{{Short description|Scottish-Canadian curler (born 1991)}} {{Infobox curler | name = Kerr Drummond | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|27}}<ref name="MG"/> | birth_place = [[Forfar]], [[Scotland]]<ref name="MG"/> | Curling club = [[Airdrie Curling Club|Airdrie CC]], <br> [[Airdrie, Alberta|Airdrie, AB]] | Skip = [[Cameron Bryce]] | Third = [[Karsten Sturmay]] | Second = '''Kerr Drummond''' | Lead = [[Scott Hyslop]] | Alternate = [[Robin McCall (curler)|Robin McCall]] | Mixed doubles partner = | Member Association = {{SCO}} (2009–2013) <br> {{AB}} (2022–2024) <br> {{YT}} (2024–2026) | Brier appearances = 3 ({{Brier|2024}}, {{Brier|2025}}, {{Brier|2026}}) | Top CCA ranking = 7th ([[2022–23 curling season|2022–23]]; [[2023–24 curling season|2023–24]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[2010 World Junior Curling Championships|2010 Flims]] | }} {{MedalBronze| [[2012 World Junior Curling Championships|2012 Östersund]] | }} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Youth Olympic Festival]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[Curling at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival|2009 Bielsko-Biała]] | }} }}
'''Kerr Drummond''' (born June 27, 1991) is a Scottish–Canadian [[curling|curler]] from [[Red Deer, Alberta]].<ref name="MG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/03/2024-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-Ver3.pdf|title=2024 Montana's Brier Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 9, 2024|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423075330/https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/03/2024-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-Ver3.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He currently plays [[Second (curling)|second]] on Team [[Cameron Bryce]].
==Junior career in Scotland== Drummond's fist international experience came at the [[2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival]], where he played [[lead (curling)|lead]] for Team Great Britain, which was [[skip (curling)|skipped]] by Colin Dick. The team finished 4–1 in group play, and then beat Norway (skipped by [[Sander Rølvåg]]) in the semifinal before losing to Switzerland (skipped by [[Roger Gulka]]) in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/361|title=9th European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2009|website=World Curling|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
The following year, Drummond won the [[Scottish Junior Curling Championships]], playing lead for the [[Ally Fraser]] rink.<ref name="jr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishcurling.org/comps/past-national-champions/scottish-junior-champions-men/|title=Scottish Junior Champions Men|website=Scottish Curling|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref> The team represented Scotland at the [[2010 World Junior Curling Championships]], where they led the round robin portion with an 8–1 record. The team then beat China (skipped by [[Ji Yansong]]) in the page playoff 1 vs. 2 game, but lost to Switzerland (skipped by [[Peter de Cruz]]) in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/374|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2010|website=World Curling|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
In 2011, Drummond played lead for Great Britain at the [[2011 Winter Universiade]], on a team skipped by [[Glen Muirhead]]. There, the team finished the round robin with a 7–2 record, in a three-way tie for first. In the playoffs, the team lost the semifinal against Switzerland (skipped by [[Pascal Hess]]) and the bronze medal game to the Czech Republic (skipped by [[Lukáš Klíma (curler)|Lukáš Klíma]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/384|title=XXV. Winter Universiade 2011|website=World Curling|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
The next season, Drummond won a second Scottish junior title, playing lead for team [[Kyle Smith (curler)|Kyle Smith]].<ref name="jr"/> Representing Scotland at the [[2012 World Junior Curling Championships]], the team finished the round robin with a 7–2 record, putting them in the page playoff 3 vs. 4 game against Norway's [[Markus Høiberg]] rink. The team lost the game, but faced the Norwegians again in the bronze medal game, and avenged their loss, taking home the bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/441|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2012|website=World Curling|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
==Men's career in Canada== Drummond moved to Canada in 2013, settling in [[Calgary]] at first. He eventually moved to Red Deer, where his wife is from<ref name="CC">{{cite news|title=Scottish Touch!|publisher=Curling Canada|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2024/03/05/scottish-touch/|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref> in around 2018.<ref name="Advocate">{{cite news|title=Red Deer’s Kerr Drummond to compete for men’s curling national title|date=February 14, 2024|publisher=Red Deer Advocate|url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/sports/red-deers-kerr-drummond-to-compete-for-mens-curling-national-title-7318091|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
After moving to Canada, Drummond played one season for the [[Kevin Park]] rink, winning the [[Black Diamond / High River Cash]] [[World Curling Tour]] event in 2015.<ref name="events"/> As he was not yet a citizen, he had to be replaced by friend [[Dylan Webster]] at the [[2016 Boston Pizza Cup]] provincial championship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Edmonton skip brushes away question of age as 2016 Alberta men's curling championship begins|date=February 9, 2016|publisher=Edmonton Journal|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/curling/edmonton-skip-brushes-away-question-of-age-as-2016-alberta-mens-curling-championship-begins|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
Drummond joined the [[Aaron Sluchinski]] rink in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=22160&view=Teams#1|title=Kerr Drummond: Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref> In their first season together, the team won the Black Diamond / High River Cash and [[Avonair Cash Spiel]] events on the World Curling Tour.<ref name="events">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=22160&view=Events#1|title=Kerr Drummond: Events|website=CurlingZone|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref> However, he still could not play with the team in provincial championships because he was not yet a citizen.<ref>{{cite news|title=JONES: Hastily assembled Sluchinski team taking 'anything can happen' approach to men's provincial curling championships|date=February 6, 2020|publisher=Edmonton Sun|url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/curling/jones-hastily-assembled-sluchinski-team-taking-anything-can-happen-approach-to-mens-provincial-curling-championships|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref> Drummond finally became a Canadian citizen in 2022,<ref name="CC"/><ref name="CBC"/> but he did not play for the team at the [[2023 Boston Pizza Cup]] provincial championship due the birth of his daughter, and was replaced on the team by [[Ted Appelman]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tankard Top 10|date=February 11, 2023|publisher=[[The Curling News]]|website=Sports Illustrated|url=https://www.si.com/curling/news/tankard-top-10|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ted Appelman back from retirement curling in Alberta Boston Pizza Cup|date=February 10, 2023|publisher=Edmonton Sun|url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/curling/ted-appelman-back-from-retirement-curling-in-alberta-boston-pizza-cup|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
Team Sluchinski began the [[2023–24 curling season]] at the [[2023 PointsBet Invitational]] tournament, organized by [[Curling Canada]]. There, the team was eliminated in the "Sweep 16"<ref name="MG"/> round against [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]]. The team played in three [[Grand Slam of Curling]] events during the season, the [[2023 Tour Challenge]], the [[2023 National]] and the [[2023 Masters (curling)|2023 Masters]], failing to make the playoffs in all three.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-sluchinski/|title=Team Sluchinski|website=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=March 9, 2024|archive-date=March 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309215402/https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-sluchinski/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later in the season, Drummond won his first [[Boston Pizza Cup|Alberta provincial title]] [[2024 Boston Pizza Cup|in 2024]], when Team Sluchinksi defeated [[Kevin Koe]] in the final<ref name="Advocate"/> in an upset.<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|title=New Alberta curling team slides into deep men's national championship field|date=February 29, 2024|publisher=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/curling-alberta-sluchinski-brier-airdrie-1.7129568|accessdate=March 9, 2024}}</ref> The team represented one of the Alberta teams at the [[2024 Montana's Brier]]. There, they finished pool play with a 4–4 record.
On March 29, 2024, Drummond announced he was stepping back from competitive curling. He announced that while stepping back from competitive curling, he will join the [[Thomas Scoffin]] rink from Yukon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Curling Lineup Changes|date=March 29, 2024|publisher=TSN|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/curling-lineup-changes-skylar-ackerman-stepping-way-shuffling-in-quebec-1.2095427|accessdate=March 29, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Drummond works as a regional account executive for Rasco FR Canada. He is married and has two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|title=2026 Montana's Brier Media Guide|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-WEB1.pdf}}</ref> His brother is 2014 Olympic silver medallist curler [[Greg Drummond]], and his sister-in law 2022 Olympic gold medallist curler [[Vicky Wright|Vicky Drummond]] ({{nee}} Wright).<ref name="MG"/>
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