Jamie Danbrook (born June 5, 1988, in

Vernon, British Columbia Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in near ...

) is a

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curler.

Career

Junior career: British Columbia & P.E.I.

Danbrook won three provincial junior titles for two different provinces. In 2005 and 2008, he won the British Columbia junior titles. In 2005 playing second for

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and in 2008 playing lead for Jay Wakefield. The 2005 team went 4–8 at the

2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2005 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 5–13 at the Capital Winter Club and the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2005 World Junior Curling Champions ...

. In 2008, the team went 5-7 at nationals. That year Danbrook moved to

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

where he joined the

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rink as lead. The team won the P.E.I. junior championship and the

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. At the

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, representing Canada, the team lost in the gold medal final to Denmark.

2010-11: Newfoundland and Labrador

In 2010, Danbrook moved to

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. He played second for Matt Blandford at the

2010 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard The 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard was the 2010 edition of the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Men's Curling Championship. It was held February 2–7 at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador ...

, which lost in the tie breaker match. At the end of the season it was announced that Danbrook would play as

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 ...

's alternate for the

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, and would play lead for the team at the

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard The 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard was held February 1–5 at the Remax Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning team of Brad Gushue represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier The 2011 Tim ...

(as normal skip

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lives in Alberta). The team won the Tankard, and therefore Danbrook would play in his first

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. Ferbey left the team in February 2011, promoting Danbrook to the position of lead on a full-time basis.

2011-13: Ontario and Newfoundland again

During the 2011 off-season, Danbrook moved to the

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based

Mark Bice Mark Bice (born October 10, 1984 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He used to skip a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Bice had a fairly successful junior career. Bice is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 2003 and ...

while residing in

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. However, he left the team after the 2011–12 season and returned to Newfoundland again as the lead for the

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team. He played in the

2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard The 2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from February 5 to 10 at the RE/MAX Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning team of Brad Gushue ...

, with the Symonds team finishing the round robin with a 5–2 record. However, they lost in their first playoff game.

2013-present: Nova Scotia

This lasted for one season, when he moved to

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to play lead for Brent MacDougall. After one season with MacDougall, he formed his own team in 2014. Danbrook won his first career

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 ...

event in his first event as a skip, when he won the 2014

Gibson's Cashspiel The Curling Store Cashspiel is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. It has been an on and off event of the Men's and Women's World Curling Tour since 2004 under many differ ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danbrook, Jamie 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Vernon, British Columbia Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Curlers from British Columbia Curlers from Prince Edward Island Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Curlers from Ontario Canadian male curlers Canadian curling coaches