# Charley Thomas

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Canadian curler

For baseball player, see [Charley Thomas (baseball)](/source/Charley_Thomas_(baseball)).

Charley Thomas Curler Born (1986-04-04) April 4, 1986 (age 40) Victoria, British Columbia Team Curling club Langenburg CC, Langenburg, SK Skip Charley Thomas Third Tyler Hartung Second Jayden Shwaga Lead Matthew Lang Curling career Member Association Alberta (2003–2018) Ontario (2018–2019) Saskatchewan (since 2024) World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances 1 (2015) Top CTRS ranking 9th (2015–16) Medal record Men's curling Representing Canada World Junior Championships 2006 Jeonju 2007 Eveleth Representing Alberta Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials 2015 Ottawa 2014 Ottawa

**Charley M. Thomas** (born April 4, 1986) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) curler from [Calgary](/source/Calgary) who currently [skips](/source/Skip_(curling)) his own rink on the [World Curling Tour](/source/World_Curling_Tour).

## Curling career

Thomas started his career with an Alberta Provincial Junior title in 2004 and made his debut on the national and international curling scene representing Alberta and winning the [2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships](/source/2006_Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships) (Thunder Bay, Ontario) and [2006 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2006_World_Junior_Curling_Championships) (Jeonju, Korea). Thomas and team also qualified for the [2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships](/source/2007_Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships) by winning the 2007 Alberta Junior Provincials at the [Granite Curling Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Granite_Curling_Club_(Edmonton)&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), Alberta. He went on to win his second straight [Canadian Junior title](/source/2006_Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships) over [Brett Gallant](/source/Brett_Gallant)'s rink from [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island), as well as a consecutive [World Junior title](/source/2007_World_Junior_Curling_Championships) by defeating [Niklas Edin](/source/Niklas_Edin) of [Sweden](/source/Sweden).

After juniors, Thomas skipped his own team before teaming up with [Chris Schille](/source/Chris_Schille) in 2008, throwing fourth stones for the team. Thomas played one season with Schille. Thomas returned to skipping between 2010 and 2014, and joined the Virtue rink for the 2014–15 season.

Thomas and teammate [Kalynn Park](/source/Kalynn_Park) won the [2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials](/source/2015_Canadian_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Trials) and represented Canada at the [2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship](/source/2015_World_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Championship) to a 4th-place finish.

Thomas returned as a skip for the [2015–16 curling season](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_curling_season), playing in two [Grand Slam of Curling](/source/Grand_Slam_of_Curling) events that season and four more in the [2016–17 curling season](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_curling_season) (including playing third on [Brad Gushue](/source/Brad_Gushue)'s team in one event, as Gushue was out due to a hip injury.[1]

## Personal life

Thomas was born in [Victoria, British Columbia](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia).

Thomas was a student at the [University of Calgary](/source/University_of_Calgary) in 2017.[2]

## Awards

- Canadian Junior Men First Team All-star skip: 2006

- Canadian Junior Men First Team All-star skip: 2007[3]

## Grand Slam record

Key C Champion F Lost in Final SF Lost in Semifinal QF Lost in Quarterfinals R16 Lost in the round of 16 Q Did not advance to playoffs T2 Played in Tier 2 event DNP Did not participate in event N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 Elite 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNP Q DNP DNP DNP Masters / World Cup DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP QF[a] DNP DNP Tour Challenge N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNP Q T2 T2 The National Q DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP QF DNP DNP Canadian Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Q DNP Players' DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Q DNP DNP

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Subbing for Team Gushue for injured [Brad Gushue](/source/Brad_Gushue)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Charley Thomas to spare with Team Gushue at GSOC Masters - Sportsnet.ca"](https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/charley-thomas-spare-team-gushue-gsoc-masters/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 2017 Home Hardware RTTR Media Guide

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Canadian Junior Mens"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070818104944/http://curling.com/jnrmen.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.curling.com/jnrmen.htm) on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

## External links

- [Charley Thomas](https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/4647) at [World Curling](/source/World_Curling)

v t e World Junior Men's Curling Champions Year: (country's flag) champion skip 1975: Jan Ullsten 1976: Paul Gowsell 1977: Bill Jenkins 1978: Paul Gowsell 1979: Donald Barcome Jr. 1980: Andrew McQuistin 1981: Peter Wilson 1982: Sören Grahn 1983: John Base 1984: Al Edwards 1985: Bob Ursel 1986: David Aitken 1987: Douglas Dryburgh 1988: Jim Sullivan 1989: Peja Lindholm 1990: Stefan Traub 1991: Alan MacDougall 1992: Stefan Heilman 1993: Craig Wilson 1994: Colin Davison 1995: Tom Brewster 1996: James Dryburgh 1997: Ralph Stöckli 1998: John Morris 1999: John Morris 2000: Brad Kuhn 2001: Brad Gushue 2002: David Hamblin 2003: Steve Laycock 2004: Niklas Edin 2005: Kyle George 2006: Charley Thomas 2007: Charley Thomas 2008: Chris Plys 2009: Rasmus Stjerne 2010: Peter de Cruz 2011: Oskar Eriksson 2012: Brendan Bottcher 2013: Kyle Smith 2014: Yannick Schwaller 2015: Braden Calvert 2016: Bruce Mouat 2017: Lee Ki-jeong 2018: Tyler Tardi 2019: Tyler Tardi 2020: Jacques Gauthier 2022: James Craik 2023: Fei Xueqing 2024: Lukas Høstmælingen 2025: Stefano Spiller 2026: Caden Hebert 2006: Canada (CAN) Charley Thomas, Geoff Walker, Rollie Robinson, Kyle Reynolds, Matthew Ng 2007: Canada (CAN) Charley Thomas, Brock Virtue, Matthew Ng, Kyle Reynolds, Geoff Walker

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