Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a

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curler from

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Career

Dunstone won the

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. He represented Canada at the

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, where he won the bronze medal. He was unable to defend his championship at the 2014 Canadian Juniors after losing in the finals of the Manitoba Canola Juniors to

Braden Calvert Braden Calvert (born July 16, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Carberry, Manitoba. He currently skips his own team out of Winnipeg. He is a former World Junior curling champion and two-time Canadian junior champion. Career Calvert, originally f ...

. The next time he would represent Manitoba was in 2016, after winning the 2016 Manitoba Canola Juniors. This earned the Dunstone rink a spot in the 2016 Canadian Juniors where he won his second title after defeating Northern Ontario 11-4 in the final, and represented Canada at the

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, winning a bronze medal. Dunstone joined the Saskatchewan-based Steve Laycock rink for the 2017-18 curling season, initially as second, but later in the season began throwing fourth stones, while Laycock skipped and threw third. Dunstone won his first provincial men's championship in 2018 with Team Laycock. The team represented Saskatchewan at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, where they finished with a 6-5 record. Team Laycock broke up in 2018, and Dunstone formed a new Saskatchewan-based team, with him as skip,

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at third ,

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at second and

Dustin Kidby Dustin "Deuce" Kidby (born May 26, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. He most recently threw lead rocks for Team Matt Dunstone. Career Juniors Kidby represented Saskatchewan at two Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The f ...

at lead. The team was invited to represent Canada at the third leg of the 2018-19 Curling World Cup. The team won the event, defeating Team Sweden's

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rink in the final. In their first event of the 2019-20 season, Team Dunstone finished runner-up at the

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. Dunstone also won his first career Grand Slam at the 2019 Masters where he defeated

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in the final. The team failed to replicate the success as they were not able to qualify at the Tour Challenge,

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, Canadian Open, and finishing winless at the

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. The team was able to win the

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, after falling into the C Event, Team Dunstone won four straight games including defeating

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in the final to win the provincial championship. At the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, they finished the round robin and championship pool with a 8–3 record which qualified them for the 1 vs. 2 game against

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. They lost the game 9–4 and then lost the semifinal to

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's Gushue, settling for a bronze medal. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the

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and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the

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. After the season, Team Dunstone added

to their team, replacing

at second. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Dunstone was invited to represent Saskatchewan at the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher defeated Team ...

, which they accepted. At the Brier, Dunstone led his team to a 9–3 record, qualifying for the playoffs as the second seed. Facing

in the semifinal, they lost 6–5 after Bottcher made a runback to score two in the tenth end. Team Dunstone would have to settle for the bronze medal for a second straight year.

Personal life

Dunstone was a real estate student at the

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, and currently works as a mortgage broker for Integra Mortgage. He is in a relationship with fellow curler

Erin Pincott Erin Pincott (born April 17, 1995 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Kamloops. She is the longtime third for Corryn Brown, having played together since they were six years old. Career Junior career Playing for Corryn Brow ...

. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dunstone officially moved to Kamloops, British Columbia to be with partner Pincott in 2018.

Grand Slam record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunstone, Matt 1995 births Living people Curlers from Winnipeg Canadian male curlers Sportspeople from Kamloops Canada Cup (curling) participants University of British Columbia alumni