Rob Gordon (curler)

Robbie "Rob" Gordon (born November 28, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays lead on Team Braden Calvert.

Rob Gordon
Curler
Born
Robbie Gordon

(1995-11-28) November 28, 1995
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Team
Curling clubGranite CC,
Winnipeg, MB[1]
SkipBraden Calvert
ThirdKyle Kurz
SecondIan McMillan
LeadRob Gordon
AlternateJustin Richter
Career
Member Association Manitoba
Other appearancesCJCC: 1 (2016)
WJCC: 1 (2016)
Top CTRS ranking10th (2017–18)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Canada
World Junior Curling Championships
2016 Copenhagen

Career

Gordon joined the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships winning rink of Matt Dunstone for the 2013–14 season. The team lost in the finals of the Manitoba Canola Juniors to Braden Calvert in both 2014 and 2015. The team would win the Manitoba juniors the following year in 2016. This earned the Dunstone rink a spot in the 2016 Canadian Juniors where Gordon would win his first championship after defeating Northern Ontario 11–4 in the final, and represented Canada at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, winning a bronze medal.[2] At the 2016 Manitoba championship, he played with Dunstone, losing in the final to Mike McEwen. Had they won the event, they would've declined their berth into the Brier as it conflicted with the 2016 World Juniors.

Gordon would stay with teammates Colton Lott and Kyle Doering but would bring on Jason Gunnlaugson to skip the team. The team won the Performance Spider Midweek Special and finished fourth at the 2017 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial championship. Gunnlaugson would stay for just one season with the team before forming a new team. Lott, Doering and Gordon added veteran skip Pat Simmons to their team. The team competed at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials where they missed the playoffs with a 2–4 record.[3] The team played in three Grand Slam events that season, making it to the quarterfinals of the 2017 Tour Challenge. At the 2018 Manitoba provincials, the team failed to make the playoffs. Gordon left longtime teammates Lott and Doering after the season and joined the Calvert rink with Kyle Kurz at third and Ian McMillan at second.

The new Calvert rink played in three Grand Slam's but failed to qualify in any of them. They lost in the championship round of the 2019 Viterra Championship and were eliminated. Team Calvert started the 2019–20 season with semifinal finishes at both the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker and the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. They also won the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic. At the 2020 Viterra Championship, they lost the B Qualifier to 2020 World Junior champion Jacques Gauthier.

Personal life

Gordon currently lives in Winnipeg and currently works as a event/development assistant for Curl Manitoba.[4] He is in a relationship with fellow curler Kristin MacCuish.

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2013–14[5] Matt Dunstone (Fourth)Colton Lott (Skip)Kyle DoeringRob Gordon
2014–15 Matt Dunstone (Fourth)Colton Lott (Skip)Kyle DoeringRob Gordon
2015–16 Matt DunstoneColton LottKyle DoeringRob GordonWade Ford (WJCC)
2016–17 Jason GunnlaugsonColton LottKyle DoeringRob Gordon
2017–18 Pat SimmonsColton LottKyle DoeringRob Gordon
2018–19 Braden CalvertKyle KurzIan McMillanRob Gordon
2019–20 Braden CalvertKyle KurzIan McMillanRob GordonJustin Richter

References
  1. "Rob Gordon Profile". Curl Manitoba. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  2. "VoIP Defender World Junior Curling Championships 2016". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  3. "2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials - Men". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. "Curl Manitoba Staff". Curl Manitoba. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  5. "Rob Gordon Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
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