Mike Kennedy (curler)

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Mike Kennedy
Born (1962-08-06) August 6, 1962 (age 63)
Edmundston, New Brunswick
Team
Curling club Grand Falls CC,
Grand Falls, NB [1]
Skip Mike Kennedy
Third François Gionest
Second Robert Desjardins
Lead René Dubois
Alternate Stewart Yaxley
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick (1980–2025)
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec (2026–Present)
Brier appearances6 (1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2016, 2017)
Top CTRS ranking 52nd (2016–17)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Senior Curling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Dumfries

Michael C. Kennedy [2] (born August 6, 1962) [3] is a Canadian curler from Edmundston, New Brunswick.

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Curling career

Men's

As a junior curler, Kennedy won a provincial championship playing third for the Ron Healey rink in 1980. [4]

Kennedy has been one of the perennial top skips in New Brunswick since the 1990s. Kennedy won his first provincial men's championship in 1992, earning the right to represent New Brunswick at the 1992 Labatt Brier. There, he led his team of Brad Fitzherbert, Tom Harris and Dave Coster to a 3-8 finish. The next year, Kennedy won another provincial title, this time with Mark LeCocq replacing Harris at second. The team improvinced on the 1992 performance, by finishing 5-6 at the 1993 Labatt Brier. Kennedy returned to the Brier in 1996 with new teammates Grant Odishaw and Rick Perron along with LeCocq. At the '96 Brier, Kennedy once again led New Brunswick to a 5-6 record.

Kennedy would not return to the Brier for another 12 years. This time Kennedy played third for the James Grattan rink. The team went 2-9 at the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier. Eight years later Kennedy would be back at the Brier, throwing skip rocks for New Brunswick at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier with teammates Scott Jones, LeCocq and Jamie Brannen. There, they would finish with a 3-8 record. Kennedy would win back-to-back titles and return to represent New Brunswick at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, where they would finish a disappointing 1-10 record after round robin play.

Seniors

Kennedy is a former Canadian and World Senior Curling Champion. He won both the 2013 Canadian Senior Curling Championships and 2014 World Senior Curling Championships playing third for the Wayne Tallon rink. Kennedy has also won two provincial seniors titles, winning with Tallon in 2013 and playing third for Mark Armstrong in 2014. [5]

Personal life

Kennedy works as an IT Manager at Twin Rivers Paper Co. He is married and has three children. [6]

References

  1. "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".
  2. 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  3. 2017 Brier Media Guide: Team New Brunswick
  4. "New Brunswick Junior Men's Champions".
  5. "New Brunswick Senior Men's Champions".
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)