Byron Scott
Founder
Byron is the founder of the Junior Slam Series. He is passionate about junior curling and is active in the junior community. He is the current Head Coach of the McMaster University Men’s Team and prior to that, for 7 years, he was the Head Coach at the University of Guelph. He also and actively coaches at the U18 and U20 level in Ontario. Byron is always looking to expand opportunities for young curlers to learn and develop. He worked closely with the Nordic Junior Curling tour and was instrumental in establishing and growing junior Mixed Doubles in Ontario. Byron created the vision for the Junior Slam Series and takes great pride in the continued development of the Slam “experience” for all involved, from athletes, to coaches, to parents, to fans.
Stephen Orr
Partner / EVENT Convenor & COACH
Stephen is a business partner in the Junior Slam Series. You may know Stephen as the brains behind Curl Coach, the world’s #1 curling charting software. In addition to the hugely successful Curl Coach, Stephen developed the robust technology, Live Scores and Live Stones, exclusively for the Junior Slam Series. In addition to his imaginative and world leading software development Stephen is a huge supporter of junior curling as a parent, coach, and convenor.
Meesa Lydiate
Social media coordinator & EVENT CONVENOR
Meesa is a graduate of the University of Guelph in Psychology. As competitive curler, she represented the University of Guelph Gryphons at the 2021 OUAs. Meesa has also been responsible for the Junior Slam Series Social Media. Her creative posts, tweets, photos and stories are always inspiring and reflect many of the great moments athletes, teams, coaches, and spectators experience at our events. Meesa has also been a “go to” convenor for our Ontario events both during Covid and post Covid.
Rebecca Rankin
Social media coordinator & Event Convenor
Rebecca is a 4th year student at Laurier University in Kinesiology and a competitive athlete with the Laurier Golden Hawk varsity curling program. Rebecca has also coached young teams in Mixed Doubles and was a junior competitor herself. She is a creative person with an excellent eye for photography and social media and helps with the Slam Series social media content.
Thomas Del Conte
Event Convenor
Thomas is a competitive U20 curler having recently graduated from the U18 level. He has competed for many years and participated in many U18, Mixed Doubles and Mixed competitions. His experience as a competitive athlete is invaluable to the Junior Slam Series team. Thomas now attends Mohawk College studying Business and Marketing. He has a great spirit and loves to give back to those learning and developing within the sport. Expect to see him as a convenor at our U15 and U18 events.
