Mark Dacey (born June 22, 1966) is a

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curler originally from

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. He was based at the

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in Halifax,

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. Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, having won the

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. 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

(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

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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

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, 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

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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.

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(Third), Rob Harris (Second), and Andrew Gibson (Lead) curled in the provincial finals with Colleen Jones' husband Scott Saunders skipping them.Nova Scotia News – TheChronicleHerald.ca
/ref> 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

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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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dacey, Mark 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