The Team
Shawn Donnelly - Skip
Spencer Cartmell - Third
Brad Thiessen - Second
Bryan Carter - Lead
Rolly Buchanan - Coach
Shawn Donnelly
Shawn is 19 years old and lives in Spruce Grove
Shawn has been curling for 11 years, 6 of them being competitive.
Shawn works for Westquip Diesel in Edmonton
Shawn curled on the 2007-08 NAIT Men's Curling team where he was voted "All-Conference Skip" for Alberta
Shawn has completed his Level 1 Techincial-Coaching Certifiicate for Curling
Shawn was an instructor at the Alberta Rocks Curling Camp in Leduc this summer
Curling Accomplishments & Awards
2008 ACAC Provincial Silver Medalist
2008 ACAC Alberta All-Conference "Skip"
2008 NAIT Silver Torch Winner
2008 "A" Event Wed. Men's League Champion
2007 Optimist International Juvenile Gold Medalist
2007 Alberta Juvenile Provincial Champions
2007 Northern Alberta Juvenile Champion
2007 Junior Provincials - 3rd place
2006 Northern Alberta Junior Champions - NACA "C"
2006 Edmonton Zone - 1st Place
2006 Juvenile Provincials - 3rd Place
2006 Northern Alberta Juvenile Champions - NACA "A"
2006 Alberta Winter Games - Bronze Medalist
Bonspiel Highlights
2007 - Strathcona Men's bonspiel, playing against, and beating out Hugh Millikin's Austrailian Mens World Curling Team as well as, Senior Mens World Champion - Les Rogers team, to win the A Event.
Spencer Cartmell
Spencer is 17 years old and originates from Calgary.
Spencer is presently living in Spruce Grove while he attends College.
Spencer has curled for eleven years, and competitively for seven of them.
He is currently enrolled at NAIT taking Computer Systems Technology.
Spencer used to be a baseball player, and represented Alberta as a Pitcher in Idaho for the 2004 Babe Ruth Baseball League.
Curling Accomplishments & Awards
2006 - 2007 Junior Provincial - Participant
2006 - 2007 Junior Southern Championships - "B" Event Qualifier
2006 Alberta Winter Games - Gold Medal Winner
2005 Saville Country Classic Bonspiel Champion
2004 CWC Friday Junior League Champion
2004 Bantam Southerns Curling Championship - Gold Medal Winner
2004 Junior Curling Super League Champion
2004 CYCA Curling League Champion
2003 CYCA Curling League Champion
Brad Thiessen
Brad is 18 years old
Brad lives in Edmonton and has been curling competitive for 4 years
Brad is currently enrolled at the U of A
taking science and majoring in Computer Science
Brad plays inline hockey during the spring in the Edmonton Inline Hockey League
Brad has completed his Level 1 Technical & Practical - Coaching Certificate for Curling
Brad was an Instructor at the Alberta Rocks Curling Camp in Leduc this summer
Curling Accomplishments & Awards
2008 Junior Provincial Participant
2008 Northern Junior Superleague Champion
2008 High School Provincial Participant
2008 Hazel Jamison Champion
2008 Kevin Martin Junior Spiel "B" Champions
2007 Juvenile Provincial 2nd Place
2007 Northern Junior Superleague Champion
2007 Neil Moher Champion
2006 Alberta Winter Games Participant
Bryan Carter
Bryan is 19 years old and lives in Edmonton
Bryan has curled for 9 years and competitively for five of those years.
He is currently attending the NAIT in his second year in Chemical Engineering
Bryan curled on the 2007-08 NAIT curling team where he was voted "All-Conference Second" for Alberta
Bryan has completed his Level 1 Technical-Coaching Certificate for curling
Curling Accomplishments & Awards
2008 ACAC Provincial Silver Medalist
2008 ACAC Alberta All-Conference "Second"
2008 "A" Event Wed. Men's League Champion
2007 Optimist International Juvenile Champion
2007 Juvenile Provincial Champion
2007 Juvenile Northern Champion - NACA A
2007 Junior Provinicials 3rd Place
2006 Junior Northerns - NACA C
2006 Alberta Provincial High School Mixed Champion
2006 Edmonton High School Mixed Champion
2005 Alberta Provincial High School Mixed Qualifier
2005 Edmonton High School Mixed Champion
Rolly Buchanan - Coach
Rolly lives in Spruce Grove with his wife Fran
Rolly has been coaching for about 21 years
He's a certified Level 3 Coach/Instructor
and a Provincial Course Conductor
Over the years, Rolly has coached many zone winners,
Northern winners and even Provincial winners
in either the
Junior Men’s, Mixed, Women’s and Men’s Divisions
Coaching Accomplishments
2007 - Optimist International Juvenile Champions - Gold Medalist
2007 - Alberta Juvenile Provincial Champion
2007 - Northern Alberta Juvenile Champion
2007 - Junior Men's Provincials - 3rd Place
2006 - Northern Alberta Junior Champion - NACA "C"
2006 - Edmonton Zone - Zone 1
2006 - Juvenile Provincials - 3rd Place
2006 - Northern Alberta Juvenile Champions - NACA "A"
2006 - Alberta Winter Games - Bronze Medalist
2005 - Mixed Alberta Provincial Champions
2005 - Mixed - Alberta Northern Champion - NACA "B"
2004 - Ladies - Alberta Northern Champion - NACA "C"
2004 - Mixed - Alberta Northern Champion - NACA "C"
2003 - Mixed - Alberta NorthernChampion - NACA "A"
1994 - Boy's High School - Alberta Provincial Champions