Aaron John Squires (born November 10, 1992, in

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) is a

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curler from

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. He formerly played on the

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. As a junior curler, Squires and his St. Thomas Curling Club rink of Jason Camm,

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and Curtis Easter won the 2013 Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships. The team then represented Ontario at the

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, where they posted a 7–3 record before losing a tie-breaker match to Manitoba's

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rink. Later in the year, Squires was added to the

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rink at the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Qualifying Tournament as an alternate. In university, Squires skipped the

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rink at the

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. His Laurier rink finished the event with a 6–1 round robin record (tied with Dunstone's

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(skipped by

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). Squires was named as a CIS Men's Curling All-Canadian. Squires rebounded this year after being unable to play in the semi-finals and finals of OUA's last year due to an undisclosed illness by skipping his team to a gold medal performance at the 2015 OUA championships. His Laurier rink then competed at the 2015 CIS/CCA Curling Championships where they finished round robin with another 6-1 record. After defeating St.Marys quite handily in the semis, they fell short to the University of Alberta in the finals capturing the silver medal. Squires skipped the Laurier team again at the

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, leading his team of

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, Spencer Nuttall, Fraser Reid, and

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to a 6–1 round robin record. In the playoffs, they won both their games, including defeating the University of Alberta (this time skipped by

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) in the final. This qualified the team to represent Canada at the

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. There, Squires led Canada to a 4–5 record, missing the playoffs. Squires and his men's team of

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, Spencer Nuttall and Fraser Reid qualified for the

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, his first provincial men's championship. To qualify, the team had to beat the former world champion

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rink. At the 2015 Ontario Tankard, Squires led the team to a 3–7 record. In 2015, Squires joined the

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team at third. They played in the

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, but finished with a poor 3-7 record. The next year, they played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-trials, but failed to make the playoffs, finishing with a 2–4 record. The team made it to the

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, but just missed out on qualifying for the playoffs. The next year they made it to the

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, where they finished with a 1–8 record, in last place. Squires returned to the

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in 2023 as part of a new team with

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and Scott Brandon.

Personal life

Squires works as a product specialist for STIHL Canada.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Squires, Aaron 1992 births Living people Wilfrid Laurier University people People from St. Thomas, Ontario Curlers from Ontario Canadian male curlers Curlers from Victoria, British Columbia Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade