Randy Ferbey
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Randy S. Ferbey
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Ferbey notably popularized the system of having the skip throw third rocks, when he skipped the team nicknamed "the Ferbey Four", a team that he won four Briers (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005) and narrowly missed winning the 2004 final after giving up a 7–3 lead to Mark Dacey. Others teams in both men's and women's curling have adopted the system of not having the skip throw last stones, such as the Margaretha Sigfridsson rink, who would win an Olympic Silver medal and numerous World silver medals and European gold medals by skipping while throwing lead stones, and Jim Cotter throwing last rocks for John Morris who would together reach the finals of both 2014 Olympic Curling Trials and 2014 Brier. The Ferbey Four also popularized the "numbered zones", when calling out the weight of various draw shots.[3] Many consider the quartet together at its peak from 2002–2006 to be either the best team or very near to the best team in curling history. Nedohin's often near perfect shotmaking (regularly having games in the high 90s), Ferbey's extremely aggressive shot calling, and the stellar brushing and front end stones of Marcel Rocque and Scott Pfeifer (nicknamed Huff and Puff for their tireless work on the broom) made them an incredibly difficult challenge for every opponent.
All together, he has played in eight
Career
Early years with Pat Ryan
Ferbey participated in his first
The "Ferbey Four"
After playing his last season with Ryan in 1997 where he played in the British Columbia playdowns, Ferbey teamed up with a young David Nedohin in 1997 with Carter Rycroft and Pat McCallum. After a reasonably successful season, reaching the Semi-Finals of the World Curling Tour Championship, and winning the Edmonton Superleague, Ferbey picked up Scott Pfeifer, bumping Rycroft to lead.
In 1999, Rycroft left the team to play with Ferbey's main rival,
Many attribute Ferbey's success during this time to the boycott that other major teams of the early 2000s had of the Brier, to play in
One of the big disappoints for the team was their failure to qualify for the Olympics. After winning their first Brier, the team went 5–4 at the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, missing out on the playoffs or a tiebreaker by just 1 game. In 2005 after winning their final Brier, they finished just 4–5 at the Trials that year. In 2009, the team had another disappointing Olympic Trials, finishing 3–4.
Teaming up with Brad Gushue
In April 2010, Randy Ferbey announced he would be joining
In December 2010, Randy Ferbey and David Nedohin announced they would team up once again in an attempt to play in the 2011 Boston Pizza Cup for a chance to represent Alberta at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier.[10]
On February 9, 2011, Randy Ferbey announced his time curling with Brad Gushue had come to an end. He stated he knew after the Canadian Open Grand Slam Event, he was done curling with them.
The final season and retirement
In the 2011–12 curling season, Ferbey teamed up with longtime teammate David Nedohin, who threw fourth stones. Ferbey skipped at third position, and Ted Appelman and Brendan Melnyk played as second and lead, respectively.[11] They fared rather well on the World Curling tour, winning The Shoot-Out and finishing second at the Cactus Pheasant Classic. However, they failed to qualify for the playoffs at the 2011 World Cup of Curling and the 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling.
Ferbey decided to retire from competitive curling after attempting to construct a team that might be able to qualify for the 2013 Olympic Trials,
In 2023 Ferbey and his Team Ferbey rinkmates (David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer and Marcel Rocque) were inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[15]
Personal life
Ferbey is a representative for Everest Funeral Concierge Service. He is married and has three children.[2]
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1986–87 | Pat Ryan | Randy Ferbey | Don Walchuk | Roy Hebert | 1987 Brier |
1987–88 | Pat Ryan | Randy Ferbey | Don Walchuk | Don McKenzie | 1988 Brier, WCC |
1988–89 | Pat Ryan | Randy Ferbey | Don Walchuk | Don McKenzie | 1989 Brier, WCC |
1994–95[16][17] | Brad Hannah | Randy Ferbey | Pat McCallum | Rich Vurko | |
1995[18] | Kevin Martin | Randy Ferbey | Don Walchuk | Don Bartlett | |
1996–97 | Pat Ryan | Ed Lukowich | Randy Ferbey | Merv Bodnarchuk | |
1997–98 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Carter Rycroft | Pat McCallum | |
1998–99 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Carter Rycroft | |
1999–00 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | |
2000–01 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2001 WCC
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2001–02 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2002 WCC
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2002–03 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2003 WCC
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2003–04 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2004 Alta., Brier |
2004–05 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2005 WCC
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2007–08 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2008 Alta. |
2008–09 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2009 Alta. |
2009–10 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | 2009 COCT, 2010 Alta. |
2010–11 | Brad Gushue (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Mark Nichols | Ryan Fry | |
Randy Ferbey | David Nedohin | Blayne Iskiw | David Harper | 2011 Alta. | |
2011–12 | David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Ted Appelman | Brendan Melnyk |
Grand Slam record
Key | |
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C | Champion |
F | Lost in Final |
SF | Lost in Semifinal |
QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
DNP | Did not participate in event |
N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
Event | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06
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2006–07
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2007–08
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2008–09
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2009–10
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2010–11
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2011–12
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World Cup/Masters
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Q | QF | C | F | QF | QF | Q | QF | Q |
The National
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DNP | Q | SF | SF | DNP | SF | F | Q | DNP |
Canadian Open
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DNP | F | SF | F | QF
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Q | QF | Q | Q |
Players'
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DNP | DNP | C | SF | QF | C | QF | DNP | DNP |
References
- ^ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
- ^ a b "2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Greatest Curlers: Six-time Brier champ Ferbey honoured as greatest third - TSN.ca". March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Nedohin locks up Brier berth". Edmonton Journal. February 12, 2001. p. D1. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Ferbey rink dodges early bullet". Edmonton Journal. February 11, 2002. p. D7. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Ferbey fire burns brilliantly". Edmonton Journal. February 10, 2003. p. D2. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Ferbey's going back to the Brier". Edmonton Journal. February 16, 2004. p. D1. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Ferbey: Lord of the Rings". Edmonton Journal. February 14, 2005. p. D3. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "Ferbey will throw third rocks | Other Sports | Sports | Edmonton Sun". Archived from the original on April 10, 2010.
- ^ [1][usurped]
- ^ [2][usurped]
- ^ "Canadian Ferbey retires from competitive curling". CBC Sports. March 20, 2012.
- TSN Curling. March 20, 2012.
- ^ "Ferbey retires from curling". Calgary Herald. March 21, 2012.
- ^ "Virtue and Moir lead star-studded group of inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame". CBC Sports. October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Hannah".
- ^ "Hannah".
- ^ "Broda goes from chump to champ". Edmonton Journal. February 19, 1996. p. D3. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
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