Christopher Schille (born February 19, 1983, in

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) is a

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curler from

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Curling career

Schille grew up in Alberta, where he had a successful junior career, skipping the Alberta team to a 7–5 record at the 2004 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Following Juniors, he played third for Rob Armitage during the 2004-05 season. The following season, he formed his own team before heading east to play second for 2006 Olympic champion

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 ...

out of

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. In 2008 he was replaced by Ryan Fry and Schille returned to Alberta to form his own team. Schille's move to Newfoundland to play for the Gushue rink followed the departure of

Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, CM, ONL (born February 19, 1956, in Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, but originally from Midland, Ontario. He lived in Moncton, New Brunswick, from 2000 t ...

. The team made it to the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier where they lost to Ontario (skipped by Russ' brother, Glenn) in the final. The team qualified for the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier as well, but has less success, losing in the tie-breaker game to British Columbia ( Bob Ursel). In 2008, Schille teamed up with 2-time Canadian Junior Champion Charley Thomas, who would throw last rocks for the team, while Schille skipped. The new team had some limited success on the

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. Thomas left the team in 2009, and in 2010 Schille joined forces with

Don Walchuk Donald J. Walchuk (born March 6, 1963, in Melville, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curling, curler from Edmonton, Alberta. For many years Walchuk played third for Kevin Martin (curler), Kevin Martin's team. On Martin's rink, Walchuk was known especi ...

as his third. Schille played one season with Walchuk before leaving for Saskatchewan to play second for

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. Schille would win his first Saskatchewan men's championship in 2013 as a member of this team. The team represented Saskatchewan at the

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, finishing with a record of 5–6. During the 2013 provincial championship, Schille was ejected from a playoff game due to foul language. This is thought to be the first player ejection in competitive curling in 30 years. Schille returned to the Brier in

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as third for the

Jamie Koe Jamie Koe (born November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. He has played in 14 Briers, representing the Northwest Territories/Yukon team and three Briers representing just the Northwest Territories. At the 2012 Brier, he became the first skip fro ...

rink from the Northwest Territories. He played for the Northwest Territories again in the 2017 and 2018 Briers. Schille was again caught up in controversy at the 2018 Red Deer Curling Classic. Before a match, the Koe rink got extremely drunk and disorderly, and were disqualified from the tournament, and banned from future Red Deer Curling Classics.

Personal life

Schille is employed as a business owner of Flooring Superstores. He has one child.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schille, Chris 1983 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Alberta Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Curlers from the Northwest Territories People from Barrhead, Alberta Sportspeople from Red Deer, Alberta Sportspeople from Yellowknife Canada Cup (curling) participants Curlers from Saskatchewan 21st-century Canadian sportsmen