Patrick "Pat" Ferris (born October 28, 1975, in

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, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Grimsby, Ontario. He currently skips his own team.

Career

Ferris had a successful junior career. In 1993, he skipped his

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team to a provincial schoolboy championship. He won back to back

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titles in 1995 and 1996. This qualified Ferris to skip the Ontario team at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in both of those years. At the 1995 Canadian Juniors, he led Ontario and teammates

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, Bryan Johnson and Paul Webster to a 6–5 record, missing the playoffs.
In 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, 1996, his rink would find more success. The team, which consisted of Johnson, Shaun Harris and future U.S. champion

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finished the round robin with a 7–5 record, in a 4-way tie for 3rd. In their first tiebreaker match, the team lost to Nova Scotia. Pat Ferris competes regularly on the World and Ontario Curling Tours having amassed 8 career victories, including the 2014

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WCT event. He has competed in nine Ontario Tankard Provincial Championships (as of 2023). Ferris qualified for his first Grand Slam of Curling event by winning the 2022 Stu Sells Brantford Nissan Classic. By winning, his rink played in the 2023 Champions Cup, where they did not make the playoffs.

Personal life

Pat Ferris resides in Grimsby, Ontario with his Wife and two Daughters. He is a Commercial Insurance Broker with Milmine Insurance Brokers in Stoney Creek.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferris, Pat Living people 1975 births Curlers from Toronto Sportspeople from North York People from Grimsby, Ontario Sportspeople from the Regional Municipality of Niagara Canadian male curlers 20th-century Canadian people