second. Mathers finally won a provincial championship with Kean in 2015. The team would beat Epping in the final of the 2015 Ontario Tankard. They would represent Ontario 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 ...

, finishing with a 5–6 record. Mathers moved to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for one season, playing for the Adam Casey rink. The team won the 2016 PEI Tankard, and represented Prince Edward Island at the

2016 Tim Hortons Brier The 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5–13, 2016 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the fourth time the Brier has been held in Ottawa, and the fifth time the Brier has been held i ...

, finishing with a 2–9 record. Mathers then moved to Ottawa, joining Team Glenn Howard. The team won the

2017 Ontario Tankard The 2017 Recharge With Milk Men's Tankard, better known as the Ontario Tankard was the 2017 edition of the Ontario men's provincial curling championship to determine who will represent the province of Ontario at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, the nat ...

, and represented Ontario at the

2017 Tim Hortons Brier The 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4–12, 2017 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. This marked the second time the Brier was hosted by St. John's, the first ...

, finishing with a 4–7 record.

Personal life

Mathers currently works as a group relationship manager for Canada Brokerlink in Ottawa. He is in a relationship with fellow curler Lynn Kreviazuk, and coached her rink, Team Jacqueline Harrison at the

2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials for sponsorship reasons) were held from November 20 to 28 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The winners of the men's and women's events will r ...

. Mathers focus is the Canadian Curling Club program for the company insuring curling clubs across Canada. When in P.E.I. Mathers worked for Fox Meadows Golf Club for the 10 months he was there, living in

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...

, Prince Edward Island.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathers, David 1991 births Living people Canada Cup (curling) participants Canadian male curlers Curlers from Ottawa Curlers from Prince Edward Island Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario Sportspeople from Charlottetown Canadian curling coaches