Sean Grassie (born October 18, 1978)
is a
Canadian
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curler from
Winnipeg
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,
Manitoba
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.
Career
As a junior, Grassie and his rink of
Scott Madams,
Ton Tomyk and
Scott Grassie won the Manitoba Junior Men's Championship in 1999. The team represented Manitoba at the
1999 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 1999 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 6–14 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia. The winning teams represented Canada at the 1999 World Junior Curling Championships.
Men's Teams
Standing ...
, where they finished with a 6-6 record.
Grassie has found a lot of his success in
mixed curling
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. He has won two Manitoba Mixed titles, in 2009 and 2011. In 2009, his rink of
Allison Nimik (Flaxey),
Ross Derksen and
Kendra Green would represent Manitoba at the
2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. The team finished the round robin with a 10-1 record, in first place. This put them in the final, against Ontario, which they won. Grassie and Nimik then went on to represent Canada at the
2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
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. The pair won their pool, winning all eight games, however lost in the semi-final to Hungary. They recovered in the bronze medal game, defeating China to finish third.
Grassie and a new mixed rink of
Tracey Lavery
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,
Scott McCamis
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and
Calleen Neufeld represented Manitoba at the
2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 12 to 19, 2011, at the Sudbury Curling Club in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario.
Teams
The teams are as follows:
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Roun ...
. Grassie led Manitoba to an 8-5 record, which was not good enough to make the playoffs.
Grassie won his first
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...
event at the 2014
Mother Club Fall Curling Classic
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.
In addition to being an accomplished curler, Grassie also wrote a book about the history of the
MCA Bonspiel, called "Kings of the Rings".
Personal life
Grassie is employed as a tennis teaching pro.
References
External links
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Living people
Curlers from Winnipeg
Canadian male curlers
Canadian mixed curling champions
1978 births