Evan Lilly

Evan Lilly
Curler
Born (1989-03-26) March 26, 1989 (age 35)
Sudbury, Ontario[1]
Team
SkipLandan Rooney
ThirdConnor Lawes
SecondRobert Currie
LeadEvan Lilly
AlternateDavid Lawes
Curling career
Member Association Northern Ontario
 Ontario
Top CTRS ranking17th (2018–19)

Evan Lilly (born March 26, 1989, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Sarnia, Ontario.[1] He currently plays lead on Team Landan Rooney.

Career

Lilly won the 2005 Northern Ontario bantam championships and the 2007 Ontario high school championships.[2] He is also a four-time Northern Ontario junior finalist.[3]

Lilly has competed in four Canadian University Curling Championships. He played for the Western Mustangs as a second in 2009 and as a skip in 2010.[4] He also skipped the Toronto Varsity Blues in 2014 and 2015.[5][6]

On the World Curling Tour, Lilly has won the 2016 KW Fall Classic and the 2017 Brantford Nissan Classic as the third for Richard Krell,[7][8] and the 2018 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic and the 2018 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel as the lead for John Willsey.[9][10]

Lily has also competed in three Ontario Provincial Championships. In 2016, he played second for Ian Dickie, finishing with a 3–7 record.[11] In 2018, he played third for Krell, finishing with a 2–3 record.[12] In 2020, he played lead for Willsey and finished with a 4–4 record.[13]

Personal life

Lilly's sister is curler Kendra Lilly.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Evan Lilly". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Alan Arkilander (September 25, 2015). "ARKILANDER: Junior program grads doing well". Sudbury Star. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Western University (February 2, 2010). "Munro, four Mustangs curlers sweep up hardware". Western Mustangs. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Communications Staff (March 10, 2010). "Curlers ready to rock CIS Nationals". Western News. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "CIS/CCA University Curling Championship: Men" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. March 19, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "2015 CIS-CCA University Men's Curling Championship" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. March 18, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "CHAMPION: Krell Wins 2016 KW Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "CHAMPION: Krell Wins 2017 Brantford Nissan Men's Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  9. ^ "CHAMPION: Willsey Wins 2018 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "CHAMPION: Willsey Wins 2018 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  11. ^ "Dickie 3–7 at 2016 Recharge With Milk Ontario Men's Tankard". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  12. ^ "Dairy Farmers of Ontario Men's Tankard — Provincial Championship: Team Krell". CurlON. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  13. ^ "Men's Tankard — Provincial Championship". CurlON. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  14. ^ Pascal, Randy (December 10, 2015). "Local curlers heading to the big leagues". Sudbury.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.