Mark Bice | |
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Curler | |
Born |
Sarnia, Ontario |
October 10, 1984
Team | |
Curling club |
Sarnia G&CC, Sarnia, ON |
Skip | Mark Bice |
Third | Aaron Squires |
Second | Tyler Morgan |
Lead | Steve Bice |
Alternate | Jamie Farnell |
Career | |
Brier appearances | 1 (2014) |
Top CTRS ranking | 13th (2013-14) |
Mark Bice (born October 10, 1984 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays skips a team on the World Curling Tour.
Bice had a fairly successful junior career. Bice is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 2003 and 2005 and was a provincial schoolboy champion in 2002. In 2003, his rink of Mike Callan, Rob Pruliere and Jeff Wilson finished with a 7-5 record at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships- out of the playoffs.
In 2005, they went to the Canadian Juniors again, this time with Codey Maus replacing Callan. The team finished second after the round robin with a 9-3 record. After defeating Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc's Nova Scotia rink in the semi-final, Bice lost in the final match, against Saskatchewan's Kyle George.
After his 2005 Junior run, Bice was picked up to play third for Heath McCormick's rink. He would be demoted to lead the following season. In 2007, he switched to play third for Pat Ferris. In 2008, he formed his own team of John Grant, Steve Bice and Jeff Grant. Jeff Grant left the team in 2009, and was replaced by Codey Maus.
In 2009, Bice won the provincial Mixed title, qualifying his rink thant included Leslie Bishop, Codey Maus and Courtney Davies for the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. At the 2010 Mixed, the team placed second after the round robin. They beat British Columbia's Jason Montgomery in the semi-final, but lost in the final to Nova Scotia's Mark Dacey rink.