Landan Rooney (born February 19, 2002)[1] is a Canadian curler from Mississauga, Ontario.[3] He currently plays third on Team Pat Ferris.
| Landan Rooney | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 2002 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Dixie Curling Club,[2] Mississauga, ON |
| Skip | Pat Ferris |
| Third | Landan Rooney |
| Second | Connor Duhaime |
| Lead | Robert Currie |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Ontario |
| Top CTRS ranking | 20th (2021–22) |
Career edit
Rooney and teammates Matthew Prenevost, Kevin Genjaga, Benjamin Lobo competed in the 2019 Ontario U-21 Curling Championships, finishing with a 3–4 record.[4] The following year, Rooney with new teammates Gavin Lydiate, Christopher Oka and Riley Fung-Ernst returned to the Ontario U-21, finishing with a 4–3 record.[5]
Rooney competed in the 2021 World Junior Qualification Event, playing third for Scott Mitchell. The event was held as a replacement tournament for the Canadian Junior Curling Championships, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[6] The team finished with a 4–2 record,[1] losing in the semifinals. Rooney played in his first Provincial men's championship in 2022, playing third for Mitchell. The team was eliminated at the event after finishing with a 3–3 record.[7]
Rooney and his rink of Nathan Steele, Jacob Jones and Austin Snyder won the 2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, defeating Alberta's Johnson Tao in the final. The team had just formed in December 2021 prior to that season's Ontario U-21 Curling Championships. They finished the Canadian Juniors Round-Robin with a 7–1 record, and then won all three of their playoff games to win the Championships.[3] As Canadian champions, the team represented Canada at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships, where they finished with a 3–6 record, relegating Canada to the "B" championship for 2024.[8]
As national junior champions, Rooney and his rink (with Mitchell playing third instead of Steele) were invited to compete in the inaugural 2022 PointsBet Invitational tournament put on by Curling Canada.[9][10] The team lost in the first round of the single-elimination tournament to Brendan Bottcher, 11–3.[11] Later that season Rooney, and his team of Connor Deane, Jones and Snyder qualified for the 2023 Ontario Tankard by defeating Mike McEwen in one of the A finals of the Tankard Open Qualifier.[12] At the Ontario Tankard, the team went 1–4 in pool play, missing the playoffs.
Personal life edit
He currently plays for the University of Toronto men's curling team.[13] He is currently a humanities student there.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "PointsBet Canada Invitational Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "2023 Men's Tankard - Open Qualifier: Team Rooney". Curl-on.ca. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "Local curlers win national championship". Brantford Expositor. April 1, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "U21 Men & Women - Provincial Championship". CurlON. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "U-21 Men & Women - Provincial Championship Results". CurlON. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Youth plans set for next season!". Curling Canada. February 5, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Mitchell 3-3 at 2022 Ontario Tankard". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Despite final win, Canadian teams relegated at World Junior Championships". SIRC. March 2, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ "On The Rocks: Canadian curlers see new single-knockout event as innovative step in the right direction toward meaningful change". Saltwire. September 23, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Curling madness set for pebbled ice at men's PointsBet Invitational". TSN. September 19, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Jones, Bottcher win opening games with new-look teams at PointsBet Invitational". CBC. September 21, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Rooney's Juniors Take Ontario Tankard Berth". CurlingZone. January 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Landan Rooney". Varsity Blues. Retrieved January 8, 2022.