Michael "Mick" (Micky) Lizmore (born November 7, 1987 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.

Career

Juniors

Lizmore, who is originally from London, Ontario won the 2007

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playing vice for the

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rink. Representing Ontario at the

2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2007 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held February 3-11 at the Jack Gatecliff Arena and the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2007 World Junior ...

, the team went 8-4, missing the playoffs.

Men's career: Ontario

After juniors, Lizmore joined the

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rink for one season before joining the

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team in 2008 as lead. The team made it to the

2009 TSC Stores Tankard The 2009 TSC Stores Tankard was the 2009 edition of the Ontario provincial men's curling tournament. It was held on February 2-8 at the Woodstock District Community Complex in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. The winning team represented Ontario at th ...

, the provincial men's championship for Ontario, where they finished in 4th place. The next season they did not make it to provincials but did play in one Grand Slam of Curling event, the

2010 Players' Championship The 2010 Grey Power Players' Championship was the last Grand Slam event of both the World Curling Tour and Women's World Curling Tour for the 2009-10 season. This was the eighteenth time the event took place, and the fifth time since it was swit ...

, where they went winless.

Men's career: Alberta

Lizmore moved to Alberta to attend the University of Alberta (after attending the University of Western Ontario) to study psychology. He joined the Brendan Bottcher rink in 2011, playing third. The team won the

2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships The 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships were held from March 14 to 18 at the Welland Curling Club in Welland, Ontario. The host university of the event was Brock University, located in nearby St. Catharines. The winners of the event, the teams fro ...

in their first season together. The next season, they represented Canada at the

2013 Winter Universiade The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013. This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade ...

, where they won a bronze medal. That season, the team won their first World Curling Tour event, the

Red Deer Curling Classic The Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started in 1992 a ...

, and played in Lizmore's first Alberta men's provincial championship, the

2013 Boston Pizza Cup The 2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, the men's provincial curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alberta. The winner of the Boston Pizza Cup represented Alberta at the 2013 Tim Hort ...

, winning just one game. The 2013-14 season was the last season for Lizmore on the team. That year, they won one tour event, the Spruce Grove Cashspiel and won just one game at the

2014 Boston Pizza Cup The 2014 Boston Pizza Cup, the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 5 to 9 at the Lacombe Curling Club in Lacombe, Alberta. The winner represented Alberta at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops. Qualificatio ...

. They also played on one Slam that year, the

2013 Canadian Open of Curling The 2013 Canadian Open of Curling was held from November 13 to 17 at Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season. The event was held in a r ...

, where they won just one game. In 2014, Lizmore formed his own rink with

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, Parker Konschuh and Carter Lautner. The team won the Shamrock Shotgun World Curling Tour event that year and qualified for the playoffs at the

2015 Boston Pizza Cup The 2015 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 4 to 8 at the Peace Memorial Multiplex in Wainwright, Alberta. The winning Kevin Koe team represented Alberta at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary. Qualification process Twelve teams qualifie ...

, where they lost in the semifinal against Lizmore's former skip, Brendan Bottcher. That season Lizmore played in the 2014 National Grand Slam event, playing second for Matthew Blandford, missing the playoffs. For the 2015-16 season, Lizmore added Dalyn Vavrek and

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to the team, replacing Connolly and Konschuh. The team won the

. Once again Lizmore made it to the playoffs at the

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, and once again lost to Bottcher, this time in the 3 vs. 4 game. Also that season, Lizmore won the

2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 7 to 14, 2015 at the Weston Golf & Country Club in Toronto, Ontario. The winning Alberta team represented Canada at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship. Alberta won its 11t ...

with teammates Sarah Wilkes,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lizmore, Mick 1987 births Curlers from Ontario Living people Curlers from Edmonton Sportspeople from London, Ontario Canadian male curlers Canadian mixed curling champions Universiade medalists in curling Universiade bronze medalists for Canada Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Canadian curling coaches