Matthew "Matt" Ng (born January 4, 1986 in Calgary, Alberta) is a

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curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team

Charley Thomas Charley M. Thomas (born April 4, 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Calgary who currently skips his own rink on the World Curling Tour. Curling career Thomas started his career with an Alberta Provincial Junior tit ...

Career

Youth

Ng was a member of Team Alberta at the 2003

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, where he won a bronze medal. Ng, who was a member of the J. D. Lind junior rink, was invited to play for Team Canada (skipped by

) as an alternate at the

2006 World Junior Curling Championships The 2006 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 11 to 19 in Jeonju, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula ...

. Ng only played in one game at the event, but took home the gold medal along with the rest of the team. The following season, Ng joined the Thomas rink as their

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. The team represented Alberta at the

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, losing just one game en route to the championship. They represented Canada at the

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, where they again lost just one game en route to winning their second gold medal. In university curling, Ng was a member of the

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curling team at the

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and

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 ...

Men's

Ng reunited with some of his former junior teammates in 2010, playing

on a team skipped by Brock Virtue, with Lind playing third. In their first season, the team played in a number of events on the World Curling Tour, including the

2011 Players' Championship The 2011 GP Car and Home Players' Championship was a Grand Slam curling bonspiel held at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta from April 12–17. It features a men's and women's draw, where the top sixteen teams from the Order of Merit ...

, Ng's first Grand Slam event of his career. They lost all three of their games there. The next season, the team did not play in any slams, but on the tour they did win the

World Financial Group Classic The World Financial Group Classic was an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that took place at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The tournament was held in a triple-knockout format in its first year, but was held in a round robin f ...

. In 2012, Virtue was replaced with Charley Thomas as the team's skip. The team played another competitive season together. Thomas and Ng played again for one more season before that team broke up in 2014. After 2014, Ng did not curl much competitively until joining the

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-based Jamie Koe rink for the 2018-19 season. The team won the 2019 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship and represented the Northwest Territories at the

2019 Tim Hortons Brier The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Westoba Place in Brandon, Manitoba. In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Team Wildcard skipped by Brendan Bottcher 4–3 by scoring two ...

, Ng's first men's national championship appearance. At the Brier, the team finished with a 1–6 record, only defeating Nunavut. The following season, the team once again won the 2020 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship with a perfect 5–0 record throughout the tournament.

Personal life

Ng is married and has one daughter. He is employed as a geophysicist2019 Brier Media Guide: Team Northwest Territories with Advantage Oil and Gas Ltd.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Matt Living people 1986 births Curlers from Calgary Canadian male curlers University of Calgary alumni