Kyle Doering (born December 14, 1995) is a Canadian curler from

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. He is currently the alternate on Team

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. He is a former Canadian junior champion and World junior bronze medallist.

Career

Youth

Doering's first major curling accomplishment was at the

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, where he led his Manitoba rink of

Colton Lott Colton Lott (born July 21, 1995) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays third on Team Matt Dunstone, and also curls with Kadriana Lott in mixed doubles. Career Juniors Lott's first curling success came with representing Manitoba at the 2011 ...

, Derek Oryniak, and Lucas Van Den Bosch to a bronze medal. The same rink won the Manitoba Junior Championship in 2012 and represented the province at the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. At age 16, Doering was the youngest

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there. He led his rink to a 9–3 round-robin record, putting them in a tiebreaker match against Nova Scotia's

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. They beat Nova Scotia, sending them to the semifinal against Northern Ontario, skipped by Brennan Wark, which they lost 7–3. Doering skipped at the 2013 Manitoba Juniors as well, losing in the semifinal, and made it to the quarterfinals in 2014. Doering skipped the

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rink at the 2015 CIS/CCA Curling Championships. He led his team of Ty Dilello, Oryniak, and Rob Gordon to a 4–3 round-robin record. They then lost the semifinal against the

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, skipped by

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. Doering won a second Manitoba junior title in 2016 playing

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for

Matt Dunstone Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curli ...

. Representing Manitoba, the team, which also consisted of

and Gordon lost just one game at the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships en route to a national title. The team then went on to represent Canada at the

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. There, the team lost two round-robin games, then lost the 3 vs. 4-page playoff game against Switzerland's

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. The team had a re-match against Switzerland in the bronze medal game, which they won. Off the curling rink, Doering and the team's alternate

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ended up saving the life of a local Danish construction worker, after he was pinned under a backhoe-type machine. The two were walking from their hotel to the curling rink at the time, along with Doering's grandfather. Doering's grandfather, Ford, and a passer-by lifted the machine, while Doering pulled the worker out, thereby saving his life. In 2016, Doering joined the Braden Calvert junior rink. The team played in the 2017 Manitoba junior finals, where they lost to J. T. Ryan in the final. Doering played in the 2018 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships for the University of Winnipeg, this time on a team skipped by J. T. Ryan. This team went on to pick up a silver medal.

Men's curling

While still a junior, Doering played one season for the

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rink in 2014–15, playing

on the team. The rink played in the

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, Doering's first trip to the Manitoba Men's Championship. There, Team Gunnlaugson won five games and almost made it to the playoffs. The following season, as a member of the Dunstone junior rink, Doering played in the 2016 Viterra Championship, that year's provincial men's championship. There, the team made it all the way to the final before losing to Mike McEwen in the Manitoba final. On the

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, the team won the Bernick's Miller Lite Open event that season. In 2016, Gunnlaugson took over the team, with Doering continuing to play second on the team. The team played in the

2017 Viterra Championship The 2017 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from February 8 to 12 at the Stride Place in Portage la Priarie. The winning team represented Manitoba at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfound ...

. There, the team made it to the playoffs but lost to Trevor Loreth in the 3 vs. 4 game. On the tour, the team won the Performance Spider Midweek Special earlier in the season. In 2017, Pat Simmons replaced Gunnalugson as the team's skip. The team played at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials, where the team finished 2–4, failing to make the playoffs. The team played in several

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events that season. They began the season playing in the

2017 GSOC Tour Challenge The 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 5 to 10 at the Co-operators Centre at Evraz Place in Regina, Saskatchewan. This was the first Grand Slam of the 2017–18 curling season. There were two tiers in each of the men's and women' ...

, losing in the quarterfinals. They then played in the 2017 Masters of Curling, where they finished the event win-less. Then they played in the 2017 Boost National, losing in a tiebreaker. The team played in the

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but did not make the playoffs. Doering joined the

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rink at second for the

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. The team made it all the way to the final of the

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before losing to Team

. After one season with Lyburn, Doering joined the Tanner Horgan rink at second for the

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. On the tour, the team won the 2019 DeKalb Superspiel and the Manitoba Curling Tour Classic. At the 2020 Viterra Championship, the team did not make the playoffs. After the

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abbreviated 2020–21 season, Doering joined up again with Simmons for the again for the

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. They played in the

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, where they finished with a 4–2 round-robin record. The team made the playoffs, where they lost in the B Semifinal to

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. The team's third

later took over the team that season and led them at the 2022 Viterra Championship. Lott led the team all the way to the final, where they lost to Mike McEwen. Doering was asked to be the alternate for Team McEwen at the

2022 Tim Hortons Brier The 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 13 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. In the final, the defending Olympic bronze medallist Brad Gushue Wild Card #1 team, which also inclu ...

, where they represented Manitoba. It was Doering's first trip to the Brier. Doering played in one game, and the team was eliminated after losing a tiebreaker. Doering joined the Alberta-based Team

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to wrap up the season. They played in the 2022 Champions Cup Grand Slam event and finished 1–4. Doering remained on Team Sturmay for the

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. The team began the season at the

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, where they were eliminated after losing their first game against

Colton Flasch Colton Flasch (born February 27, 1991) is a Canadian curler currently residing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently plays third on Team Mike McEwen. Career Juniors After having curled with the Mike Armstrong junior rink, Flasch joined the ...

. The team played in the 2023 Boston Pizza Cup, the Alberta men's provincial championship. There, they made it to the playoffs, losing to

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in the C1 vs. C2 page playoff game. The team is still qualified for the

2023 Tim Hortons Brier The 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 12 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, London, Ontario. The defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by Brad Gushue won the event, and ...

as the third Wild Card entry, after earning enough points on tour, by winning events like the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic and the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic. Doering is the current coach of the Polish Mixed Doubles national team.

Mixed doubles

Doering and partner Ashley Groff played at the

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and 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships, going 2–5 at both events.

Personal life

Doering attended Garden City Collegiate in Winnipeg, and then the

. He currently works as a community relations officer with the Winnipeg Humane Society. He is in a relationship with Ashley Groff.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doering, Kyle Living people 1995 births Canadian male curlers Curlers from Winnipeg University of Winnipeg alumni 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian curling coaches