Thomas Brewster Jr. (born 10 April 1974) is a Scottish curler from

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. He is currently the coach of the

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men's team.

Career

Brewster is a former World Junior champion, having won the title in 1995. The Scottish team which consisted of Paul Westwood,

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and

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finished 8–1 after the round robin, and defeated Sweden's

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and then Germany's

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to win the championship. Play in Curl Aberdeen - geograph

Brewster has skipped Scotland to two European Mixed titles, in 2006 and in 2009. Brewster has been a frequent participant in

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events, perhaps more so than the more successful Scottish teams. He has won a total of six WCT events, all European events. He has played in 12

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events, advancing to the quarterfinals on five occasions (but never further). In 2002, Brewster was invited to play in his first

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. He was an alternate for the Warwick Smith team which won a bronze medal in 2002. Brewster won his first Scottish men's title in 2011, and represented Scotland at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing second in the round robin and winning the silver in the final against

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. In

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he again won silver, this time losing in the final against

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skip

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2014 Olympic team

Former World Champion

was added to the Brewster rink in 2012 to boost the team's chances at the

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. The team did not find immediate success in their first major tournament, finishing 7th at the

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. After then, Brewster was bumped to third on the team, with Murdoch skipping. This turned out to be a successful lineup change, as the team won a bronze medal at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. The team then went on to take bronze at the 2013 European Championships. Brewster made his

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Winter Olympic debut at the Sochi

. Brewster would not see any action at the games, as he would be the team's alternate for the event. However, he and teammates

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, Scott Andrews and

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wound up winning the silver medal, after losing to Canada's

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rink in the gold medal game. The team disbanded in 2014. Following the 2014 Olympics, Brewster focused on fitness training, in order to overcome limitations due to a broken leg he suffered when he was younger. In a 2016 interview with ''

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'' he said that this training had allowed him to significantly improve his technique. Subsequently he formed part of a new rink with

Hammy McMillan Jr. Hamilton "Hammy" McMillan Jr. (born 29 May 1992) is a Scottish curler from Stranraer. He currently plays lead for Bruce Mouat and was part of Tom Brewster's Scotland team at 2016 European Curling Championships. He is a 2013 world junior and 20 ...

, Ross Patterson, and Glen Muirhead. In 2016 Brewster guided his rink to victories over Team Murdoch in both the Scottish championships in February and the European Playdowns in October. Team Brewster also competed for Scotland at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship, although they missed out on a medal: subsequently the team were passed over for selection for the

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in favour of Kyle Smith's rink.

Personal life

Tom is now the Ice rink manager at

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. He is married to

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, and has one son and one daughter.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brewster, Tom 1974 births Living people Scottish male curlers British male curlers Olympic curlers of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in curling Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from St Andrews Scottish curling coaches