Grant Odishaw was born on July 21,1964 and is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick.
15 Facts About Grant Odishaw
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Grant Odishaw is a nine time provincial men's champion and former Canadian Mixed champion.
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Grant Odishaw won his first of ten mixed provincial titles in 1986, when he and his team of Anne-Marie Vautour, brother Terry and Denise Lavigne defeated Gary Mitchell in the New Brunswick final.
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Grant Odishaw won another mixed title in 1989, with a new team of Nancy Reid, Rick Perron and Lynn MacKenzie, defeating Bruce Forster in the provincial final.
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Grant Odishaw won a third mixed title in 1991 with Denise Bowser rejoining the team at third, beating Mike Flannery for the provincial championship.
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Grant Odishaw began the streak by winning the 1993 provincial championships, when he, Heather Smith, Perron and Heather's sister Krista beat Ken Smith in the New Brunswick final.
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Grant Odishaw won another provincial mixed title in 2022 with teammates Shaelyn Park, Samuel Forestell and Krista Flanagan, defeating Charlie Sullivan in the final.
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Grant Odishaw has won nine provincial men's championships in his career.
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Grant Odishaw won his second provincial title in 1996 as the third for Mike Kennedy, when the team beat Saskatchewan-transplant Mark Dacey twice in the double knockout New Brunswick championship final.
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When two-time World Champion Russ Howard moved to Moncton in 1998, Grant Odishaw was asked to join him on a five-player rotation with the goal of winning that season's provincial championship.
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At the Brier in 1999, with Grant Odishaw throwing lead rocks, they made the playoffs, but lost to Saskatchewan's Gerald Shymko rink in the 3 vs 4 game.
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Grant Odishaw was a member of the Howard rink at the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, which finished in 4th.
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Grant Odishaw has won seven New New Brunswick Senior Championships, winning a bronze medal at the 2017 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2018 Canadian Senior Curling Championships.
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Grant Odishaw is employed as a letter carrier for Canada Post.
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Grant Odishaw attended Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton, where he won a provincial mixed title in 1981.