James Grattan (curler)
James Grattan (born July 28, 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Oromocto, New Brunswick. He currently skips his own team on the World Curling Tour.
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| Born | July 28, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||||||
| Curling club | Gage Golf & Curling Club, Oromocto, New Brunswick | ||||||||||||||||
| Skip | James Grattan | ||||||||||||||||
| Third | Paul Dobson | ||||||||||||||||
| Second | Andy McCann | ||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Jamie Brannen | ||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Chris Jeffrey | ||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 13 (1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 12th (2004–05) | ||||||||||||||||
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Curling career
Grattan's best personal result as a skip at the Brier is third place (1997). In 2002–2004 he played third for Russ Howard. He skipped again in 2006 (5–6 in Regina) and 2008 (2–9 Winnipeg) and played third for Russ in 2009 (6–5 Calgary). He moved back to skip the following season and the team won the provincial championship. He skipped the team to a 3–8 record at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier.
Grattan curled with Charlie Sullivan, Steven Howard and Pete Case for the 2010–11 season. The team won the 2011 Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship, the New Brunswick provincial men's championship and finished 4–7 at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario.
For the 2012–13 season, Grattan joined 2005 Canadian junior champion brothers Jason and Darren Roach, as Steve Howard and Charlie Sullivan have moved on to other interests. Grattan qualified for his 10th Brier by winning the 2013 Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship. He finished 5–6 at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton. The team finished just outside of the playoffs at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier with a 6–5 record.
In the 2014–2015 season, Grattan and company lost the Provincial Final to Jeremy Mallais. Grattan has been very outspoken on the new relegation format brought to the Brier in 2015. He made his 12th appearance when he won the 2018 Papa John's Pizza Tankard. The team finished 2–5 in the new pool play format which eliminated them from contention. They won their placement game against British Columbia 12–5 after scoring a seven-ender.
Personal life
Grattan is married and has two children. He works as a customer service agent for Air Canada.[1]
References
- 2018 Brier Media Guide
External links
- James Grattan on the World Curling Tour database
- James Grattan on the CurlingZone database