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2022 Western Showdown
The 2022 Western Showdown was held from October 13 to 31 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The women's event, sponsored by RBC Dominion Securities, ran from October 13 to 16 and the men's event, sponsored by IG Wealth Management, ran from October 28 to 31. The total purse for the event is $45,000 on the women's side and $36,000 on the men's side. The event was sponsored by Curling Stadium, a streaming service provided by CurlingZone. All of the games were streamed on CurlingZone and the Swift Current Curling Club's YouTube page. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Knockout brackets Source: A event B event C event Knockout results All draw times are listed in Mountain Time ( UTC−06:00). Draw 1 ''Friday, October 28, 9:00 am'' Draw 2 ''Friday, October 28, 12:30 pm'' Draw 3 ''Friday, October 28, 4:30 pm'' Draw 4 ''Friday, October 28, 8:00 pm'' Draw 5 ''Saturday, October 29, 10:00 am'' Draw 6 ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Current
Swift Current is the fifth largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans Canada Highway west of Moose Jaw, and east of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Swift Current grew 6.8% between 2011 and 2016, ending up at 16,604 residents. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137. History Swift Current's history began with Swift Current Creek which originates at Cypress Hills and traverses of prairie and empties into the South Saskatchewan River. The creek was a camp for First Nations for centuries. The name of the creek comes from the Cree, who called the South Saskatchewan River meaning "it flows swiftly". Fur traders found the creek on their westward treks in the 1800s, and called it "rivière au Courant" (lit: "river of the current"). Henri Julien, an artist travelling with the North-West Mounted Police expedition in 1874, referred to it as "Du Courant", and Commissioner George French used "Strong Current Creek" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Western Showdown
The 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown was held from December 6 to 10 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The total purse for the event was $50,000 on the men's and women's sides. The event was sponsored by Curling Stadium, a streaming service provided by CurlingZone. All of the games were streamed on CurlingZone and the Swift Current Curling Club's YouTube page. In the men's final, Yannick Schwaller and his team from Geneva defeated Michael Brunner of Bern 8–6 in an all-Swiss championship game. Trailing by one at the half, Schwaller counted a four spot in the fifth end that allowed his team of Benoît Schwarz, Sven Michel and Pablo Lachat to control the rest of the match. Both Swiss contingents qualified through the C side of the draw before sweeping the playoff round. Schwaller defeated A qualifier Sam Mooibroek 9–6 in the quarterfinals and then beat the United States' Korey Dropkin 5–4 in the semifinals. For Brunner, they took d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Gordon (curler)
Robbie "Rob" Gordon (born November 28, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays lead on Team Braden Calvert. Career Gordon joined the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships winning rink of Matt Dunstone for the 2013–14 season. The team lost in the finals of the Manitoba Canola Juniors to Braden Calvert in both 2014 and 2015. The team would win the Manitoba juniors the following year in 2016. This earned the Dunstone rink a spot in the 2016 Canadian Juniors where Gordon would win his first championship after defeating Northern Ontario 11–4 in the final, and represented Canada at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, winning a bronze medal. At the 2016 Manitoba championship, he played with Dunstone, losing in the final to Mike McEwen. Had they won the event, they would've declined their berth into the Brier as it conflicted with the 2016 World Juniors. Gordon would stay with teammates Colton Lott and Kyle Doering but would bring on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McMillan (curler)
Ian McMillan (born July 17, 1991 in Dryden, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on Team Tanner Horgan. Career McMillan is most notable for winning the 2017 Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam of Curling event playing second for Jason Gunnlaugson. The team finished sixth on the CTRS standings that season. McMillan left the team the following season and joined the Braden Calvert rink. Team Calvert had a fairly successful first season together, beginning with the 2018 Icebreaker at The Granite where they won the event title. They also won The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul and the Thistle Integrity Stakes the following two months and had semifinal appearances at both the DeKalb Superspiel and the KKP Classic. The team also played in three Grand Slam events, failing to qualify for the playoffs in any of them. At the 2019 Viterra Championship, they were eliminated in the championship round. The following season, the team would only win one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Kurz
Kyle Kurz (born April 10, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on Team Braden Calvert. Career Kurz won his first provincial junior title in 2014 as third for the Braden Calvert rink. The team, also including front end Lucas Van Den Bosch and Brendan Wilson represented Manitoba at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. There, the team lost just one game, en route to their first national junior title. In the final, they defeated New Brunswick's Rene Comeau to earn the right to represent Canada at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships. At the Worlds, they had less success, finishing the round robin with a 6–3 record. This put the team into the playoffs, but they lost to Switzerland in the 3 vs. 4 game, and then lost to Norway in the bronze medal game, settling for fourth place. The team won their second-straight provincial junior crown in 2015 and represented Manitoba again at 2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert (born July 16, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Carberry, Manitoba. He currently skips his own team out of Winnipeg. He is a former World Junior curling champion and two-time Canadian junior champion. Career Calvert, originally from Winnipeg, won his first provincial junior title in 2014, and skipped Manitoba at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. There, his team of Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch and Brendan Wilson lost one game, en route to their first national junior title. In the final, they defeated New Brunswick's Rene Comeau to earn the right to represent Canada at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships. At the Worlds, they had less success, finishing the round robin with a 6–3 record. This put the team into the playoffs, but they lost to Switzerland in the 3 vs. 4 game, and then lost to Norway in the bronze medal game, settling for fourth place. The team won their second-straight provincial junior crown in 2015 and represented Manitoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Highway, Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as the cultural and economic hub of central Saskatchewan since its founding in 1882 as a Temperance movement, Temperance colony. With a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 266,141, Saskatoon is the List of cities in Saskatchewan, largest city in the province, and the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, 17th largest Census Metropolitan Area in Canada, with a 2021 census population of 317,480. Saskatoon is home to the University of Saskatchewan, the Meewasin Valley Authority (which protects the South Saskatchewan River and provides for the city's popular riverbank park spaces), and Wanuskewin Heritage Park (a National Historic Site of Canada and UNES ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Reid (curler)
Jack Reid (born 1925) was a Canadian watercolour artist. Born in Toronto, Reid was self-taught, beginning as a graphic artist until becoming a full-time painter in 1970. He taught workshops and demonstrations and toured worldwide began in 1971, teaching over 11,000 students by the 1990s. Reid enjoyed a successful career over six decades, with some paintings entering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection at Windsor Castle. In 1992, he was awarded the Commemorative Medal by the Canadian government for his contribution to Canadian art and was honoured Arts Person of the Year in his hometown of Brampton. He exhibited in London, England with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He was a lifetime member of The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, Visual Arts Brampton, and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. He authored two books, ''Watercolour Basics: Let's Get Started'' and ''Painting Snow and Water''. He produced an instructional CD-ROM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baum
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryden Tessier
Bryden is a surname of Lowland Scots origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Beryl Bryden (1920–1998), English jazz singer *Bill Bryden (1942–2022), Scottish stage, film, and television actor *Dave Bryden (1927–2013), Australian rules footballer * James Bryden (1877–1917), New Zealand cricketer; died on active service in World War I * James L. Bryden (1833–1880), British epidemiologist in India *John G. Bryden (1937–2016), Canadian politician from New Brunswick; MP since 1994 *John H. Bryden (born 1943), Canadian historian and politician from Ontario; MP 1993–2004 *Kenneth Bryden (1916–2001), Canadian politician from Ontario *Lewis Bryden (born 1944), American painter *Marion Bryden (1918–2013), Canadian politician from Ontario; MP 1975–90 *Matthew Bryden, Canadian political analyst *Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer-songwriter *Olivia Mary Bryden (1883–1951), English artist *Philip Bryden, Canadian law professor *Rod Bryden (born 1941), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daymond Bernath
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