# Kurt Balderston

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Canadian curler

Kurt Balderston Personal information Born Grande Prairie, Alberta

**Kurt Balderston** (born c. 1963)[1] is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [curler](/source/Curling) from [Sexsmith](/source/Sexsmith%2C_Alberta), [Alberta](/source/Alberta).

## Career

Balderston is a former [Canadian Mixed](/source/Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship) champion, having won the 1992 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Since then he has played in four national mixed championships, in [1998](/source/1998_Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship), [2001](/source/2001_Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship), [2012](/source/2012_Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship) and [2013](/source/2013_Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship).[2] He finished as the runner-up in 2012 and in sixth place in 2013, when [Cheryl Bernard](/source/Cheryl_Bernard) replaced his regular third [Desirée Owen](/source/Desir%C3%A9e_Owen).[3] Balderston won a sixth provincial mixed title in 2018 and will represent Alberta at the [2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship](/source/2019_Canadian_Mixed_Curling_Championship).[4]

Balderston has also competed in the [Alberta curling provincials](/source/Boston_Pizza_Cup) multiple times. His best finishes were as the runner-up in 1991, 1992, 2002, and 2004. He was third for [Mike Vavrek](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vavrek&action=edit&redlink=1) in 1991 and 1992, when he lost both finals to [Kevin Martin](/source/Kevin_Martin_(curler)), and skipped his own team in 2004 when he lost to [Randy Ferbey](/source/Randy_Ferbey).[1] He made his final appearance at the Alberta provincials as a skip in 2013.[5] He returned [in 2014](/source/2014_Boston_Pizza_Cup), playing third for [Mark Johnson](/source/Mark_Johnson_(curler)). That same year, the Johnson rink (with Balderston throwing third) won the Alberta Senior Curling Championship.[6] The team represented Alberta at the [2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships](/source/2014_Canadian_Senior_Curling_Championships), where they finished fourth.

Balderston played in his first career [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(curling)) event at the [2018 Humpty's Champions Cup](/source/2018_Humpty's_Champions_Cup), which he qualified for by winning the [Original 16 WCT Bonspiel](/source/Original_16_WCT_Bonspiel).

## Personal life

As of 2004, he was employed as a farmer.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ferbey_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ferbey_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Ferbey_1-2) ["Ferbey's going back to the Brier"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91813599/edmonton-journal/). *Edmonton Journal*. February 16, 2004. p. D1. Retrieved January 4, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Past Provincial Champions - Mixed"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161006043605/http://fscs.rampinteractive.com/albertacurlingfederation/files/association/2016%20MIXEDPROVINCIALCHAMPIONS2.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://fscs.rampinteractive.com/albertacurlingfederation/files/association/2016%20MIXEDPROVINCIALCHAMPIONS2.pdf) (PDF) on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Cruickshank, Scott (12 November 2012). ["Bernard set for Canadian mixed action with Balderston rink"](https://calgaryherald.com/sports/curling/Bernard+Canadian+mixed+action+with+Balderston+rink/7537340/story.html). [Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald). Retrieved 23 June 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Provincial title for local rink"](http://everythinggp.com/article/521510/provincial-title-local-rink).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Griwkowsky, Con (6 February 2013). ["Kurt Balderston makes his farewell appearance at the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup — with a revised crew"](http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/02/07/kurt-balderston-makes-his-farewell-appearance-at-the-alberta-boston-pizza-cup--with-a-revised-crew). [Edmonton Sun](/source/Edmonton_Sun). Retrieved 22 June 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Past Provincial Champions - Senior Men Past Provincial Champions - Senior Men"](http://cloud.rampinteractive.com/albertacurlingfederation/files/2017SENIORMEN.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2024-05-16.

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