John Helston

{{short description|Canadian curler and curling coach}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|10|30}}

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| Curling club = Pembina CC,
Winnipeg, MB

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| Brier appearances = 1 ({{Brier|1984}})

| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|1984}})

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{{MedalSport | Men's curling }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Labatt Brier }}

{{MedalGold | 1984 Victoria | }}

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John B. Helston (born October 30, 1939) is a Canadian curler and curling coach.{{worldcurling}} He won the {{Brier|1984|1984 Brier}} playing second on the Mike Riley rink. He also won the 1991 Canadian Senior Curling Championships and the 2004 Canadian Masters Curling Championships, and was runner up at the 1998 Canadian Senior Curling Championships. He coached team Jennifer Jones at her first Hearts appearance in 2002.{{cite news|title=Rosters|date=Feb 24, 2002|page=26|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102032631/calgary-herald/|accessdate=May 17, 2022}}

At the time of the 1984 Brier, he was employed as a communications consultant for MTS.{{cite news|title=The Manitoba|date=March 2, 1984|page=58|newspaper=Victoria Times Colonist|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101986096/times-colonist/|accessdate=May 16, 2022}}{{cite news|title=Obviously, you're never too old|date=March 13, 1984|page=35|newspaper=Winnipeg Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102034147/the-winnipeg-sun/|accessdate=May 17, 2022}} Helston was a member of the Riley rink until 1985 when he went to work in Saudi Arabia for a year.{{cite news|title=Former champions still shooting for Brier|date=March 2, 1989|page=63|newspaper=Saskatoon Star-Phoenix|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101986707/star-phoenix/|accessdate=May 16, 2022}}