Alex Forrest (curler)

Alex Forrest
Curler
Born (1989-02-13) February 13, 1989 (age 35)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Team
Curling clubFort Rouge CC,
Winnipeg, MB[1]
SkipAndrew Irving
ThirdBrad Van Walleghem
SecondAlex Forrest
LeadRoy Janz
Curling career
Member Association Manitoba
Brier appearances1 (2020)
Top CTRS ranking6th (2017–18)

Alex Forrest (born February 13, 1989) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Until 2020, he played third for the Jason Gunnlaugson rink.[2]

Career

Juniors

Forrest made his first and only Canadian Junior Curling Championships appearance in 2010 skipping Team Manitoba. The team finished the round robin in first place only suffering two losses to Northern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This meant the team had an automatic bye to the final. There, they faced Ontario who they had previously beaten in the round robin. Unfortunately, the team gave up two in the final end to lose the game 8–7. Forrest curled an average 80% during the round robin, which was second among skips.[3]

Men's

Forrest played second for the Jeff Stoughton rink for the 2014–15 season, which would be Stoughton's last. The team played in four Grand Slam of Curling events but only qualified in one, the 2014 Masters. At the 2015 Manitoba provincials, the team qualified for the championship round as the third seed. They defeated Braden Calvert 6–4 in the 3 vs. 4 game before being eliminated in the semifinal by the Mike McEwen rink.[4]

The following season Forrest went back to skipping his own team. At the 2016 Viterra Championship, his rink of Travis Bale, Ian McMillan and Connor Njegovan failed to make the final four championship round after losing the Double Knockout qualifier against Matt Dunstone 7–3.[5] Forrest joined Dunstone the following season with McMillan and Njegovan to try to qualify for the Brier again at the 2017 Viterra Championship. But once again, his team would be bested in the Double Knockout round, this time to Jason Gunnlaugson.[6]

For the 2017–18 season, Forrest would once again stay with McMillan and Njegovan but would bring on Gunnlaugson to skip the team. The team had a successful Grand Slam season, playing in every slam and qualifying in six of the seven events including winning the 2017 Tour Challenge Tier 2.[7] However at the 2018 Viterra Championship, the team struggled going 1–2 in the Double Knockout bracket and missing the playoffs. The team had a less successful following season, only playing five slam and qualifying in one of them. At this years provincials, the team qualified for the Championship Round as the number one seed. But they fell apart in the playoffs, losing the 1 vs. 2 game against Carruthers and the semifinal against Lyburn.[8] The team did get to represent Canada at the Second Leg of the 2018-19 Curling World Cup, where they went 1–5.[9][10]

The team won the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker to start the 2019–20 season.[11] They also won the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic and the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic.[12][13] Forrest won his first Provincial title at the 2020 Viterra Championship after defeating the Mike McEwen rink 7–4 in the final.[14] Team Gunnlaugson represented Manitoba at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, where they finished in eighth place with a 5–6 record.[15]

Personal life

Forrest works as a project manager/carpenter for Vantage Builders. He is married to D'Arcy Forrest and has two children, Mila and Bates.[16]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2009–10[17] Alex Forrest Joey Witherspoon Connor Njegovan Mike Neufeld
2010–11 William Lyburn James Kirkness Alex Forrest Greg Melnichuk
2011–12 William Lyburn James Kirkness Alex Forrest Tyler Forrest
2012–13 William Lyburn James Kirkness Alex Forrest Tyler Forrest
2013–14 William Lyburn Alex Forrest Connor Njegovan Tyler Forrest
2014–15 Jeff Stoughton Rob Fowler Alex Forrest Connor Njegovan
2015–16 Alex Forrest Travis Bale Ian McMillan Connor Njegovan
2016–17 Matt Dunstone Alex Forrest Ian McMillan Connor Njegovan
2017–18 Jason Gunnlaugson Alex Forrest Ian McMillan Connor Njegovan
2018–19 Jason Gunnlaugson Alex Forrest Denni Neufeld Connor Njegovan
2019–20 Jason Gunnlaugson Alex Forrest Adam Casey Connor Njegovan
2022–23 Alex Forrest Taylor McIntyre Daniel Gagne Derek Blanchard
2023–24 Andrew Irving Brad Van Walleghem Alex Forrest Roy Janz

References

  1. ^ "Alex Forrest Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "CurlingZone Profile". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "2010 Canadian Junior Men - Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "2015 Safeway Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "2016 Manitoba Viterra Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "2017 Viterra Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "Gunnlaugson wins 2017 Tour Challenge Tier 2". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "2019 Viterra Championship". Curl Manitoba. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "Curling World Cup Second Leg - Teams". Curling World Cup. Archived from the original on October 16, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  10. ^ "Curling World Cup Second Leg - Standings". Curling World Cup. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  11. ^ "Gunnlaugson wins 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  12. ^ "Gunnlaugson wins 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  13. ^ "Gunnlaugson wins 2020 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  14. ^ "Team Gunnlaugson upsets Team McEwen in Manitoba Men's Finals". Sportsnet. February 10, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  15. ^ "Is this the year?". Curling Canada. March 6, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  16. ^ "2020 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  17. ^ "Alex Forrest Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 13, 2020.