Landan Rooney (born February 19, 2002) is a Canadian curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team Pat Ferris.

Career

Rooney and teammates Matthew Prenevost, Kevin Genjaga, Benjamin Lobo competed in the 2019 Ontario U-21 Curling Championships, finishing with a 3–4 record. The following year, Rooney with new teammates Gavin Lydiate, Christopher Oka and Riley Fung-Ernst returned to the Ontario U-21, finishing with a 4–3 record. Rooney competed in the

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, playing third for Scott Mitchell. The event was held as a replacement tournament for the

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, which were cancelled due to the

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in Canada. The team finished with a 4–2 record, losing in the semifinals. Rooney played in his first Provincial men's championship in 2022, playing third for Mitchell. The team was eliminated at the event after finishing with a 3–3 record. Rooney and his rink of Nathan Steele, Jacob Jones and Austin Snyder won the

2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2022 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from March 26 to April 1 at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Füssen, ...

, defeating Alberta's Johnson Tao in the final. The team had just formed in December 2021 prior to that season's Ontario U-21 Curling Championships. They finished the Canadian Juniors Round-Robin with a 7–1 record, and then won all three of their playoff games to win the Championships. As Canadian champions, the team represented Canada at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships, where they finished with a 3–6 record, relegating Canada to the "B" championship for 2024. As national junior champions, Rooney and his rink (with Mitchell playing third instead of Steele) were invited to compete in the inaugural

2022 PointsBet Invitational The 2022 PointsBet Invitational curling tournament was held from September 21 to 25 at the Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The event featured thirty-two Canadian teams and was the first major event of the "Season of Champions" ...

tournament put on by Curling Canada. The team lost in the first round of the single-elimination tournament to Brendan Bottcher, 11–3. Later that season Rooney, and his team of Connor Deane, Jones and Snyder qualified for the

2023 Ontario Tankard The 2023 Ontario Tankard, (known as the Port Elgin Chrysler 2023 Ontario Tankard Presented by Bruce Power for sponsorship reasons), the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 24 to 29 at The Plex in Por ...

by defeating Mike McEwen in one of the A finals of the Tankard Open Qualifier. At the Ontario Tankard, the team went 1–4 in pool play, missing the playoffs.

Personal life

He currently plays for the

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men's curling team. He is currently a humanities student there.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rooney, Landan Living people 2002 births Curlers from Toronto Sportspeople from Mississauga Canadian male curlers University of Toronto alumni 21st-century Canadian people