Ian Dickie (born December 21, 1985, in

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) is a

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curler from

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. He currently skips his own team based in the Kitchener area.

Career

While attending

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, Dickie played in both the 2007 and

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Northern Ontario men's curling championships. After university, Dickie moved to Newmarket, Ontario. He played

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for the Chris Ciasnocha rink for one season (2013–14) before forming his own rink as a skip in 2014. Dickie's first Tour event was the 2013 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. After forming his own team, Dickie re-joined the World Curling Tour for the 2015–16 season. His team found immediate success by making the final of the 2015

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to China's Liu Rui and making the semi-final of the 2015

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. Dickie made his first

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provincial men's championship in 2016, where he led his rink of Tyler Stewart, Evan Lilly and Robert Currie to a 3–7 round robin record. Dickie joined the

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rink in 2019 as his third. The team played in the 2020 Ontario Tankard, finishing with a 3–5 record. They played in the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials, finishing with a 2–4 record. Later in the season they played in the 2022 Ontario Tankard, where they were eliminated in a triple knockout after winning two games. For the

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, Dickie joined the Jason Camm rink at third. The team won two tour events, the Capital Curling Fall Open and the

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. Their success on the tour qualified them for the 2023 Ontario Tankard.

Personal life

Dickie is employed as a sales director with GNB Industrial Power. He is married and has three children.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickie, Ian Living people 1985 births Curlers from Northern Ontario Sportspeople from Bracebridge, Ontario Curlers from Greater Sudbury Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario Laurentian University alumni Canadian male curlers 21st-century Canadian sportsmen