| Tim March | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1987-04-28)April 28, 1987 (age 38) Toronto,Ontario | ||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Leaside CC, East York, Toronto, ON[1] | ||||||||||||||
Curling career | |||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 4 (2018,2021,2022,2024) | ||||||||||||||
| TopCTRS ranking | 5th (2015–16;2016–17) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam victories | 1 (2015 Canadian Open) | ||||||||||||||
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Timothy March (born April 28, 1987) is a retired Canadiancurler fromScarborough, Ontario.[2]
March skipped his high school team fromSir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute to a provincial Schoolboy championship in 2005.[3]
March played third on theAnnandale Country Club team that were runners up at the2010 The Dominion Curling Club Championship. The team had won the provincial curling club championship that year.[4]
March joined theMark Kean rink in 2010, playing lead on the team. In 2011, the team played in their firstGrand Slam event, theJanuary 2011 Canadian Open. The team finished the event with an 0–5 record. Also that season, the team made it to their first provincial championship, the 2011Dominion Tankard. There, the team finished with a 6–4 record, missing the playoffs.
In the 2011–12 season, the Kean rink played in two slams, the2011 World Cup of Curling (0-5 record) and theDecember 2011 Canadian Open (1-4 record). The team played in the2012 Dominion Tankard, missing the playoffs with a 3–7 record.
In the 2012–13 season, Team Kean had a better season on Tour, winning the2012 KW Fall Classic and playing in four slams. They played in the2012 Masters of Curling (0-5 record), the2012 Canadian Open of Curling (semifinalists), the2013 National (1-4 record) and the2013 Players' Championship (0-4). The team did not qualify for the men's provincial championship that season.
The rink played in the2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials, finishing with a 1–3 record, and not qualifying for the Olympic Trials. They then played in the2013 Canadian Open of Curling, losing in the quarterfinals. The team disbanded mid-season, but March would play in two more Slams that year, playing lead forTravis Fanset at theMarch 2014 National going 0-5 and playing lead for John Epping at the2014 Players' Championship, losing in the quarterfinals.
The next season, March remained on the Epping rink. Early on in the season, they won the 2014 Village of Taunton MillsGord Carroll Curling Classic. They played in five slams that season, making it to the semifinals of the2014 Masters and2015 Players' Championship, while missing the playoffs at theNovember 2014 National, the2014 Canadian Open of Curling and the2015 Elite 10. The team played in the2015 Ontario Tankard (men's provincials), making it to the final before losing to March's former skip, Mark Kean.
In the2015–16 season, Team Epping would play in seven Grand Slam events, winning the2015 Meridian Canadian Open, the team's first Slam title.[5] In the other slams, the team made lost in the finals of the2016 Humpty's Champions Cup, made it to the semifinals of the2015 National, the quarterfinals of the2016 Elite 10, while the team missed the playoffs at the2015 GSOC Tour Challenge,2015 Masters of Curling,2016 Players' Championship. The team also played in the2015 Canada Cup of Curling, where they made it to the semifinal.[6] At the2016 Ontario Tankard, the team again made it to the finals, but lost to TeamGlenn Howard in the final.[7] That season, the team also won the 2016US Open of Curling.
In the2016–17 season, the Epping rink again played in all seven slams, making it to the semifinals of the2017 Humpty's Champions Cup, the quarterfinals of the2016 WFG Masters and the2016 Boost National, and missed the playoffs at the2016 GSOC Tour Challenge,2017 Meridian Canadian Open, the2017 Elite 10 and the2017 Players' Championship. Elsewhere on the tour, the team won the 2016CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. and the 2016Challenge de Curling de Gatineau. At the2016 Canada Cup of Curling, the team again lost in the semifinal. At the2017 Ontario Tankard, the team lost in the semifinal againstWayne Tuck Jr.[8]
The team qualified for the2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, finishing in last place in the nine-team field, with a 2–6 record. In 2018, the team won theOntario Tankard, making it to the2018 Tim Hortons Brier.[9] They finished the round robin in second place with a 9–2 record, earning themselves a spot in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game against Team Canada. They would go on to lose that game 6–2, dropping down to the semifinal game against Team Alberta skipped byBrendan Bottcher. They would lose that game 6–4, earning themselves a bronze medal.[10]
In the2018-19 curling season, March left the Epping rink to join theGlenn Howard team. The Howard rink participated in the2021 Brier as Wild Card Team #3, finishing in 5th place with an 8-4 record. The Howard rink continued their success and won the2022 Ontario Tankard and represented Ontario at the2022 Brier, where they finished in 9th place with a 4-4 record.
In December 2023, while playing in theNufloors Penticton Curling Classic, Glenn Howard's knee "seized up" after playing in four games. His injury forced him to miss the rest of the tournament, in which Scott skipped the three-man team to win the event.[11] Glenn would not play in any games for the rest of the season, and Scott would again start skipping the new team, where the three-man team won the2024 Ontario Tankard. At the2024 Montana's Brier, the team brought inMathew Camm to throw second stones, with Mathers throwing third stones. Scott led the team to a 3–5 record. Following the season, Glenn Howard officially announced his retirement from competitive curling.[12] However, Glenn would continue to coach the new Team Howard, as Scott would skip a new team for the2024–25 curling season, alongside Mathew Camm, Camm's brotherJason, and March continuing to throwing lead.[13] In their first season together, the team would have a strong season, finishing second at the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic, and theMartensville International. However, at the2025 Ontario Tankard, Howard would be unable to repeat his provincial tankard title, losing in the final 7–4 toSam Mooibroek. At the end of the season, March announced that he would be retiring to focus on his career and family.[14]
March works as a chartered professional accountant and as a partner with Murphy & Chung Professional Corporation. He is married to Kim Tune and has one son.[15] He attendedSir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute andRyerson University.
