Scott Jones (born November 4, 1971) is a Canadian curler from

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...

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. He currently skips his own team.

Career

Juniors

Jones won the 1990 New Brunswick junior men's title, skipping a rink of Darrell Rice, Sean Hughson and Shane Longley. The team represented New Brunswick at the 1990 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, with Jones playing second on the team. There, the rink would finish with a 3–8 record, in 11th place.

Men's

Jones won his first provincial men's title in 2007, throwing third rocks for the Paul Dobson rink. At the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier, the rink would finish last, with a 1–10 record. In 2008, Jones won the New Brunswick mixed title as a skip with teammates

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and Stephanie Taylor. They would represent New Brunswick at the

2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 9 to 16, 2008 at the Arniatok Arena in Iqaluit Iqaluit ( ; , ; ) is the capital of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest com ...

. There, he led the province to a 5–6 record. Jones returned to the Brier in 2012 after winning his second provincial title. At the

2012 Tim Hortons Brier The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to March 11 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This Brier marked the sixth time that Saskatoon hosted the Brier; the last time ...

, Jones played second for the New Brunswick team, skipped by

Terry Odishaw Terrance "Terry" Odishaw (born June 17, 1966) is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. He is a four-time provincial men's champion and former Canadian mixed champion. Career Odishaw has won the New Brunswick men's curling championship ...

. At the Brier, the team would finish with a 5–6 round robin record. Jones won another New Brunswick mixed title as skip in 2014. He and teammates

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Chris Jeffrey Christopher Jeffrey (born November 19, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He currently plays the alternate on Team Scott Jones. Career Men's In his junior career, Jeffrey played in the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Champions ...

and

Kendra Lister Kendra Lister (born October 4, 1987 as Kendra Dickison) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently plays second on Team Melissa Adams. Career Women's Lister joined the Quillian (Robichaud at the time) rink after the 2 ...

represented New Brunswick at the

2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship were held from November 10 to 15, 2014 at the North Bay Granite Club in North Bay, Ontario. The winners of this championship represented Canada at the inaugural World Mixed Curling Championship Th ...

, where they finished with a 4–5 record. Jones, Marc LeCocq and

Jamie Brannen Jamie Robert Alexander Brannen (September 2, 1975 – September 23, 2022) was a Canadian curler and a six-time New Brunswick Tankard champion. Early life Brannen was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Brannen and Cindy Clark Murray ...

, who have been teammates for a number of years added World Senior champion Mike Kennedy as their skip for the 2015–16 season. The team would go on to win the New Brunswick championship, and play in the

2016 Tim Hortons Brier The 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5–13, 2016 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the fourth time the Brier has been held in Ottawa, and the fifth time the Brier has been held i ...

where they would miss the playoffs with a 3–8 record. The team won the provincial title again the next season and played in the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier where they did not do very well, finishing with a 1–10 record. The team parted ways after the 2016–17 season with Jones forming his own team with long-time teammate Jamie Brannen at third, Brian King at second and

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at lead. At the New Brunswick championship, the team went 3–4, missing the playoffs. The following season, they qualified for the playoffs at the 2019 NB Tankard after winning the tiebreaker. They then lost the semi-final to James Grattan. Brannen left the team following that season and they added 2015 provincial champion

Jeremy Mallais Jeremy Mallais (born July 18, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. He is currently the alternate on Team Scott Jones. Career Mallais finished second at the 2008 New Brunswick Tankard, losing the final to James Grattan 9– ...

at third. They would have a successful start as a team, winning both the

Steele Cup Cash The Steele Cup Cash is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It was part of the Men's and Women's World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels ...

and the

Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge The Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge (known previously as the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel and the Lady Monctonian Invitational as it was an only women's event) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at Curl Moncton in ...

. Jones also got to play in his first

Grand Slam of Curling The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and f ...

event at the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2. After going 2–2 in the round robin, they lost the tiebreaker to

Rich Ruohonen Richard Ruohonen (born March 31, 1971) is an American curler from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. He is a two-time national champion and as such represented the United States at the 2008 and 2018 World Men's Curling Championships. Career Ruohonen ...

Personal life

Jones is employed as the chief financial officer for Blue Line Innovations Inc and Moncton Magic. He has a partner, one child and two step-children.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Scott Curlers from New Brunswick Living people Sportspeople from Moncton 1971 births Canadian male curlers