Darryl Prebble (born March 9, 1978) is a
Canadian
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curler.
Prebble has curled off and on the
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from J ...
since 1999. He has played with skips such as
Pat Ferris,
Greg Balsdon
Gregory Balsdon (born October 9, 1977) is a Canadian curler from North York, Ontario. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour.
Curling career
Balsdon was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1995, Balsdon won the Ontario Schoolboy champion ...
,
Peter Steski
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Peter Corner
Peter J. Corner2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born May 20, 1968 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Burlington, Ontario.
Career
Corner was a member of the 1993 "dream team" of his cousin Wayne Middaugh and the brothers ...
and
John Epping
John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto.
Career
Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...
. He also skipped in his own right from 2008 to 2010. He currently skips a team on the
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.
Prebble has played in three
Grand Slam
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John Epping
John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto.
Career
Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...
's second in the 2010-11 curling season. His first Grand Slam was the
2010 Swiss Chalet National where the Epping rink missed the playoffs with a 2-3 record. Their next Grand Slam was the
2011 BDO Canadian Open where they again finished the round robin with a 2-3 record. However, this was good enough for a tie breaker, which the team lost to
Rob Fowler. Prebble's final slam was at the
2011 Players' Championship
The 2011 GP Car and Home Players' Championship was a Grand Slam curling bonspiel held at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta from April 12–17. It features a men's and women's draw, where the top sixteen teams from the Order of Merit ...
where the team was eliminated in four games after posting just one win. After that season, Prebble went on to play lead for
Peter Corner
Peter J. Corner2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born May 20, 1968 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Burlington, Ontario.
Career
Corner was a member of the 1993 "dream team" of his cousin Wayne Middaugh and the brothers ...
, but has not played in any Slams since. In 2012, Prebble left the Corner rink.
Prebble has been to four
provincial championships, skipping in one of them,
the 2013 Dominion Tankard.
References
WCT profile"Rookies Rock Tankard" - ''The Barrie Examiner''
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1978 births
Living people
Canadian male curlers
Canada Cup (curling) participants