Stuart Thompson (born September 26, 1992 in

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) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team on the

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Career

Juniors

As a junior curler, Thompson won three Nova Scotia provincial titles. The first came in 2011, playing second for his brother Kendal's team. The team represented Nova Scotia at the

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, where the team would just miss the playoffs, finishing with a 7-5 record. With the elder Kendal graduating from the junior ranks, Stuart formed his own junior team for the next season with himself

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ping, teammates Scott Babin, Alex MacNeil and Paul Weingartshofer. The team won the 2012 provincial junior title and represented Nova Scotia at the

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. Thompson led his rink to a 9-3 round robin record, tied for third with Manitoba. This put the team in a tiebreaker game for the final playoff spot, which they would lose. For the next season, Thompson continued as skip for his team, adding Luke Saunders to the rink, replacing Weingartshofer. The team would win the 2013 provincial junior championship and again represented Nova Scotia at that year's Canadian Juniors. There, the team finished with an 8-2 round robin record, good enough for second place. However, the team would lose in the semifinal against Manitoba's

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, settling for a bronze medal. Thompson also played with his brother on the Saint Mary's University curling team. The team would finish with a 3-4 record at the

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Men's

After juniors, Thompson was picked up to play

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for former Brier champion

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. With Dacey, Thompson would play in his first provincial men's championship at the 2014 Molson Coors Tankard. There, Dacey led the team all the way to the final, losing to Jamie Murphy. The next month the team played in Thompson's first ever

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event, the 2014 Syncrude National, with the team going 2-3, failing to advance to the playoffs. The next season, the team won the 2014 Atlantic Curling Tour Championship, Thompson's first

event title. Later in the season, the team again played in the Nova Scotia men's championship, the

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. The team had less luck, placing fourth. After the season, Thompson left the Dacey rink to form his own team as skip, with teammates

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, and Alex MacNeil. Thompson and his new team found success on the World Curling Tour, winning two events in 2015, the Bud Light Men's Cashspiel and the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2016 provincial championships, finishing fourth with a 4-3 record. Thompson began the 2016-17 season by winning the Lakeshore Curling Club Cashspiel. Two months later, his team won the

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event. At the

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provincial championship, he led his team to a 5-2 round robin record, which put the rink into the playoffs. They won their semifinal match, but lost in the final to Jamie Murphy. The next season,

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joined the lineup, replacing MacNeil at lead. At the

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, they went 4-3 in the round robin, putting them in a three-way tiebreaker. They won both their tiebreak matches, but lost in the semifinal to Team

. Thompson began the 2018-19 season by winning

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tour event. Thompson, led his team to victory in the

2019 Deloitte Tankard The 2019 Deloitte Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 21 to 27 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth. The winning Stuart Thompson team represented Nova Scotia at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brie ...

in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia qualifying his team for 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 ...

in Brandon, Manitoba for the first time. Thompson beat out Team Jamie Murphy in a close 6-4 match to win the Tankard, avenging previous losses to Murphy at the Deloitte Tankard. The team had gone 5-2 in the round robin, but won both of their playoff matches to claim the Tankard. At the Brier, Thompson led Team Nova Scotia to a 3-4 record in pool play. The team won a second straight Curling Store Cashspiel in 2019 At the 2020 Deloitte Tankard, the team finished the round robin with a 4–3 record, and then lost in a tiebreaker match to Chad Stevens.

Personal life

Thompson works as a mechanical technologist with Geospectrum Technologies Inc.2019 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Team Nova Scotia

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Stuart Living people 1992 births Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Saint Mary's Huskies players Canadian male curlers 21st-century Canadian people