Jonathan Beuk (born April 18, 1983) is a Canadian curler from

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Career

While attending Queen's University, Beuk led his team of Andrew Inouye, Chadd Vandermade and Scott Chadwick to a gold medal at the

2010 CIS/CCA Curling Championships In 2010, the CIS Nationals were staged at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The men's title was won by the surprise of the tournament, the Queen's Gaels skipped by Jon Beuk. In the final the Gaels defeated the UPEI Panthers, skipped ...

, Canada's University curling championship. The team represented Canada at the

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, where they missed out on the playoffs, finishing with a 6–3 record. After University, Beuk joined the Jake Higgs rink, throwing

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stones for the team. It was as a member of this team that Beuk played in his first provincial men's championship, the 2012 Dominion Tankard. There, the team finished with a 3–7 record. From 2012 to 2015, Beuk played third for the

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-based Don Bowser rink. As a member of the Bowser rink, he won two provincial Silver Tankards, for the

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in 2013 and the

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in 2014. During this time, Beuk also won the 2015 Ontario Mixed Curling Championship playing

for

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. The team represented Ontario at the

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, where they won the bronze medal. In 2015,

Greg Balsdon Gregory Balsdon (born October 9, 1977) is a Canadian curler from North York, Ontario. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Curling career Balsdon was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1995, Balsdon won the Ontario Schoolboy champion ...

took over as skip of the Bowser rink, with Bowser moving to third, and Beuk moving to second. In their first season together, the team won the 2015

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World Curling Tour event. Later in the season, the team played in the

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provincial men's championship. There, Balsdon led the team to a fourth-place finish. The next season, the team won their second tour event, the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 event, which qualified the team to play in two

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s that season, the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open (1–3 record), and the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup (1–3 record). The team also played in the

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, where they missed the playoffs after losing in a tiebreaker. In their third season together, the Balsdon rink qualified for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials, where they lost in the B semi-final. A week later they played in the

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Grand Slam event, where they lost in a tiebreaker. At the 2018 Ontario Tankard, the team was eliminated after a 2–3 record. In 2018, Beuk joined the

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rink as McDonald's third. The team found quick success on the tour, winning the 2018

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event. The team played in two Slams that season, going 1–3 both the

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and the 2019 Canadian Open. The team then went on a surprise run at the

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, going undefeated at the event en route to their first provincial men's title. They represented Ontario at the

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, where they finished with a 6–5 round robin record. The next season, the team won the 2019 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix event, and played in three slams, the 2019 Masters (0–4 record), the

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(0–4) and the 2019 National (1–3). At the

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, the team lost in the semifinal. Due to the

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, many provinces had to cancel their provincial championships, with member associations selecting their representatives for the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier. As the reigning provincial champions in New Brunswick, Team James Grattan was invited to represent New Brunswick at the Brier, which they accepted. Grattan's third Paul Dobson opted not to attend the event due to travel restrictions. The team then invited Beuk to replace Dobson at the national championship in

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. At the Brier, the team had a strong start, defeating higher seeds Mike McEwen and

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to sit at 4–1 with three games left. They then, however, lost their last three games, just failing to qualify for the championship pool.

Personal life

Beuk works as a data monitor for the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging. He has also worked as a

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at Dr. Duncan Day & Associates. He is married to Sarah Simpson, and has one daughter. He grew up in

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. He graduated with a PhD in neuroscience from Queen's.

References

External links

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