Shane Konings

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Shane Konings
Born (1990-09-28) September 28, 1990 (age 34) [1]
Team
Curling club Unionville CC [2]
Unionville, ON
Skip Fraser Reid
Third Shane Konings
Second Spencer Nuttall
Lead Matt Pretty
Mixed doubles
partner
Lauren Wasylkiw
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (2011–present)

Shane Konings (born September 28, 1990) is a Canadian curler, originally from Gowanstown, Ontario. [3]

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Career

Mixed doubles

Konings won the 2020 Ontario Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Lauren Wasylkiw, [4] but did not compete at the 2020 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the 2021 Ontario provincial playdowns were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Wasylkiw and Konings were selected to represent Ontario at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Calgary. [5] At the championship, the pair finished with a 2–4 record, defeating Kim Tuck / Wayne Tuck Jr. and Bayly Scoffin / Wade Scoffin. [6] They qualified for the 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where the pair finished with a 4-3 record.

Personal life

Koning resides in Stouffville, Ontario and works as a GIS data engineer for LightBox. He is engaged to his doubles partner, Lauren Wasylkiw. [7]

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References

  1. "Shane Konings". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "2021 Home Hardware Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. "Shane Konings". Laurier Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  4. Wilson, Mike (March 5, 2020). "Local curlers compete at provincial championship". The Wellington Advertiser. North Wellington Community News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  5. Chenier, Stephen (December 21, 2020). "CurlON Cancels All Provincial Championships to April 2021". CurlON. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  6. Jackie Spiegel (March 26, 2021). "Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  7. "Homan and Bottcher Into Olympic Curling Trials". The Curling News. November 24, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.