Geoff Walker (curler)

Geoff Walker
Curler
Walker (rear) waits while Reid Carruthers measures a stone at the 2018 Elite 10.
Born (1985-11-28) November 28, 1985
Beaverlodge, Alberta
Team
Curling club Bally Haly G&CC,
St. John's, NL
Skip Brad Gushue
Third Mark Nichols
Second Brett Gallant
Lead Geoff Walker
Alternate Tom Sallows
Career
Brier appearances 7 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
World Championship
appearances		 2 (2017, 2018)
Top CTRS ranking 1st (2016-17 & 2017-18)
Grand Slam victories 10: Masters (2014, 2017), Canadian Open (2014, 2017), The National (2015), Elite 10 (2016, Sept. 2018), Players' (2016), Tour Challenge (2017), Champions Cup (2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
2017 Edmonton
2018 Las Vegas
World Junior Championships
2006 Jeonju
2007 Eveleth
Representing  Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
2017 Ottawa
Tim Hortons Brier
2018 Regina
2017 St. John's
2016 Ottawa
Representing  Alberta
Canadian Junior Curling Championships
2006 Thunder Bay

Geoff Walker (born November 28, 1985) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He currently plays lead for the Brad Gushue rink. He is a two-time World Junior Champion.

Career

Walker was born in Beaverlodge, Alberta. As a junior, Walker played for the Charley Thomas Grande Prairie, Alberta rink. In 2006, the team won the Canadian and World Junior Curling Championships. Walker was too old to stay with the rink for the 2007 Canadian Junior Championships. He was invited to join the team after they won the event as their alternate for the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships. The World Juniors allows curlers to be one year older than the Canadian Juniors. As the alternate, Walker won his second straight World Junior Championship.

After Juniors, Walker joined the Kurt Balderston rink as his second. The team missed the playoffs at the 2008 Boston Pizza Cup (the Alberta provincial championship), but qualified for the playoffs at the 2009 Boston Pizza Cup, where they lost to James Pahl. After missing the playoffs again at the 2010 Boston Pizza Cup, Walker left the team to form his own rink. Walker would do well on his own, and went all the way to the semi-final of the 2011 Boston Pizza Cup, where he lost to Kevin Koe.

After the 2010-11 season, Walker left Alberta to join the Brad Gushue rink in Newfoundland as his lead. The team won the 2012 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, earning the team a spot at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, Walker's first.

Personal life

Walker works as a greenskeeper with The Derrick Club. As of 2017, he is engaged to fellow curler Laura Crocker[1] and they have recently bought a house in Edmonton.[2]

Awards

  • Brier: Second Team All-Star, Lead - 2017, 2018
  • World Men's Curling Championship: All-Star Lead - 2017

References

  1. ↑ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Team Newfoundland and Labrador
  2. ↑ http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/curling/terry-jones-walker-owchar-bringing-brier-home-to-edmonton
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