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2010 Twin Anchors Invitational
The 2010 Twin Anchors Invitational was held Oct. 1-4. 2010 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. It was held on Week 4 of the 2010-11 World Curling Tour. The purse for the men's event was $37,000 and for the women's, $35,000. The winning men's team was the Kevin Koe rink, which received $8,000 and the women's winner was Cheryl Bernard's rink, which won $7,500. Men's Teams * Andrew Bilesky * Miles Craig * Andrey Drozdov * Pete Fenson * Rick Folk * Jon Gardner * Sean Geall * Tyrel Griffith * Jason Gunnlaugson * Aron Herrick * Dean Horning * Kevin Koe * Lee Dong-Keun * Mike McEwen * Dave Merklinger * Sven Michel * Bryan Miki * Yusuke Morozumi * Steve Petryk * Brent Pierce * Jeff Richard * Tobin Senum * Bob Ursel * Brent Yamada Playoffs Women's Teams * Jerri Pat Armstrong-Smith * Nicole Backe * Cheryl Bernard * Jen Fewster * Diane Foster * Satsuki Fujisawa * Jennifer Gerow * Tracey Jones * Jessie Kaufman * Patti Knezevic * Kelley Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon, British Columbia
Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 40,000 (2013), while its metropolitan region, Greater Vernon, has a population of 58,584 as of the Canada 2011 Census. With this population, Vernon is the largest city in the North Okanagan Regional District. A resident of Vernon is called a "Vernonite". History The site of the city was discovered by the Okanagan people, a tribe of the Interior Salish people, who initially named the community Nintle Moos Chin, meaning "jumping over place where the creek narrows". This name refers to a section of the Swan Lake that passes through Downtown Vernon, the community's central business district. Some of these were part of the Okanagan Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Anchors Invitational
The Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic is an annual curling tournament on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. It was a part of the World Curling Tour until 2019 when it was discontinued. It is held at the beginning of October, with the beginning of the bonspiel sometimes occurring in September. The event has been held since 2001. Former event names *Asham Curling Supplies / Prestige Inns Classic: 2001, 2003 *Prestige Inn & Twin Anchors Houseboats Vernon Curling Classic: 2002 *Twin Anchors Houseboats Vacations / Prestige Inn Classic: 2004 *Twin Anchors - Prestige Inn Curling Classic: 2005 *Twin Anchors Houseboat / Prestige Inns Cashspiel: 2006 *Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel: 2007–2008 *Twin Anchors Invitational: 2009–2011 *Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic: 2012–present Past champions ''Only skips names listed'' Men Women References External links Official Site {{DEFAULTSORT:P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Dong-keun (curler)
Lee Dong-keun (; born September 10, 1979) is a South Korean curler from Gyeongbuk. He is a former Pacific Curling champion, and has twice skipped Korea at the World Curling Championships. Career Lee has played in five Pacific Curling Championships. He won a gold medal in , in his second event, defeating Australia's Hugh Millikin in the final. It was an improvement from the 4th place finish Lee had in . At the 2003 World University Games, Lee's Korean rink picked up a bronze medal. Later in the season, Lee represented Korea for the first time at the World Championships, by virtue of winning the Pacific region in . At the 2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, Korea finished in last place. The following season he won a bronze medal at the Pacific curling championships. Lee did not play internationally for five years, before finishing 4th at the 2008 Pacific Curling Championships. Two years later he won a silver medal at the 2010 Pacific Curling Championships, losing to Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Horning
Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * Dean (Christianity), persons in certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy * Dean (education), persons in certain positions of authority in some educational establishments * Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, most senior ambassador in a country's diplomatic corps * Dean of the House, the most senior member of a country's legislature Places * Dean, Victoria, Australia * Dean, Nova Scotia, Canada * De'an County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China United Kingdom * Lower Dean, Bedfordshire, England * Upper Dean, Bedfordshire, England * Dean, Cumbria, England * Dean, Oxfordshire, England * Dean, a hamlet in Cranmore, Somerset, England * Dean Village, Midlothian, Scotland * Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England * Dene (valley) common to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aron Herrick , a Romano-Celtic temple in Aurillac, Auvergne, France
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Aron may refer to: Characters * Aron (comics), from the Marvel Universe comic ''Aron! HyperSpace Boy!'' * Aron (Pokémon), in the ''Pokémon'' franchise * Aron Trask, from John Steinbeck's novel ''East of Eden'' * Áron or Aaron, the brother of Moses People * Aron (name), name origin, variants, people Geography * Aron (Loire), a river in central France * Aron (Mayenne), a tributary of the Mayenne in northwestern France * Aron, Mayenne, a commune in northwestern France * Aron, India, a town and ''nagar panchayat'' (settlement transitioning from rural to urban) See also * Aaron (other) * Aarons (other) *Fanum d'Aron Fanum d'Aron is a fanum, or Romano-Celtic temple, located in Aurillac, a French commune in the Auvergne region. Site and status Discovered in 1970 in the southwest of Aurillac, the temple was excavated from May 1977 through the end of 1978 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announced in April 2010 fell through in November that year, when the Gunnlaugson team was fired by the RCF. Career Prior to his deal to play for Russia, Gunnlaugson had skipped his team out of Beausejour, Manitoba. In 2009, Gunnlaugson took over the reins of Daley Peters's team when Peters left the team to curl with his father Vic Peters. Gunnlaugson had been a member of the Peters team solely for the 2008-09 season, prior to that he had played third on the Reid Carruthers team. Gunnlaugson acquired a berth at the 2009 Olympic Pre-Trials through his CTRS ranking from September 2007 to April 2009, highest of teams not already qualified. Most of those points were acquired earlier as part of the Reid Carruthers team, the Gunnlaugson team was the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrel Griffith
Tyrel James "Ty" Griffith (born December 22, 1985) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. Personal life Griffith was born in Calgary. He is employed as a Canada golf operations manager/PGA of Canada Golf professional at the Black Mountain Golf Club. He is married. Teams References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Tyrel 1985 births Curlers from British Columbia Living people Curlers from Calgary Sportspeople from Kelowna Canadian male curlers Canada Cup (curling) participants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Geall
Sean Geall ( ); (born January 29, 1975 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Tappen, British Columbia. Curling career To date, Geall has two provincial championships to his credit, and thus two Brier appearances. Geall and his Royal City Curling Club rink of Brent Pierce, Kevin Recksiedler and Mark Olson won the 2009 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Provincials by defeating Jay Peachey 8-7 in the final. This qualified the team to represent British Columbia at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier. At the Brier, Geall's team finished the round robin with a 6-5 record, missing the playoffs. Geall would play with the same team for the following season, but formed a new rink in 2010 with Grant Dezura, Scott Meechan and Kevin MacKenzie. Geall formed a new rink once again in 2011 with Ken Maskiewich, Bill Fisher and bringing Olson back at lead. In 2012, Geall kept Olson at lead, but brought in Jay Peachey as third and Sebastien Robillard at second. In 2013, Peachey was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Gardner
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from " YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned". Behind the Name. Retrieved on 2013-09-06. The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the , it is derived from Johannes. No ...
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Rick Folk
Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycologist; also his botanical author abbreviation *Marvin Rick (1901–1999), American middle-distance runner Units of measure *Rick, a quantity of firewood, related to a cord, in some parts of the US *Rick, a stack or pile of hay, grain or straw Other uses *Tropical Storm Rick (other) * ''Rick'' (film), a 2003 film starring Bill Pullman *RICK, stock ticker symbol for Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. See also *Richard (other) *Ricks (other) *Ricky (other) *Rix (other) Rix may refer to: Places * Rix, Jura, a commune in France * Rix, Nièvre, a commune in France People * Rix (surname) * Rix Robinson (1789–1875), Michigan pioneer Other uses * ''Rix'', a Gaulish word meaning "king"; cognate w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Fenson
Peter Fenson (born February 29, 1968 in Bemidji, Minnesota) is an American curler. He was the skip of the men's rink that represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the bronze medal, the first Olympic medal for the United States in curling. He has won eight national championships, the most recent in Philadelphia in March 2014, and six as skip. Career Fenson took up curling at age 13; his father, Bob Fenson, won the 1979 national championships and is now the coach of Pete's rink. Pete Fenson was a third on the national champion rinks in 1993 and 1994, and his rink, skipped by Scott Baird, made it to the semifinals of the 1993 World Curling Championship and placed fifth in 1994. Fenson was the skip of the rink which won the 2003 U.S. national championship, and went on to take eighth place at the 2003 Ford World Curling Championship. He also participated in the 2003 Continental Cup of Curling. After finishing as runner-up in the 2004 U.S. championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Craig
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the British Commonwealth and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly . With qualifiers, ''mile'' is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile, such as the nautical mile (now exactly), the Italian mile (roughly ), and the li (unit), Chinese mile (now exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 Ancient Roman units of measurement#Length, Roman feet but the greater importance of furlongs in Kingdom of England#Tudor period, Elizabethan-era England meant that the #Statute, statute mile was made equivalent to or in 1593. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
