Travis Colter (born October 15, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He currently plays second on Team

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. He was a member of the 2019 Nova Scotia men's championship rink that competed at the

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, Canada's national men's curling championship.

Career

Men's

Colter began curling at around 2007. By 2010, he had already joined up with former Brier champion

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, playing

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on his team. He played in his first provincial championship at the 2011 Nova Scotia Men's Molson Provincial Championship. There, the team lost in the C qualifier final. The next season, they lost in the final of the

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to the Jamie Murphy rink. In 2012, Colter joined the Kevin Saccary rink, and joined the Tommy Sullivan rink in 2014. The Sullivan rink went 2–5 at the 2015 provincial championship. In 2015, Colter joined the

rink as the team's second. Team found immediate success on the

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, 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. Team Thompson began the 2016–17 season by winning the Lakeshore Curling Club Cashspiel. Two months later, the team won the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix event. At the

2017 Deloitte Tankard The 2017 Deloitte Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 19 to 24 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The winning Jamie Murphy team represented Nova Scotia at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier ...

provincial championship, the rink finished the round robin with a 5–2 record, which put the team into the playoffs. They won their semifinal match, but lost in the final to Jamie Murphy. At the

2018 Deloitte Tankard The 2018 Deloitte Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 8 to 14 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth. The winning Jamie Murphy team represented Nova Scotia at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier ...

, 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 Colter's former skip, Mark Dacey. The Thompson rink began the 2018–19 season by winning the 2018 Curling Store Cashspiel tour event. Later that season, the team won 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 them for the

in Brandon, Manitoba for the first time. At the Brier, as Team Nova Scotia, the team finished with a 3–4 record in pool play. The next season, Colter moved to play

on the team. 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. Colter formed his own rink in 2020 as a

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, but throwing third stones with teammates Robby McLean, Ian Juurlink and

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. The team won their first event together, the 2020 Curling Store Cashspiel, the third straight title for Colter.

Mixed doubles

Colter and partner Julia Williams won the 2014 provincial

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curling championship. The pair represented Nova Scotia at the 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials where they finished with a 1–6 record.

Personal life

As of 2019, Colter was employed as a project quotation specialist for Graybar Canada. He is married.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colter, Travis 1991 births Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canadian male curlers Living people