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2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships was held from March 21 to 28 at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter .... The winners represented Canada at the 2016 World Senior Curling Championships. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Championship Pool Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Playoffs Semifinals ''Saturday, March 28, 9:30'' Bronze Medal Game ''Saturday, March 28, 2:30 pm'' Final ''Saturday, March 28, 2:30 pm'' Women Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Championship Pool Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Playoffs Semifinals ''Saturday, March 28, 9:30'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's List of northernmost settlements, northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities (Strathcona, Alberta, Strathcona, North Edmonton, Alberta, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Alberta, West Edmonton, Beverly, Alberta, Beverly and Jasper Place) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships were held from March 22 to 29 at the Yellowknife Community Arena and the Yellowknife Curling Centre in Yellowknife Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ..., Northwest Territories. The winners represented Canada at the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships. Men Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Playoffs Semifinal ''Friday, March 28, 6:30 pm'' Final ''Saturday, March 29, 2:30 pm'' Women Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Playoffs Semifinal ''Friday, March 28, 6:30 pm'' Final ''Saturday, March 29, 2:30 pm'' References External links * {{2013–14 curling season Canadian Seniors, 2014 Canadian Seniors, 2014 Canadian Seniors, 2014 Sport in Yellowknife Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Winter Club
Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used for further production *Economic capital * Financial capital, an economic resource measured in terms of money *Capital (Marxism), a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy *Capital good *Natural capital *Public capital *Human capital *Instructional capital *Social capital Architecture and buildings * Capital (architecture), the topmost member of a column or pilaster * Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion * The Capital (building), a commercial building in Mumbai, India Arts, entertainment and media Literature Books * ''Das Kapital'' ('Capital: Critique of Political Economy'), a foundational theoretical text by Karl Marx * '' Capital: The Eruption of Delhi'', a 2014 book by Rana Dasgupta * ''Capital'' (novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Kennedy (curler)
Michael C. Kennedy (born August 6, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Edmundston, New Brunswick. Curling career Kennedy is a former Canadian and World Senior Curling Champion. He won both the 2013 Canadian Senior Curling Championships and 2014 World Senior Curling Championships playing third for the Wayne Tallon rink. Kennedy has also won two provincial seniors titles, winning with Tallon in 2013 and playing third for Mark Armstrong in 2014. As a junior curler, Kennedy won a provincial championship playing third for the Ron Healey rink in 1980. Kennedy has been one of the perennial top skips in New Brunswick since the 1990s. Kennedy won his first provincial men's championship in 1992, earning the right to represent New Brunswick at the 1992 Labatt Brier. There, he led his team of Brad Fitzherbert, Tom Harris and Dave Coster to a 3-8 finish. The next year, Kennedy won another provincial title, this time with Mark LeCocq replacing Harris at second. The team improvinced on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Tallon
Wayne Tallon (born May 22, 1956) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is the 2013 Canadian Senior champion skip and 2014 World Senior champion skip. Career Ontario Tallon is originally from Ontario. Curling out of the Navy Curling Club in Ottawa, he won three Silver Regalia Tankards, in 1984, 1986 and 1987. New Brunswick men's Tallon would later move to New Brunswick, where he eventually teamed up with another ex-Ontarian in Russ Howard, who had beaten him in the 1986 Ontario championship finals. Tallon played third for the Howard rink that won the 1999 New Brunswick provincial men's championship. The team represented New Brunswick at the 1999 Labatt Brier where they finished in fourth place after losing to Saskatchewan's Gerald Shymko in the playoffs. The team won another provincial title in 2000, sending the team to the 2000 Labatt Brier. At the 2000 Brier, the team made it to the final, where they lost to British Columbia's Greg McAulay. Tallon would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Curling Club
The Victoria Curling Club was founded as the club signed a lease for land with the City of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1950. However, construction did not commence until 1952 as material shortages from the Korean War had caused delays. Still the Victoria Curling Club opened in February 1953 with eight sheets of ice. Victoria CC Champions 1958 - BC Men's Champions - Tony Gutoski, Bill Dunstan, Gary Leibel, Dale Dalziel 1969 – BC Senior Men's Champions - Gordon Moore, Dick Pick, L. Perlette, Joe Leibel 1971 – BC Senior Men's Champions - Gordon Moore, Gordon Hooey, Dick Pick, Jack Smith 1972 – BC Senior Men's Champions - Gordon Walker, W. Winkler, O. Powell, Elmer Hoffman 1974 - BC & Canadian Senior Women's Champions - Flora Martin, Edna Messum, Doreen Baker, Betty Stubbs 1975 - BC & Canadian Senior Women's Champions - Flora Martin, Edna Messum, Doreen Baker, Betty Stubbs 1979 - BC & Canadian Senior Women's Champions - Flora Martin, Elsie Humphrey, Verle M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton, Alberta
Hinton is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Yellowhead County, northeast of Jasper and about west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead and Bighorn Highway The bighorn sheep (''Ovis canadensis'') is a species of sheep native to North America. It is named for its large horns. A pair of horns might weigh up to ; the sheep typically weigh up to . Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspe ..., in the Athabasca River valley. Geography Hinton lies in the Alberta Plateau Benchlands physiographic subdivision of the Interior Plains. Soils around town are influenced by deposits of carbonate-rich, wind-blown sand and silt which usually have surface textures of loam, sandy loam or silt loam. They are moderately alkaline, in contrast to the varying, mostly moderate acidity which prevails beyond the zone of calcareous aeolian material. History The Town of Hinton was named for William P. Hinton, Vice President and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton Curling Club
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Don Bartlett
Donald Bartlett (born April 1, 1960) is a Canadian curler who lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Bartlett is best known for his many years playing lead for Kevin Martin. In 1999 Bartlett's home town became host the Don Bartlett Curling Classic. Now an annual curling bonspiel, the tournament attracts many teams from across Canada as well as a number of international competitors. Career Don Bartlett played lead for Kevin Martin beginning in 1990. It was in 1991 that the team won the Brier that year. The team would win the 1997 Brier. Internationally, Bartlett has been to two World Curling Championships and two Winter Olympics. At the 1991 Worlds, Martin,third Kevin Park and second Dan Petryk won a silver medal. At the 1992 Winter Olympics (demonstration), the team finished in fourth place. In 1997, the team now consisting of Don Walchuk at third and Rudy Ramcharan at second placed fourth. At the 2002 Winter Olympics now with Carter Rycroft at second, the team won a silver medal. With M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen (born 1962 or 1963) is a Canadian curler from Hinton, Alberta. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Hansen with teammates Tiffany Steuber, Les Steuber and Sherry French won the 2015 Alberta mixed championship and represented Alberta at the 2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship (played in the Fall of 2014). There the team went 3–3 in their first six games, but were relegated to the seeing pool, where they won their remaining three games, finishing 9th overall. The next season, Hansen with teammates Doug McLennan, George Parsons and former Olympic silver medallist Don Bartlett won the Alberta men's senior championships. The team represented Alberta at the 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, finishing in first place after the round robin. However, the team would lose in both the semi-final and the bronze medal final. After 41 years of curling, Hansen and his senior men's team played in his first ever provincial men's championship, the 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Curling Association
Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of Curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes Canada's national championships in the sport. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the two previous sanctioning bodies, Curl Canada (men's) and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association (women's). History The CCA was created in 1990 when Curl Canada and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association amalgamated. From its creation until 2007, Dave Parkes was the general manager and then chief executive officer (CEO). Greg Stremlaw was the CEO until 2015 when he took over as head of sports at CBC Sports Katherine Henderson became CEO in 2016 and continues in the position at present. On February 27, 2015, the organization rebranded as Curling Canada. Presidents (Chairs of the Board 2008–present) *1935–38: John T. Haig *1938–39: Elbrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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