Ian Dickie (born December 21, 1985, in
Bracebridge, Ontario
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The town was built around a waterfall on the Muskoka River in the centre of town and is known for its other nearby waterfalls (Wilson's Falls, High Fal ...
) is a
Canadian
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curler from
Newmarket, Ontario
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. He currently
skips his own team based in the
Kitchener area.
Career
While attending
Laurentian University
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in
Greater Sudbury
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,
Ontario
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, Dickie played in both the 2007 and
2009
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Northern Ontario men's curling championships.
After university, Dickie moved to Newmarket, Ontario. He played
second
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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
KW Fall Classic
The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's e ...
to China's
Liu Rui and making the semi-final of the 2015
Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic
The Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic is a bonspiel part of the men's Ontario Curling Tour. The event was introduced in 2012 and is held annually in October, at the Sarnia Golf & Curling Club in Point Edward, Ontario. It became a World Cu ...
.
Dickie made his first
Ontario Tankard
The Ontario Tankard is the Southern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Ontario at the Montana's Brier. The tournament is overseen by CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association).
Northern Ontario h ...
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
Pat Ferris
Patrick "Pat" Ferris (born October 28, 1975, in North York, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Grimsby, Ontario. He currently skips his own team.
Career
Ferris had a successful junior career. In 1993, he skipped his Sutton District High Schoo ...
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
2022–23 curling season
The 2022–23 curling season began in June 2022 and ended in May 2023.
''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.''
World Curling Federation events
Source:
Championshi ...
, Dickie joined the
Jason Camm rink at third. The team won two tour events, the
Capital Curling Fall Open and the
Capital Curling Classic
The Capital Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour. It is held annually in at the beginning of October at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa, Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and terri ...
. 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
External links
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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