Martin Ferland 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 Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...

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Ferland was a member of the 2007 Quebec champion team, that was skipped by Pierre Charette

Pierre Charette

Pierre Charette is a Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec.Charette has played in nine Briers, and is the only curler to have played every position at a Brier...

. Ferland threw last stones for the team. At that first Brier, Ferland's team finished with a 4-7 record.

Ferland was also the 1989 provincial junior champion skip. He skipped Quebec to the finals at the 1989 Canadian Junior Curling Championships

Canadian Junior Curling Championships

The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 20 as of December 31 in the year prior to the tournament....

, but lost to Dean Joanisse

Dean Joanisse

Dean Joanisse is a Canadian curler.Joanisse is most notable for skipping his British Columbia team to a Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1989, qualifying him to represent Canada at the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships...

 of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 in the final.

Ferland has been one of the more visible Quebec based teams on the World Curling Tour

World Curling Tour

The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....

, regularly competing in WCT events, while other Quebec rinks are less visible. Despite this, Ferland has regularly played second-fiddle to 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:...

 when it has come to Quebec playdowns. Since winning the 2007 provincial championship

Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship

The Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the Quebec provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Quebec at the Tim Hortons Brier. The provincial champion receives the McIntyre Trophy...

 with Charette, Ferland has lost the last three provincial finals, two of which were against Ménard. Ferland has won a total of three WCT events, including one Grand Slam

Capital One Grand Slam of Curling

The Capital One Grand Slam is a series of curling bonspiels and are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slams tend to offer the most amount of money out of all the bonspiels in the curling season, and usually feature the best teams from across Canada and around the World...

 event, The National

The National (curling)

The Swiss Chalet National is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of four men's Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour.-Champions:* Called the BDO Curling Classic**Maxime Elmaleh curled for the team in the final...

 in 2003. It remains the only Grand Slam victory for a Quebec team.

Grand Slam record

Event	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06 2005-06 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-Men's:-Women's:*Non-Canadians who win events are not counted in the rankings.**Non eligible team-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:**...	2006–07 2006-07 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-Men's:-Women's:-WCT Money Ranking:...	2007–08 2007-08 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:*...	2008–09 2008-09 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:-WCT Money Ranking:...	2009–10 2009-10 curling season The 2009–10 curling season began in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour events:-Women's World Curling Tour events:...	2010–11
World Cup	QF	QF	Q	Q	Q	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP
The National The National (curling) The Swiss Chalet National is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of four men's Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour.-Champions:* Called the BDO Curling Classic**Maxime Elmaleh curled for the team in the final...	C	Q	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	QF	DNP	Q
Canadian Open BDO Canadian Open of Curling The BDO Canadian Open of Curling is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of the Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour.-Event names:*Telus Canadian Open: 2001*M&M Meat Shops Canadian Open: 2002*Canadian Open: 2003, 2005...	QF	Q	Q	QF	Q	SF	DNP	DNP	-
Players' Players' Championships The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament...	Q	DNP	DNP	SF	Q	Q	DNP	Q	-

Key

• C – Champion
• F – Lost final
• SF – Lost semi final
• QF – Lost quarter final
• Q – Did not make playoffs
• DNP – Did not participate in event

External links

• WCT Profile