Owen Purcell (born July 8, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia.[1] He currently skips his team out of Halifax Curling Club. He is most notable for winning multiple Canadian junior titles and representing Canada at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships.
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| Born | July 8, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Curling club | Halifax CC, Halifax, NS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Owen Purcell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Luke Saunders | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Scott Saccary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Ryan Abraham | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Adam McEachren | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Emma Artichuk | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 13th (2023–24) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2017, Purcell's rink out of CFB Halifax would start 2–1 at the 2017 Nova Scotia Junior Under 18 Men's Championship qualifying for the championship round in the B Event.[2] Purcell lost in the championship round to Team Ryan Abraham 6–3 who would later go on to win the event.[3] In 2018 Purcell would win the 2018 Nova Scotia Under 18 Men's Championship playing third for Graeme Weagle.[4] They went on to win the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships defeating Alberta's Ryan Jacques 10–6 in the final.[5] In 2019, Purcell would win the 2019 Nova Scotia Under 18 Men's Championship playing third for Adam McEachren.[2] They went 4–2 in round robin play at the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships qualifying for the knockout round. They finished the tournament in 4th.[6] Purcell also won the 2019 Nova Scotia Junior Championship playing fourth with Graeme Weagle. They would finish 8th at nationals.[6] The Weagle rink would once again win the Nova Scotian Provincial Playdown representing Nova Scotia at the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team would finish 7th with a record of 5-5.[7] In 2021, Purcell would skip his own team and be selected to represent Nova Scotia at the 2021 World Junior Qualification Event. The team went undefeated and would represent Canada at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships.[8] They would go on to win the bronze medal.[9]
In 2020, Purcell and the Dalhousie Tigers skipped by Matthew Manuel would win the 2020 AUS Curling Championship and represent Dalhousie University at the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships.[10] They would lose in the final to Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in the final, 8–5.[11] In 2022, Purcell would skip the Dalhousie Tigers to win the 2022 Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships.[7] They would then go on to win the 2022 FISU World University Games Qualifier, defeating Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in the final 8–5.[12] The Dalhousie Tigers won bronze for Canada at the 2023 Winter World University Games.[13]
Personal life
editPurcell is currently a computer science student at Dalhousie University.[1]
Grand Slam record
edit| Key | |
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| C | Champion |
| F | Lost in Final |
| SF | Lost in Semifinal |
| QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
| Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
| T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
| DNP | Did not participate in event |
| N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
| Event | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| Tour Challenge | DNP | T2 |
| The National | Q | DNP |
References
edit- ^ a b c "2024 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "Scoreboard". Nova Scotia Curling Association. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "Scoreboard". Nova Scotia Curling Association. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Our Champions". Nova Scotia Curling Association. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ Smith, Emma (Apr 15, 2018). "Double gold for Nova Scotia curlers at under 18 championships".
- ^ a b "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca". Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ a b "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca". Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ Woodbury, Richard (Nov 28, 2021). "'Just feels amazing': Nova Scotia curling team going to world juniors". CBC News. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ Myrer, George. "Owen Purcell and his Canadian rink win bronze at world junior curling championships | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "Dalhousie Tigers sweep AUS men's and women's curling championships - Atlantic University Sport (AUS)". www.atlanticuniversitysport.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ Freeborn, Jeremy (2020-03-17). "Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and Alberta Pandas win 2020 USport National Curling Championships". Canadian Sport Scene. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ MacDonald, Glenn. "Purcell, Dalhousie men's curling rink qualify for Winter World University Games | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "Canada's Team Purcell comes from behind and steals bronze-medal victory at FISU Games". U SPORTS. 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-08-23.