Team Gushue

Mark Nichols (Third)

Name: Mark Nichols
Position: Third
Age: 24
Years Curled: 18
National Appearances: 6 (99,00,01,03,04,05)
World Appearances: 1 (01)

Career Highlights
· 2005 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2004 2nd Team All Star at Nokia Brier
· 2004 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2004 Provincial Mixed Champion
· 2004 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2003 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2002-2003 St. John’s Super-League Winner
· 2002 Travel Spiel Champion
· 2002 McCain’s Superspiel Semifinalist.
· Three time Newfoundland Junior Champion
· 2001 World Junior Champion
· 2001 World Junior All-Star
· 2001 Canadian Junior Gold Medallist
· 2000 Canadian Junior Silver Medallist
· 1999 Canadian Junior Bronze Medallist
· Two Canadian Junior All-Star Awards (00,01)
· 2001 Labrador City Athlete of the Year
· 2001 Newfoundland and Labrador Team of the Year
· Awarded St. John’s Freedom of the City Honour

Source: http://www.teamgushue.com/

Mike Adam (Alternate)

Name: Mike Adam
Position: fifth
Age:
Years Curled:
Occupation:
National Appearances: 2 (04,05)
World Appearance: 1 (2001)

Career Highlights
· 2005 Newfoundland Tankard Champion

Source: http://www.teamgushue.com/

Jamie Korab (Lead)

Name: Jamie Korab
Position: Lead
Age: 24
Years Curled: 12
Occupation: Computer Operator, xwave
National Appearances: 5 (97,00,03,04,05)
World Appearance: 1 (01)

Career Highlights
· 2005 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2004 2nd Team All Star Nokia Brier
· 2004 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2003 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2002-2003 St. John’s Super-League Winner
· 2002 Travel Spiel Champion
· 2002 McCain’s Superspiel Semifinalist
· 2002 Newfoundland Tankard Runner-up
· 2001 World Junior Champion
· 2001 Newfoundland & Labrador Team of the Year
· Awarded St. John’s Freedom of the City Honour
· Two Time Newfoundland Junior Champion
· 2000 Canadian Junior Silver Medallist
· 2000 Canadian Junior All-Star
· 1999-2000 St. John’s Super-League Winner
· Qualified at 2000 & 2001 Don Bartlett Classic
· 1998 Newfoundland and Labrador winter games Bronze Medallist
· 1995 & 1997 Harbour Grace Athlete of the Year

Source: http://www.teamgushue.com/

Toby MacDonald (Coach)

Name: Toby MacDonald
Position: Coach
Age: 53
Years Curled: 40
National Appearances: 12
World Appearances: 1

Career Highlights
· 2005 Coach of the Newfoundland Team at the Tim Horton Brier
· 2003 Coach of Newfoundland Junior Third Place Team at Provincials
· 2002 Fifth Man for Newfoundland Team at Nokia Brier
· 1998 Skip of Newfoundland Team at the Labatt Brier
· 1998 Recipient of the Ross Hartstone Sportsmanship Award
· 1992 Fifth Man for Newfoundland Team at Labatt Brier
· 1987 Fifth Man for Newfoundland Team at Labatt Brier
· 1987 Provincial Team of the Year Member
· 1981 Skip of Newfoundland Team at the Labatt Brier
· 1980 Skip of Newfoundland Team at Seagram Mixed
· 1979 Third on Newfoundland Team at the MacDonald Brier
· 1976 Third on Newfoundland Team at the MacDonald Brier - Winner
· 1976 Third on Canadian Team at World Championships - Silver Broom
· 1976 St. John’s and Provincial Team of the Year Member
· 1971 Third on Newfoundland Team at Canada Winter Games
· 1968 Third on Newfoundland Team at Canadian Schoolboy Championships
· Has appeared at the Junior’s, Men’s, Mixed, Canada Games and Worlds
· Has appeared at the MacDonald, Labatt, Nokia and Tim Horton’s Brier
· Has appeared Nationally in 5 Decades
· 1996 Chair of the Canadian Under 17 Youth Soccer Championships
· 1996 Newfoundland Soccer Association’s Volunteer of the Year
· 2004 Received Designation as Queen’s Council
· Assistant Coach or Manager of Newfoundland Team at 4 Canadian Soccer Youth Soccer Championships
· Level II Coach Curling/Soccer

Source: http://www.teamgushue.com/

Brad Gushue (Skip)

Brad Gushue (born June 16, 1980 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian curler. Gushue along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam will represent Canada in curling in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Gushue is a six-time (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) provincial junior curling champion in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the last five as skip. In 2001, he would not only win the provincial championship, but the national championship and world junior championships as well. Gushue was also the alternate for John Morris at the 1998 World Junior Championships which Morris won.

After his junior career, Gushue quickly became one of his province’s best curlers. Gushue would qualify for the 2003 Nokia Brier where he finished with a 6-5 record. By the 2004 Nokia Brier, Gushue proved not only was he one of the best curlers in Newfoundland, but one of the best in Canada, when his team finished with an 8-4 record. The following year, Gushue qualified for the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier where his team once again finished 6-5.

At the end of 2005, Gushue had brought in former world champion Russ Howard for the Canadian Olympic trials. Howard was given the right to call the teams’ shots as a skip would, but he would play second, replacing Mike Adam. This would prove to be a successful move, as the team would win the trials. Gushue defeated Jeff Stoughton’s team in the final on December 11th, 2005, qualifying him to represent Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Gushue is currently a contractor for Encon Construction.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Gushue