Mark Dacey is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 from the Mayflower Curling Club

Mayflower Curling Club

The Mayflower Curling Club, which was founded in 1905, is located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality in Halifax.The club is one of the premier curling rinks in Nova Scotia, being home to the teams headed by Colleen Jones, Mark Dacey, Shawn Adams, and Heather Smith-Dacey...

 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, but originally from Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, winning the 2004 Nokia Brier

2004 Nokia Brier

The 2004 Nokia Brier was held at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 6 to March 14. The Nova Scotia team skipped by Mark Dacey defeated the Alberta team of Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the final game played on March 14...

. He defeated Randy Ferbey

Randy Ferbey

Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....

's team, ending their 3-year Brier winning streak. Dacey went on to win a bronze medal at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championship.

Competitive history

Mark Dacey was a runner-up in the 1995 Brier

1995 Labatt Brier

The 1995 Labatt Brier was held March 5-March 12 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Kerry Burtnyk of Manitoba defeated Brad Heidt of Saskatchewan in the final.-Standings:-Playoffs:-Final:March 12, 1995...

, as the vice-skip for team Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 (skipped by Brad Heidt

Brad Heidt

Brad Heidt is a Canadian curler from Kerrobert, Saskatchewan. He is a two-time provincial champion.In 1982, Heidt and his team of Wayne Charteris, John Whetter and Warren Rechenmacher finished 5-6 at the Labatt Brier. He won his second provincial championship 13 years later, sending him to the 1995...

). Representing Nova Scotia, he reached the 2001 Nokia Brier

2001 Nokia Brier

The 2001 Nokia Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held March 3–11 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the very first Brier to be sponsored by Nokia. The theme of the event was the 2001: A Space Odyssey...

, finishing with a 6-5 record, and at the 2003 Nokia Brier

2003 Nokia Brier

The 2003 Nokia Brier was held at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from March 1-9. The defending champion, Randy Ferbey and his team from Alberta were the winners, winning their third Brier in a row. At the Worlds they went on to represent Canada and win the gold medal.Final...

 in Halifax, he finished third runner-up with a 7-4 record.

Dacey also won the 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. It is considered as the highest level of mixed curling in the world, with the absence of a World Championships. However, a...

. In 2005, Dacey was unable to win the Nova Scotia men's championship, precluding him from defending his National title at the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier

2005 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2005 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta from March 5 to 13. The tournament consisted of 12 teams—one from each province, plus a team representing the Yukon and Northwest Territories, plus a team representing Northern Ontario...

. In 2006, Dacey recaptured the provincial championship to return to the Brier. His team finished 7-4 in the round-robin, and defeated Alberta's Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin (curler)

Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 in the first playoff game. They lost to eventual champion Jean-Michel Ménard

Jean-Michel Ménard

Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...

 of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 in the semifinal, securing a third-place finish.

The Dacey team announced it was taking a year off as of Tuesday April 9, 2007.

However, in the 2008 Nova Scotia provincials, the team was back minus Dacey. Bruce Lohnes

Bruce Lohnes

Bruce Lohnes is a Canadian curler from Fall River, Nova Scotia. He plays third for Mark Dacey's team.Lohnes joined Dacey prior to the 2003 season. The team would go on to win the 2004 Nokia Brier and a bronze at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships. The team has been to three Briers together...

 (Third), Rob Harris

Rob Harris (curler)

Robert "Rob" Harris is a Canadian curler.Harris played second for Mark Dacey's men's team from 2002 to 2007 and from 1998 to 1999. Harris also played Mixed with Dacey around this time...

 (Second), Andrew Gibson

Andrew Gibson

Andrew Gibson is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He currently plays second for Shawn Adams.Gibson was a member of Mark Dacey's rink from 2003 to 2010. He has been to the Brier three times with Dacey winning the Brier in 2004. In 2004 he won a bronze medal at the World Curling...

 (Lead), curled in the provincial finals with Colleen Jones

Colleen Jones

Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row...

' husband Scott Saunders skipping them.

Dacey won his second mixed title in November 2009 at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

The 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held Nov. 14-21, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario. Nova Scotia won its seventh Mixed title, and skip Mark Dacey won his second title with wife, Heather as his mate.-Teams:...

. This qualified him and his wife, Heather to represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

-April 19:Draw 409:00Draw 617:00-April 20:Draw 813:00-April 21:Draw 1113:00Draw 1217:00-April 22:Draw 1413:00Draw 1517:00-April 18:Draw 213:00-April 19:Draw 409:00...

. However, they had to pull out after being delayed by the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

In response to concerns that volcanic ash ejected during the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland would damage aircraft engines, the controlled airspace of many European countries was closed to instrument flight rules traffic, resulting in the largest air-traffic shut-down since World War II...

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Teams

Event	Skip	3rd	2nd	Lead	Alternate	Result
1995 Brier 1995 Labatt Brier The 1995 Labatt Brier was held March 5-March 12 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Kerry Burtnyk of Manitoba defeated Brad Heidt of Saskatchewan in the final.-Standings:-Playoffs:-Final:March 12, 1995...	Brad Heidt Brad Heidt Brad Heidt is a Canadian curler from Kerrobert, Saskatchewan. He is a two-time provincial champion.In 1982, Heidt and his team of Wayne Charteris, John Whetter and Warren Rechenmacher finished 5-6 at the Labatt Brier. He won his second provincial championship 13 years later, sending him to the 1995...	Mark Dacey	Wayne Charteris	Dan Ormsby		2nd
2001 Brier 2001 Nokia Brier The 2001 Nokia Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held March 3–11 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the very first Brier to be sponsored by Nokia. The theme of the event was the 2001: A Space Odyssey...	Mark Dacey	Paul Flemming Paul Flemming Paul Flemming is a Canadian curler. He currently plays third for Ian Fitzner-Leblanc.Flemming's junior team had a stellar record, yet failed to win the Nova Scotia Junior Men's Championship, losing 4 provincial finals...	Blayne Iskiw	Tom Fetterly		t-5th
2003 Brier 2003 Nokia Brier The 2003 Nokia Brier was held at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from March 1-9. The defending champion, Randy Ferbey and his team from Alberta were the winners, winning their third Brier in a row. At the Worlds they went on to represent Canada and win the gold medal.Final...	Mark Dacey	Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes is a Canadian curler from Fall River, Nova Scotia. He plays third for Mark Dacey's team.Lohnes joined Dacey prior to the 2003 season. The team would go on to win the 2004 Nokia Brier and a bronze at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships. The team has been to three Briers together...	Rob Harris Rob Harris Rob Harris was the skysurfing world champion of 1994 and 1995. He died in an accident while shooting the Mountain Dew "007" commercial directed by David Kellogg and lensed by Janusz Kamiński.-Memorialization:...	Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He currently plays second for Shawn Adams.Gibson was a member of Mark Dacey's rink from 2003 to 2010. He has been to the Brier three times with Dacey winning the Brier in 2004. In 2004 he won a bronze medal at the World Curling...	Steve Ogden Steve Ogden Steve Ogden is a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 5th District. Ogden was elected to the Texas Senate in January 1997, and chairs the Texas Senate Finance Committee...	2nd
2004 Brier 2004 Nokia Brier The 2004 Nokia Brier was held at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 6 to March 14. The Nova Scotia team skipped by Mark Dacey defeated the Alberta team of Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the final game played on March 14...	Mark Dacey	Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes is a Canadian curler from Fall River, Nova Scotia. He plays third for Mark Dacey's team.Lohnes joined Dacey prior to the 2003 season. The team would go on to win the 2004 Nokia Brier and a bronze at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships. The team has been to three Briers together...	Rob Harris Rob Harris Rob Harris was the skysurfing world champion of 1994 and 1995. He died in an accident while shooting the Mountain Dew "007" commercial directed by David Kellogg and lensed by Janusz Kamiński.-Memorialization:...	Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He currently plays second for Shawn Adams.Gibson was a member of Mark Dacey's rink from 2003 to 2010. He has been to the Brier three times with Dacey winning the Brier in 2004. In 2004 he won a bronze medal at the World Curling...	Mat Harris	1st
2004 WCC 2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship -Draw 2:April 18, 2004 08:00-Draw 3:April 18, 2004 16:00-Draw 4:April 19, 2004 08:30-Draw 5:April 19, 2004 19:00-Draw 6:April 20, 2004 14:00-Draw 7:April 21, 2004 08:30-Draw 8:April 21, 2004 19:00...	Mark Dacey	Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes is a Canadian curler from Fall River, Nova Scotia. He plays third for Mark Dacey's team.Lohnes joined Dacey prior to the 2003 season. The team would go on to win the 2004 Nokia Brier and a bronze at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships. The team has been to three Briers together...	Rob Harris Rob Harris Rob Harris was the skysurfing world champion of 1994 and 1995. He died in an accident while shooting the Mountain Dew "007" commercial directed by David Kellogg and lensed by Janusz Kamiński.-Memorialization:...	Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He currently plays second for Shawn Adams.Gibson was a member of Mark Dacey's rink from 2003 to 2010. He has been to the Brier three times with Dacey winning the Brier in 2004. In 2004 he won a bronze medal at the World Curling...	Mat Harris	3rd
2006 Brier 2006 Tim Hortons Brier The 2006 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan March 11-19. In the final, Quebec's Jean-Michel Ménard rink became only the second Quebec team to win the Brier. They also became the first francophone team to win...	Mark Dacey	Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes Bruce Lohnes is a Canadian curler from Fall River, Nova Scotia. He plays third for Mark Dacey's team.Lohnes joined Dacey prior to the 2003 season. The team would go on to win the 2004 Nokia Brier and a bronze at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships. The team has been to three Briers together...	Rob Harris Rob Harris Rob Harris was the skysurfing world champion of 1994 and 1995. He died in an accident while shooting the Mountain Dew "007" commercial directed by David Kellogg and lensed by Janusz Kamiński.-Memorialization:...	Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He currently plays second for Shawn Adams.Gibson was a member of Mark Dacey's rink from 2003 to 2010. He has been to the Brier three times with Dacey winning the Brier in 2004. In 2004 he won a bronze medal at the World Curling...		3rd
2010 CM 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held Nov. 14-21, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario. Nova Scotia won its seventh Mixed title, and skip Mark Dacey won his second title with wife, Heather as his mate.-Teams:...	Mark Dacey	Heather Smith-Dacey Heather Smith-Dacey Heather Smith-Dacey is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia....	Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He currently plays second for Shawn Adams.Gibson was a member of Mark Dacey's rink from 2003 to 2010. He has been to the Brier three times with Dacey winning the Brier in 2004. In 2004 he won a bronze medal at the World Curling...	Jill Mouzar Jill Mouzar Jillian Mouzar [pronounced MOW-zer] is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead for Kirsten Wall's Oakville, Ontario rink.Mouzar started curling in Liverpool, Nova Scotia...		1st

Personal life

He is the husband of 2004 Nova Scotia women's curling champion Heather Smith-Dacey

Heather Smith-Dacey

Heather Smith-Dacey is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia....

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