Saskatchewan's Kirk Muyres is wrapping up an impressive first year as a skip in his hometown. (JonathanBrazeau )
Muyres had previously thrown third and second stones for skip Steve Laycock. He made the move up to the captain’s deck this season when Team Laycock split up following the conclusion of the Olympic cycle. Muyres continued to play with his brother Dallan Muyres at lead and added another brother duo, twins no less, bringing in Kevin and Dan Marsh at third and second, respectively.
Muyres believes what led to them reaching that next step was embracing his role as “Captain Kirk” and being the leader his teammates needed. “I took pride in that, that was the moment things switched around for me and we started winning some games and putting rocks in good positions. That’s really what I’m going to need to focus on and continuing to do as we get better here into next season.”
“Any time I get to do that it’s obviously pretty special but the neat little part about that is I was the skip now, I was the one making the decisions and throwing that last rock,” said Muyres, who finished within the final eight championship pool. “It just added a little extra layer of intensity, which made it all that much fun.”
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