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Darrell Ell is a Canadian curler and curling coach [1] from Lethbridge, Alberta. [2]
He is a long-time coach of Canadian and European teams, and later on was coach of the Netherlands and Hungarian national teams at the World and European championships.
From 2011 to 2021 he worked for World Curling Federation as Competitions and Development Officer. [3] [4]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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2002–03 | Darrell Ell | ? | ? | ? | [5] |
2003–04 | Kory Kohuch | Terry Hamilton | Darrell Ell | Merle Smith | [6] |
2004–05 | Kory Kohuch | Terry Hamilton | Darrell Ell | Merle Smith | [7] |
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