Pierre Charette

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Pierre Charette
Curler
Pierre Charette.jpg
Born (1955-06-23) June 23, 1955 (age 69)
Masson, Quebec
Team
Curling club CC Thurso,
Thurso, QC [1]
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (1989-2000; 2001-present)
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (2000-2001)
Brier appearances14 (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2023)
Top CTRS ranking 14th (2005-06, 2006-07)
Grand Slam victories1 (2003 National)

Pierre G. "The Duffer" Charette [2] (born June 23, 1955) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. [3] He currently coaches the Silvana Tirinzoni rink [4]

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Career

Born in Masson, Quebec, Charette has played in thirteen Briers, and was the first curler to have played every position (including alternate) at a Brier. He skipped teams in 1989, 1993 and 2007; played third for Guy Hemmings in 1998 and 1999, played second for Don Westphal in 1997, played lead for Westphal in 1996 and was the alternate for Kevin Adams in 1991, Ted Butler in 1992 and Jean-Michel Ménard in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

Charette's best performance at the Brier was the two years he played for Hemmings, where they lost in the Brier final on both occasions.

Charette had to qualify for the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier by defeating defending Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard in the Quebec final 12-8.

In 2001, Charette played third for Peter Corner in the Ontario provincial championships, but they finished 3-6.

After the 2010-11 curling season ended, Serge Reid's team announced in a tweet that Charette would be joining their rink as skip and would throw lead stones. [5] He played with them for one season before forming a new team with Richard Faguy, Louis Biron and Maurice Cayouette.

Personal life

Charette is employed as the president of GolfXtra. [6] He has two children. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".
  2. ↑ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  3. ↑ "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ Announcement @TeamReidCurling
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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