Dayna Deruelle (born June 17, 1982) is a
Canadian
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curler from
Brampton
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,
Ontario
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. He currently skips a rink on the
World Curling Tour
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History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from Jo ...
.
His team competes in various events on the
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throughout the season and competes annually in the
Ontario Curling Association
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Dominion Tankard play downs. Deruelle and his teammates
Andrew McGaugh,
Kevin Lagerquist and
Evan DeViller enjoyed some success in their first season as a team when they qualified to represent Region 3 in the
2012 Ontario Dominion Tankard in
Stratford, Ontario
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. Furthermore, the team qualified for the playoffs after finishing 5-5 in the
round robin
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and winning a tie-breaker.
In 2013, Team Deruelle once again qualified to represent Region 3 in
2013 Ontario Dominion Tankard, this time being played at the
Barrie Molson Centre
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in
Barrie, ON. The foursome started the week slow but climbed back to a respectable 4-6 record to finish off the championships.
Deruelle joined the
Jake Walker rink at third in 2013. With Team Walker, he finished fourth at the
2014 provincial championship, but they failed to make it back in 2015. Deruelle left the team after that season to form his own rink with Kevin Flewwelling,
David Staples and Sean Harrison. The team made it to the
2016 Ontario Tankard
The 2016 Ontario Tankard, the Southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 1 to 7 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre in Brantford, Ontario. The winning Glenn Howard rink represented Ontario at the 2016 Tim Horton ...
, finishing 4-6. The next season, at the
2017 Ontario Tankard
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, they won one fewer game, finishing 3-6. The team played in the
2017 Olympic Pre-Trials, where they lost in a tiebreaker. The team failed to qualify for the 2018 Tankard, and broke up after the season.
In 2018, Deruelle formed a new team with
Brent Ross
Brent Ross (born September 30, 1970) is a Canadian curler from Harriston, Ontario. He currently plays third for Team Dayna Deruelle on the World Curling Tour.
Career
Early in his career, Ross won the Ontario Colts Championship in 1997. Ross sk ...
,
Ryan Werenich
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and
Shawn Kaufman Shawn may refer to:
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* Sean
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. They qualified for the
2019 Ontario Tankard
The 2019 Ontario Men's Curling Championship, better known as the Tankard, the 2019 provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 27 to February 3 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning Sc ...
, where Deruelle led the team to a 4–5 record. The team didn't make it to provincials again
until 2023.
Personal life
Deruelle is employed as a sales executive for Grand Slam Media. He is married to Nicole Deruelle.
[2017 Home Hardware RTTR Media Guide]
Teammates
2012-13 Results
2011-12 Results
C = Champions
F = Finalist
SF = Semi-Finalist
QF = Quarter=-Finalist
CW = Consolation Winner
A Side = A Event Qualifier
B Side = B Event Qualifier
DNQ = Did not qualify
References
CurlingZone profile
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Sportspeople from Brampton
Curlers from Toronto
1982 births
Living people
Canadian male curlers
21st-century Canadian people