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2007 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2007 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 25 to 31 at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Scotland won the men's event and Sweden the women's. Scotland's Keith Prentice (curler), Keith Prentice rink won the men's event when Prentice "made a pretty amazing shot" by bumping back a buried Canadian stone on the button to score a point in the eighth and final end in the final. Men Round Robin Standings Playoffs Women Round Robin Standings Tiebreakers * 10-9 * 5-3 Playoffs References External linksWomen's results {{World Curling Championships World Senior Curling Championships 2007 in Canadian curling 2007 in Alberta International curling competitions hosted by Canada Curling competitions in Edmonton 2000s in Edmonton March 2007 sports events in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
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World Senior Curling Championships
The World Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring curlers from around the world who are at least 50 years old. Matches at the World Senior Championships are played in 8 ends played instead of the 10 played in most international events. The tournament began in 2002 with only 7 men's teams and 4 women's teams but has since expanded. The 2020 event was cancelled on March 14, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi .... Results Men Women Medal tables ''As of 2022 World Championships'' ;Men ;Women ;Overall References External linksWorld Curling Federation Archived Results {{World Curling Championships Senior Senior curling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Canadian Curling
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Renate Nedkoff
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Carolyn Morris (curler)
Carolyn E. Morris (September 28, 1925 – February 20, 1996) was a female pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 157 lb., Morris batted and threw right-handed. She was nicknamed ''India'' by her teammates and close friends. A hard-throwing, underhand pitcher, Carolyn Morris had a brief but relevant career in the AAGPBL. She hurled a perfect game, three no-hitters, twelve innings of no-hit ball in a final championship series, and averaged 26 wins in each of her three seasons in the circuit. In addition, she was a member of a champion team and earned an All-Star berth. A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Morris was a smiling attractive brunette who pursued a modeling career before turning all of her attention to baseball. She started pitching fastball in grammar school, and stayed in school competition right up to and through high school. After that, she hurled in the Phoenix area in male teams. In addition, Morris was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Dunn (curler)
Anne Dunn (born 4 September, 1929) is an English artist associated with the second generation of the School of London. Background and education Born in London, England, Dunn is the daughter of the Canadian steel magnate Sir James Dunn, 1st baronet (1874–1956) and his second wife, Irene Clarice Richards, a former musical-comedy actress who had previously been married to Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry. Dunn studied in London at Chelsea School of Art (1949–50) and at the Anglo-French Centre (1952) under Henry Moore and guest artist Fernand Léger before going to the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1952. Career Dunn's art has been exhibited in Europe and North America and can be seen at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the Arts Council Collection in London, and many private collections. Two drawings and two paintings are in the Government Art Collection. Her first solo show was at the Leicester Galleries of London in 1957, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Goodland
Geoff Goodland (born December 22, 1955, in Portage, Wisconsin, United States) is an American curler. At the national level, he is a 2002 United States men's curling champion and two-time United States mixed curling champion (1991, 1993). Also he is a five-time United States senior curling champion (2007, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019). Awards * 2011 United States Curling Association The United States Curling Association (USCA or USA Curling) is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the United States. The goal of the USCA is to grow the sport of curling in the United States and win medals in competitions both ... Team of the Year (with teammates Tim Solin, Pete Westberg, Ken Olson, and Philip DeVore) Teams Men's Mixed References External links * * * 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Wisconsin People from Portage, Wisconsin American male curlers American curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants {{US-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claes Roxin
Claes Henning Roxin (born December 17, 1951) is a Swedish curler. (look for "Roxin, Claes") He is a , a two-time Swedish men's champion (1986, 1988) and five-time Swedish mixed champion (1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981). Awards *In 1988 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. Teams Men's Mixed Personal life His three brothers – Göran (twin brother), Björn Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ... and Lars-Eric – are also curlers. References External links * Living people 1951 births Swedish male curlers Swedish curling champions Swedish twins 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Tierney
Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby league footballer * Tony (footballer, born 1983), full name Tony Heleno da Costa Pinho, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Tony (footballer, born 1986), full name Antônio de Moura Carvalho, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Tony (footballer, born 1989), full name Tony Ewerton Ramos da Silva, Brazilian football right-back Film, theater and television * Tony Awards, a Broadway theatre honor * ''Tony'' (1982 film), a Kannada film * ''Tony'' (2009 film), a British horror film directed by Gerard Johnson * ''Tony'' (2013 film), an Indian Kannada thriller film * "Tony" (''Skins'' series 1), an episode of British comedy-drama ''Skins'' * "Tony" (''Skins'' series 2), an episode of ''Skins'' Music * Tony T., stage name of British s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattias Neuenschwander
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