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The '''Nunavut Brier Playdowns''' are the annual tournament held to determine [[Nunavut]]'s representative at the [[Tim Hortons Brier]], Canada's national men's [[curling]] championship.
==Summary==
Nunavut, Canada's newest territory, was granted its own team at the Brier in 2015, but declined the invitation in that year's Brier. The territory held its first Brier playdown [[2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns|in 2016]] , when [[Iqaluit]]'s [[Wade Kingdon]] rink beat [[Rankin Inlet]]'s Arthur Siksik rink 3 games to 1 in a best of 5 series.<ref></ref> At the [[2016 Tim Hortons Brier]], the team played in a pre-qualifying tournament, losing all three games.
In 2017, [[Jim Nix]] of [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia]] was asked by a friend to join a club team in Iqaluit and proceeded to win a two-game series to represent Nunavut at the [[2017 Tim Hortons Brier]].<ref></ref> At the Brier, the team lost all three games in the pre-qualifying tournament.
2018 had a similar situation, when [[St. Marys, Ontario]] resident [[Dave St. Louis (curler)|David St. Louis]] was asked by friends in Iqaluit, where he used to work to join their team. The team beat the [[Jake Higgs]]<ref name="Higgs"></ref> rink to represent Nunavut at the [[2018 Tim Hortons Brier]].<ref></ref> [[Curling Canada]] abolished the pre-qualifying tournament at the 2018 Brier, which was replaced by two pools of eight teams. At the Brier, the team lost all seven pool games, and the 15th place game.
St. Louis defeated Higgs again in the 2019 playdowns.<ref name="Higgs"/> Skipping Nunavut at the [[2019 Tim Hortons Brier]] he led the territory to another 0-7 record.
[[World Curling Tour]] veteran [[Jake Higgs]] from [[Strathroy, Ontario]] won the Brier playdown for 2020 on his third try. He led is team to a 3-0 record in the three-team tournament which also featured St. Louis and Kingdon.<ref></ref> Higgs had played for Ontario at the [[2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship]] which was held in Iqaluit, where he was acquainted with some local curlers, who suggested he come to town to try and win the playdown.<ref name="Higgs"/> His experience did not help Team Nunavut at the [[2020 Tim Hortons Brier]] however, as the team went 0-7 again.
In 2021, Nunavut was one of the few member associations in Canada to have a playdown due the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], which forced other jurisdictions to cancel their respective championships. The Nunavut playdown was a best-of-five series between [[Peter Mackey]] and Wade Kingdon. After going down two games to none, the Mackey rink came back to win three straight, winning the title.<ref></ref>
==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Team
! scope="col"| Club
! scope="col"| Brier Record (placement)
|-
| 2021 || [[Peter Mackey]], [[Jeff Nadeau]], [[Greg Howard (curler)|Greg Howard]], [[Jeff Chown]] || Iqaluit || TBD
|-
| 2020 || [[Jake Higgs]], [[Dale Kohlenberg]], [[Christian Smitheram]], [[Ed MacDonald (curler)|Ed MacDonald]], [[Sheldon Wettig]] || Iqaluit || 0–7 (T15th of 16)
|-
| 2019 || [[Dave St. Louis]], [[Peter Mackey]], [[Jeff Nadeau]], [[Lloyd Kendall]] || Iqaluit || 0–7 (T15th of 16)
|-
| 2018 || [[Dave St. Louis]], [[Wade Kingdon]], [[Peter Mackey]], [[Jeff Nadeau]] || Iqaluit || 0–8 (16th of 16)
|-
| 2017 || [[Jim Nix]], [[Ed MacDonald]], [[Greg Howard (curler)|Greg Howard]], [[Darryl McGrath]], [[Howard Fick]] || Iqaluit || 0–3 (15th of 15)
|-
| [[2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns|2016]] || [[Wade Kingdon]], [[Dennis Masson]], [[Aaron Fraser]], [[Bruce Morgan]], [[Chris West (curler)|Chris West]] || Iqaluit || 0–3 (15th of 15)
|}
==References==
[[Category:Curling in Nunavut]]
[[Category:The Brier provincial tournaments]]
==Summary==
Nunavut, Canada's newest territory, was granted its own team at the Brier in 2015, but declined the invitation in that year's Brier. The territory held its first Brier playdown [[2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns|in 2016]] , when [[Iqaluit]]'s [[Wade Kingdon]] rink beat [[Rankin Inlet]]'s Arthur Siksik rink 3 games to 1 in a best of 5 series.<ref></ref> At the [[2016 Tim Hortons Brier]], the team played in a pre-qualifying tournament, losing all three games.
In 2017, [[Jim Nix]] of [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia]] was asked by a friend to join a club team in Iqaluit and proceeded to win a two-game series to represent Nunavut at the [[2017 Tim Hortons Brier]].<ref></ref> At the Brier, the team lost all three games in the pre-qualifying tournament.
2018 had a similar situation, when [[St. Marys, Ontario]] resident [[Dave St. Louis (curler)|David St. Louis]] was asked by friends in Iqaluit, where he used to work to join their team. The team beat the [[Jake Higgs]]<ref name="Higgs"></ref> rink to represent Nunavut at the [[2018 Tim Hortons Brier]].<ref></ref> [[Curling Canada]] abolished the pre-qualifying tournament at the 2018 Brier, which was replaced by two pools of eight teams. At the Brier, the team lost all seven pool games, and the 15th place game.
St. Louis defeated Higgs again in the 2019 playdowns.<ref name="Higgs"/> Skipping Nunavut at the [[2019 Tim Hortons Brier]] he led the territory to another 0-7 record.
[[World Curling Tour]] veteran [[Jake Higgs]] from [[Strathroy, Ontario]] won the Brier playdown for 2020 on his third try. He led is team to a 3-0 record in the three-team tournament which also featured St. Louis and Kingdon.<ref></ref> Higgs had played for Ontario at the [[2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship]] which was held in Iqaluit, where he was acquainted with some local curlers, who suggested he come to town to try and win the playdown.<ref name="Higgs"/> His experience did not help Team Nunavut at the [[2020 Tim Hortons Brier]] however, as the team went 0-7 again.
In 2021, Nunavut was one of the few member associations in Canada to have a playdown due the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], which forced other jurisdictions to cancel their respective championships. The Nunavut playdown was a best-of-five series between [[Peter Mackey]] and Wade Kingdon. After going down two games to none, the Mackey rink came back to win three straight, winning the title.<ref></ref>
==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Team
! scope="col"| Club
! scope="col"| Brier Record (placement)
|-
| 2021 || [[Peter Mackey]], [[Jeff Nadeau]], [[Greg Howard (curler)|Greg Howard]], [[Jeff Chown]] || Iqaluit || TBD
|-
| 2020 || [[Jake Higgs]], [[Dale Kohlenberg]], [[Christian Smitheram]], [[Ed MacDonald (curler)|Ed MacDonald]], [[Sheldon Wettig]] || Iqaluit || 0–7 (T15th of 16)
|-
| 2019 || [[Dave St. Louis]], [[Peter Mackey]], [[Jeff Nadeau]], [[Lloyd Kendall]] || Iqaluit || 0–7 (T15th of 16)
|-
| 2018 || [[Dave St. Louis]], [[Wade Kingdon]], [[Peter Mackey]], [[Jeff Nadeau]] || Iqaluit || 0–8 (16th of 16)
|-
| 2017 || [[Jim Nix]], [[Ed MacDonald]], [[Greg Howard (curler)|Greg Howard]], [[Darryl McGrath]], [[Howard Fick]] || Iqaluit || 0–3 (15th of 15)
|-
| [[2016 Nunavut Brier Playdowns|2016]] || [[Wade Kingdon]], [[Dennis Masson]], [[Aaron Fraser]], [[Bruce Morgan]], [[Chris West (curler)|Chris West]] || Iqaluit || 0–3 (15th of 15)
|}
==References==
[[Category:Curling in Nunavut]]
[[Category:The Brier provincial tournaments]]
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