Tyler N. Tardi (born August 10, 1998[2] in Richmond, British Columbia)[3] is a Canadian curler originally from Cloverdale, British Columbia.[4] He currently plays third on Team Kevin Koe.
| Tyler Tardi | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 10, 1998 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Langley CC,[1] Langley, BC |
| Skip | Kevin Koe |
| Third | Tyler Tardi |
| Second | Aaron Sluchinski |
| Lead | Karrick Martin |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  British Columbia (2013–2022)  Alberta (2022–present) |
| Brier appearances | 3 (2021, 2023, 2024) |
| Top CTRS ranking | 4th (2022–23) |
| Grand Slam victories | 1 (2023 Players') |
Career
editJuniors
editTardi first came onto the national curling scene skipping the host British Columbia team at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, British Columbia where he would pick up a bronze medal. After losing in the British Columbia junior finals in both 2013 and 2014, Tardi and his rink of Daniel Wenzek, brother[5] Jordan and Nicholas Meister won the 2016 British Columbia men's junior championship. The team represented the province at the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and went 7-3 after the round robin portion, making the playoffs in third place. The team would have to settle for a bronze medal after they lost to Manitoba's Matt Dunstone in the semi-final.
A month later, Tardi would throw third stones (Joined by Sterling Middleton, Mary Fay and Karlee Burgess of Nova Scotia) for Team Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The team steamrolled through the opposition, winning all 10 of their games before claiming a gold medal for their country. In the mixed doubles event, Tardi was teamed up with Japan's Honoka Sasaki. The pair made it to the semi-finals before losing to China's Han Su and Great Britain's Ross Whyte. They then lost in the bronze medal final to China's Zhao Ruiyi and Norway's Andreas Hårstad.
Tardi and his team of Middleton, Jordan Tardi, and Meister won a second provincial junior title in 2017. Representing British Columbia at the 2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the team lost one round robin game en route to winning the national championship, defeating Ontario's Matthew Hall rink in the final. The team represented Canada at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships, where they finished the round robin with a 6–3 record, but lost to Norway in a tiebreaker game. That year, Tardi also skipped British Columbia at the 2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships, losing just one round robin game. However, he was not successful in the playoffs, losing in the semifinal, but rebounded in the bronze medal game, defeating Saskatchewan's Rylan Kleiter.
In 2018, Tardi, Middleton, Jordan and new lead Zac Curtis won a third provincial junior title. At the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Tardi would defend his title. After losing three round robin games, he had to fight through a tiebreaker before winning two playoff games, including defeating Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan rink in the final. The team represented Canada at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships, where they were much more successful. The team lost two round robin games, and won both playoff games, including defeating Scotland in the final to claim the gold medal.
In 2019, Tardi and Middleton added a new front end of Matthew Hall, his opponent in the 2017 Junior finals and Alex Horvath and won a fourth provincial junior title. At the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, he led his province to his third-straight national championship, becoming the first skip to win three-straight junior championships.[6] Tardi lost just one game en route to the title, and defeated Manitoba's J.T. Ryan in the final. Tardi once again represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. After posting a 7–2 round robin record, he won both playoff games, including defeating Switzerland's Marco Hösli rink in the final.
The 2019-20 curling season would have been Tardi's last year of junior eligibility, but he decided to make the jump to men's curling full-time, eschewing the junior ranks.[7]
Mixed doubles
editIn addition to playing in the mixed doubles event at the 2016 Youth Olympics, Tardi has also won two BC mixed doubles championships (2013 and 2015) with Dezaray Hawes. The pair would go 4–3 at both the 2013 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials. In 2015, their record was good enough to make it to the playoffs, where they lost in the round of 12 to Glenn Howard and daughter Carly. They also competed in the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they were first in their round-robin pool, but lost in the quarterfinal to Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott.
Men's
editTardi has been playing on the World Curling Tour since 2013. He won his first tour event at the 2016 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. He played in his first Grand Slam event at the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup by virtue of winning the World Junior championship. He went 1–3 at the event, missing the playoffs. He won another tour event to begin the next season at the 2018 King Cash Spiel. His junior team qualified for the 2019 Champions Cup by winning the World Juniors again. There, the team went win-less in their four matches.[8] In his first post-junior season, he won the 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. The next season, he won the 2020 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash event.
Tardi qualified for his first men's provincial championship in 2016, but had to bow out due to his participation at that year's Youth Olympics. The rest of his team played short-handed, and went 2–3. Tardi played in the 2017 BC Men's Curling Championship, going 3-3. He didn't enter playdowns in 2018, but was back at it at the 2019 BC Men's Curling Championship. There, his team were eliminated after posting a 2–3 record. He finally made the playoffs at the 2020 BC Men's Curling Championship, where he lost in the final to Jim Cotter.
Team did not play in any major events in the 2020-21 curling season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next season, they played at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. After finishing group play with a 4–2 record, they lost in the B quarter-finals to Glenn Howard. The team played at the 2022 BC Men's Curling Championship, where they were eliminated in the C1 vs. C2 page playoff game against Jim Cotter.
The Tardi rink disbanded in 2022,[9] with Tardi joining the Kevin Koe rink at third. The team represented Alberta at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, where they were eliminated in the page qualifying game.
Personal life
editTardi was a student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and was an online motion graphic design student at the School of Motion. He is engaged to fellow curler Dezaray Hawes. He currently works as a brand and marketing designer for Curling Alberta and lives in Calgary.[10] He is the nephew of three-time Canadian champion Cathy Gauthier and cousin to her son Jacques, 2020 Canadian Junior Men's curling champion skip.[11]
Grand Slam record
edit| Key | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour Challenge | T2 | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | N/A | SF | Q | Q |
| Canadian Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | N/A | Q | Q | Q |
| The National | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | QF[a] | QF | Q | DNP |
| Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | Q | Q | |
| Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | SF[b] | DNP | C | Q | |
| Champions Cup | DNP | Q | Q | N/A | Q[b] | QF[c] | DNP | N/A | N/A |
Teams
edit| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14[12] | Tyler Tardi | Jordan Tardi | Nick Meister | Zachary Umbach |
| 2014–15 | Tyler Tardi | Jordan Tardi | Nick Meister | Zachary Umbach |
| 2015–16 | Tyler Tardi | Daniel Wenzek | Jordan Tardi | Nick Meister |
| 2016–17 | Tyler Tardi | Sterling Middleton | Jordan Tardi | Nick Meister |
| 2017–18 | Tyler Tardi | Sterling Middleton | Jordan Tardi | Zac Curtis |
| 2018–19 | Tyler Tardi | Sterling Middleton | Matthew Hall | Alex Horvath |
| 2019–20 | Tyler Tardi | Sterling Middleton | Jordan Tardi | Alex Horvath |
| 2020–21 | Tyler Tardi | Sterling Middleton | Jason Ginter | Jordan Tardi |
| 2021–22 | Tyler Tardi | Sterling Middleton | Jason Ginter | Jordan Tardi |
| 2022–23 | Kevin Koe | Tyler Tardi | Brad Thiessen | Karrick Martin |
| 2023–24 | Kevin Koe | Tyler Tardi | Jacques Gauthier | Karrick Martin |
| 2024–25 | Kevin Koe | Tyler Tardi | Jacques Gauthier (September) | Karrick Martin |
| Aaron Sluchinski |
Notes
edit- ^ Tardi spared for Braeden Moskowy on Team Matt Dunstone.
- ^ a b Tardi spared for Mike McEwen.
- ^ Tardi spared for Jason Gunnlaugson.
References
edit- ^ "2021 Home Hardware Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Info System: Athletes / TARDI Tyler". wyog2016.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06.
- ^ 2019 Canadian Juniors Media Guide: Team Tardi
- ^ "Cloverdale teen curling at Winter Youth Olympic Games in Norway - Surrey Now". www.thenownewspaper.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Coaches Week: Award-winner Paul Tardi of Cloverdale draws from NCCP to guide junior curling team - Surrey Now". www.thenownewspaper.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Tardi makes junior curling history with 3rd consecutive Canadian title". CBC.
- ^ "Tardi not tardy in jump from junior curling to elite men's ranks". TSN.
- ^ "Tardi 0-4 At 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Sterling Middleton in search of new team". Alaska Highway News.
- ^ "2024 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Junior curling drive ends | Winnipeg Sun". 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Tyler Tardi Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
