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Avonair Cash Spiel
The Avonair Cash Spiel is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta. The tournament is held in a round robin format. The tournament started in 2013 as part of the World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from Jo ...'s regional developmental series of events. Past champions Men Women References External linksAvonair Curling Club Home {{World Curling Tour events Former World Curling Tour events Women's World Curling Tour events Curling competitions in Edmonton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Min-hyeon
Yoo Min-hyeon (born September 27, 1994) is a South Korean male curler. At the international level, he is a . Teams Men's Mixed Mixed doubles References External links * *Video: Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea South Korean male curlers Pacific-Asian curling champions Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Curlers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Parsons (curler) (1890–1963), English brewer
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George Parsons may refer to: * George Parsons (shipbuilder) (died 1812), prolific shipbuilder in Bursledon, Hampshire * George Parsons (rugby) (1926–2009), Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer * George Parsons (ice hockey) (1914–1998), professional ice hockey player * George W. Parsons (1850–1933), attorney turned banker during the 19th century Old West * George Parsons (photographer), born 1845, American photographer * George Parsons (sailor) (1911–?), Canadian sailor * George Mesnard Parsons George Mesnard Parsons (1890 – 26 February 1963) was an English brewer who served as President of the Institute of Brewing. Career Parsons was born in 1890. He entered the brewing industry as a pupil at the Swan Brewery in Fulham in 1910. He la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Dean Ross
Dean Ross (born c. 1963) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. He was the first man to represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships. In 2007, Ross and teammates Susan O'Connor, Tim Krassman and Susan Wright represented Alberta at the 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. After finishing the round robin with a 10–1 record, the Calgary-based rink defeated Ontario's Bob Turcotte to win the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. After some speculation as to who would represent Canada at the inaugural 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the Canadian Curling Association selected Ross and O'Connor to represent the country. Ross and O'Connor finished with a 5–2 record in their group, but lost to Finland in their second semi-final challenge game, and did not win a medal. Ross also skips a men's team on the World Curling Tour. In 2010, he won his first event, the World Financial Group Classic. Ross is employed as a course superintendent a ... [...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] |
Colin Stroeder
Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, Australia, in August 2008 * Colin (river), a river in France * Colin (security robot), in ''Mostly Harmless'' of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series by Douglas Adams * Tropical Storm Colin (other) See also *Collin (other) *Kolin (other) Kolin may refer to: *Kolín, a town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic **Kolín District * Starý Kolín, a municipality and village near Kolín, Czech Republic * Kolin, Louisiana, unincorporated place * Kolin, Montana * Kolin, West Pom ... * Colyn {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Sawatzky
Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saskatchewan United States * Scott, Arkansas * Scott, Georgia * Scott, Indiana * Scott, Louisiana * Scott, Missouri * Scott, New York * Scott, Ohio * Scott, Wisconsin (other) (several places) * Fort Scott, Kansas * Great Scott Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota * Scott Air Force Base, Illinois * Scott City, Kansas * Scott City, Missouri * Scott County (other) (various states) * Scott Mountain, a mountain in Oregon * Scott River, in California * Scott Township (other) (several places) Elsewhere * 876 Scott, minor planet orbiting the Sun * Scott (crater), a lunar impact crater near the south pole of the Moon *Scott Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia People * Scott (surname), including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Usselman
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Collins (curler)
Bob, Bobby, Rob, or Robert Collins may refer to: Academics *Robert O. Collins (1933 – 2008), historian of South Sudan and East Africa * Robert D. Collins (1928–2013), American physician and pathologist Entertainment * Bob Collins (broadcaster) (1942–2000), American radio broadcaster *Bobby Collins (comedian) (born 1951), American stand-up comedian and film actor *Rob Collins (musician) (1963–1996), English keyboardist in The Charlatans *Rob Collins (actor) (born 1979), Australian actor Politics *Bob Collins (politician) (1946–2007), Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate *Robert A. Collins (1924–2003), American politician *Robert Henry Muirhead Collins (1852–1927), English-born naval officer and Australian public service head *Robert Martin Collins (1843–1913), Queensland politician and grazier Sports * Bob Collins (footballer, born 1934), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * Bob Collins (footballer, born 1937), Australian rules footballer fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Yoon-ho
Nam Yoon-ho (born January 19, 1984) is a South Korean male curler. At the international level, he is a . At the national level, he is a four-time Korean men's champion. Teams References External links * *Video: Living people 1984 births Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea South Korean male curlers Pacific-Asian curling champions South Korean curling champions Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew O'Dell (curler)
Andrew Charles O'Dell FRSE FRGS FRSGS (1909–1966) was a Scottish geographer and antiquarian. A keen railway enthusiast he left a large collection of railway memorabilia to Aberdeen University, known as the O'Dell Collection. He was joint founder of the Institute of British Geographers in 1933. He was best known to the general public for his involvement in the discovery of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure in Shetland, in 1959. Life He was born on 4 June 1909 in Luipardsvlei in the Transvaal Colony, the son of Charles O'Dell. His mother was from the Scottish Borders. He was educated at Westminster City School in London. He then studied Geography at Kings College University of London. From 1945 he was Head of the Department Geography at Aberdeen University. In 1951 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Alan Grant Ogilvie, John Baird Simpson, James Robert Matthews James Robert Matthews FRSE FLS CBE LLD (1889–1978) was a 20th-century S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
