Jordan Pinder (born April 24, 1984) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
curler originally from
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. He now lives in
Blockhouse, Nova Scotia.
Career
Pinder's father encouraged him to start curling. He has been curling since the age of 14, starting in his hometown of Miramichi.
Pinder has been part of
Jamie Murphy's team since 2009.
Murphy's team had a notable 2010 season, losing in the semifinal of the
Nova Scotia Men's Provincial Championship that year.
In 2012 the team captured the
provincial championship, defeating former Brier champion
Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey (born June 22, 1966) is a Canadian curler originally from Saskatchewan. He was based at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, having won the 2004 Nokia Brier. H ...
. This earned Murphy's team their first trip to the
Tim Horton's Brier.
Personal life
Pinder is self employed as a photographer, and he is also a post-doctoral fellow at
Dalhousie University in the Pathology department.
He is married to Vanessa Surette and has two children.
[2019 Brier Media Guide: Team New Brunswick]
Teams
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References
External links
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Grad student profile
1984 births
Living people
Canadian male curlers
Curlers from New Brunswick
Curlers from Nova Scotia
People from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
People from Miramichi, New Brunswick
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