Reid Carruthers
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| Born |
December 30, 1984 Winnipeg, Manitoba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Curling club |
Charleswood CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Jeff Stoughton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Jon Mead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Reid Carruthers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Mark Nichols | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Garth Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 2 (2011, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CCA ranking | 1st (2012-13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam victories | 1: The National (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reid Carruthers (born December 30, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on the Jeff Stoughton rink. Carruthers is a former junior provincial champion in 2003 and a Manitoba provincial mixed champion in 2008, both as a skip.[1] He previously skipped a team with Jason Gunnlaugson as third to a provincial final against Stoughton in 2006.[2] Carruthers won his first Manitoba provincial title playing as second for Stoughton at the 2011 Safeway Championship.[3] Carruthers went on to win his first Tim Hortons Brier at the 2011 event in London. The Stoughton team defeated the Glenn Howard team 8 - 6 in the final.[4] The team went on to represent Canada at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, which they would eventually win after only losing one game throughout the competition.[5]
Personal life
Carruthers is a substitute teacher with the Louis Riel School Division.[6]
References
- ↑ "Reid Carruthers". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ↑ "Reid Carruthers". World Curling Tour. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ↑ Paul Wiecek (14 February 2011). "Hoping to party like it's 1999". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ Doug Harrison (14 March 2011). "Stoughton slows Glenn Howard in Brier final". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ↑ Donna Spencer (10 April 2011). "Canada's Stoughton beats Scotland to win men's world curling championship". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ↑ http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2013roaroftherings-en/files/2013/12/2013ROTR_MorningRoar_Day5.pdf
- Reid Carruthers on the World Curling Tour database
- Canadian Curling Association Male Athlete of the Week