Jared Bezanson (born May 11, 1986 in

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) is a

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curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team Scott Jones. As a junior curler, Bezanson won a silver medal at the 2003

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. He won three straight New Brunswick junior titles from 2003 to 2005, throwing lead rocks for Daniel Sherrard (2003) and for

Ryan Sherrard Ryan Sherrard (born September 21, 1986, in Rothesay, New Brunswick or Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian-German curler living in Munich. He is originally from Quispamsis, New Brunswick. Career Juniors As a junior curler, Sherrard won thre ...

(2004 and 2005). At the

2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2003 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 1–9 at the Rideau and Ottawa Curling Clubs in Ottawa. Teams from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan won both the men's and women's event. Both teams would go on to win gold medals ...

, the team finished the round robin with a 6-6 record. The team went on to win the gold medal at the

2004 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2004 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 7–15 at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships. Men's Teams ...

. They represented Canada at the

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, finishing in 5th place. Despite having the same lineup at the

2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2005 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 5–13 at the Capital Winter Club and the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2005 World Junior Curling Champio ...

, the Sherrard rink finished with a 5-7 record. In 2009, Bezanson won the New Brunswick mixed championship, throwing lead rocks for

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. The team represented New Brunswick at the

2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held Nov. 14-21, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario. Nova Scotia won its seventh Mixed title, and Skip (curling), skip Mark Dacey won his second title with then-wif ...

later that year. They would finish with a 4-7 record. Bezanson won his first New Brunswick men's championship in 2015, playing lead for

Jeremy Mallais Jeremy Mallais (born July 18, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. He is currently the alternate on Team Scott Jones. Career Mallais finished second at the 2008 New Brunswick Tankard, losing the final to James Grattan 9– ...

. The team would go on to represent New Brunswick 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 ...

Personal life

Bezanson is married and has one daughter. He is employed as an operations manager for Doiron Sports Excellence.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bezanson, Jared Curlers from New Brunswick Living people Sportspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick 1986 births People from Kentville, Nova Scotia Canadian male curlers People from Quispamsis