Mark Dacey (born June 22, 1966) is a
Canadian
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curler originally from
Saskatchewan
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. He was based at the
Mayflower Curling Club
The Mayflower Curling Club is a curling club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was established in 1905. Since 1962, the club has been located at 3000 Monaghan Drive.
The club is one of the premier curling rinks in Nova Scotia, being home to teams heade ...
in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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.
Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, having won the
2004 Nokia Brier
The 2004 Nokia Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A total of 238,129 attended the event.
Team Nova Scotia, who was skipped by Mark Dacey defeated ...
. He defeated
Randy Ferbey's team, ending their 3-year Brier winning streak. Dacey went on to win a bronze medal at the
2004 Ford World Curling Championship.
Competitive history
Mark Dacey was a runner-up in the
1995 Brier as the vice-skip for team
Saskatchewan
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(skipped by
Brad Heidt). After meeting at the
1995 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, Dacey started dating 1991 Canadian Junior champion
Heather Smith, and moved to New Brunswick to be with her for the 1995–96 season.
While in New Brunswick, he skipped a team to the final of the 1996
provincial men's championship, where he lost to
Mike Kennedy. After the season, Dacey returned to his hometown of
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...
to rejoin the Heidt rink while Smith went to school in Scotland.
Dacey only played one season in Saskatchewan before he and Smith moved to
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...
, in 1997.
Representing Nova Scotia, he reached the
2001 Nokia Brier
The 2001 Nokia Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held March 3–11 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the very first Brier to be sponsored by Nokia. The theme of the event was the 2001: A Space Odyssey ...
, finishing with a 6-5 record. He finished third during the round-robin at the
2003 Nokia Brier in Halifax, with a 7-4 record. They lost the final to Randy Ferbey.
Dacey also won the 2002
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. In 2005, Dacey could not win the Nova Scotia men's championship, precluding him from defending his National title at the
2005 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2005 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadians, Canadian men's curling championship, was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta from March 5 to 13. The tournament consisted of 12 teams, one from each province, plus a team representing the Yukon and ...
. In 2006, Dacey recaptured the provincial championship to return to the Brier. His team finished 7-4 in the round-robin and defeated Alberta's
Kevin Martin in the first playoff game. In the semifinal, they lost to eventual champion
Jean-Michel Ménard of
Quebec
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, earning a third-place finish.
The Dacey team announced it was taking a year off as of Tuesday, April 9, 2007.
However, in the 2008 Nova Scotia provincials, the team was back minus Dacey.
Bruce Lohnes
Bruce D. Lohnes (born October 10, 1958) is a Canadian curler from Valley, Nova Scotia. Lohnes is a former Brier champion and World Championship bronze medallist. Lohnes is currently a high performance junior coach with the Nova Scotia Curling A ...
(Third),
Rob Harris (Second), and
Andrew Gibson (Lead) curled in the provincial finals with
Colleen Jones' husband Scott Saunders skipping them.
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Dacey won his second mixed title in November 2009 at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. This qualified him and his wife, Heather, to represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. However, they had to pull out after being delayed by the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
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.
Teams
Grand Slam record
Personal life
He was the husband of 2004 Nova Scotia women's curling champion Heather Smith; they separated in 2013.
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Canadian male curlers
Brier champions
Canadian mixed curling champions
Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Curlers from Saskatoon
Continental Cup of Curling participants
Canada Cup (curling) participants
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Curlers from New Brunswick