Kurt Balderston (born c. 1963) is a Canadian curler from Sexsmith , Alberta .
10-421: Balderston is a former Canadian Mixed champion, having won the 1992 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Since then he has played in four national mixed championships, in 1998 , 2001 , 2012 and 2013 . He finished as the runner-up in 2012 and in sixth place in 2013, when Cheryl Bernard replaced his regular third Desirée Owen . Balderston won a sixth provincial mixed title in 2018 and will represent Alberta at
20-435: A man throws last rocks, which is usually the case, the women must throw lead rocks and third rocks, while the other male member of the team throws second rocks. In 2004, Shannon Kleibrink became the only woman to skip a team and win a Canadian Mixed championship. The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was established in 1964, with Canadian Breweries as the event's sponsor and Frank Sargent as its committee chairman. For
30-552: A skip in 2013. He returned in 2014 , playing third for Mark Johnson . That same year, the Johnson rink (with Balderston throwing third) won the Alberta Senior Curling Championship. The team represented Alberta at the 2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships , where they finished fourth. Balderston played in his first career Grand Slam event at the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup , which he qualified for by winning
40-567: The 2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship . Balderston has also competed in the Alberta curling provincials multiple times. His best finishes were as the runner-up in 1991, 1992, 2002, and 2004. He was third for Mike Vavrek in 1991 and 1992, when he lost both finals to Kevin Martin , and skipped his own team in 2004 when he lost to Randy Ferbey . He made his final appearance at the Alberta provincials as
50-583: The Original 16 WCT Bonspiel . As of 2004, he was employed as a farmer. Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada . The winners of the tournament represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship . In mixed curling, the positions on a team must alternate between men and women. If
60-448: The "Season of Champions" event series was implemented, and the Page playoffs began to be used. Unitel's parent company AT&T became the sponsor in 1997, a partnership that only lasted until 1998. The event was dropped as a Season of Champions event in 2004, and was no longer shown on television. In 2005, the page playoff system was dropped and replaced by a 3-team playoff. The 2005 event
70-529: The 2012 Mixed Championship, with the creation of the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials . The past champions of the event are listed as follows: A playoff was added in 1980. As of 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials The Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (formerly Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials ) are the national curling championships for mixed doubles curling in Canada . The trials decide
80-566: The first two years it was held at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto . The first championship was won by Ernie Boushy of Winnipeg with a record of 9–1. In 1973, Seagram Distillers became the new official sponsor, until 1983. Up until 1995, the event was typically held in March, but was bumped up to January that year when Unitel became a sponsor. That was also the year that
90-493: The team that represents Canada at the same year's World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship . The team representing Canada had been previously decided through a playoff between two teams formed from the winners of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship earlier in the season. As of 2017, the event consists of thirty-two teams participating in a preliminary round robin and a single-knockout playoff. Each of
100-707: Was bumped up to November of the previous year, and the event has been held in November ever since, and is why the event was not held in the year it was billed as until the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the November 2020 event. Starting with the 2008 Championships (held in November 2007), the Canadian Curling Association picked two curlers from the winning team to represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship . This ended with
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