Trevor Bonot Mixed Curling Team (2017)
Trevor Bonot Mixed Curling Team (2017) was a mixed curling rink from the Port Arthur Curling Club that won the Canadian national title and a world silver medal. The team was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.[1]
Overview
- Sport: Curling
- Season: 2017
- Achievement: Canadian Mixed Curling Title & World Silver Medal
- Inducted: 17 September 2022[1]
Season
The rink began its competitive run in March 2016 representing the Port Arthur Curling Club at the Northern Ontario Curling Association Mixed playdowns in Fort Frances. The lineup featured skip Trevor Bonot and his sister, third Jackie McCormick, both originally from Stratton, alongside Thunder Bay residents Kory Carr at second and Megan Westlund at lead. During the double round-robin tournament, the team finished with a 4–2 record, resulting in a tie with the host rink led by Dylan Johnson. In the subsequent tiebreaker, the Bonot rink secured a 5–3 victory by stealing a point in the final end to claim the Northern Ontario regional championship.[1]
In November 2016, the team traveled to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Competing for Northern Ontario, they produced an 8–2 record during the round-robin stage to qualify for the semi-finals. After defeating Saskatchewan 5–4, they faced a Manitoba team skipped by Braden Calvert in the final. The match remained tied until the fifth end, where a double takeout by the skip scored four points. The rink won the national title with a 5–2 score, ending a twenty-year championship drought for their region. For his conduct during the event, Trevor Bonot was honored with a Sportsmanship Award.[1]
As the national champions, the group represented Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship held in Champéry, Switzerland, in October 2017. They went undefeated in the opening pool with a 6–0 record. In the playoff rounds, they narrowly beat Poland 4–3 before defeating Russia 9–1 in a six-end quarter-final. A 5–3 win over Norway in the semi-finals, decided by a measurement, advanced the team to the gold medal game against Scotland.[1]
The final match against the Scottish rink went to an extra end. Trailing by three points in the seventh end, the Canadian side scored two and then stole a point in the eighth to tie the game 5–5. In the extra end, the Scotland skip successfully executed a double takeout on the final stone to win 8–5. By earning the silver medal, the Bonot rink became the first team from Canada to reach the podium in the history of the World Mixed Curling Championship.[1]
Roster
The names below come from the Hall of Fame profile and its team photograph caption.[1]
| Name | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor Bonot | skip | |
| Jackie McCormick | third | |
| Kory Carr | second | |
| Megan Carr | lead |
Honours and achievements
- 2017 Northern Ontario Mixed Curling Champions
- 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Champions
- 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship Silver Medallists
- First Canadian team to medal at the World Mixed Curling Championship
- Skip Trevor Bonot received the Sportsmanship Award at the 2017 Nationals[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Tevor Bonot Mixed Curling Team", team profile, Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, https://www.nwosportshalloffame.com/team-profile/f455072c-bdf6-4df4-8884-97164873cede (accessed 31 October 2026). Archived copy on datum.locker.