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Edith Loudon
Edith Hazard (née Loudon; born 15 February 1964 in Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish curler, a . She played for Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She was a member of an expert group in the World Curling Federation, who explained what kind of curling could be added as a second medal discipline to the Winter Olympics, concluding that it should be mixed doubles curling. Teams Women's Mixed Private life Hazard is from a family of curlers: her brother Peter is a World and European champion, her sister Katie Katie is an English feminine name. It is a form Katherine, Kate, Caitlin, Kathleen, Katey and their related forms. It is frequently used on its own. People Sports *Katie Boulter (born 1996), British tennis player *Katie Clark (born 1994), Briti ... was Edith's teammate, playing together at the 1998 Winter Olympics. References External links * * 1964 births Living people Scottish female curlers British female curlers Olympic curlers of Great Britain Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population of about 47,430 in 2018. There has been a settlement at Perth since prehistory, prehistoric times. It is a natural mound raised slightly above the flood plain of the Tay, at a place where the river could be crossed on foot at low tide. The area surrounding the modern city is known to have been occupied ever since Mesolithic hunter-gatherers arrived there more than 8,000 years ago. Nearby Neolithic standing stones and circles date from about 4,000 BC, a period that followed the introduction of farming into the area. Close to Perth is Scone Abbey, which formerly housed the Stone of Scone (also known as the Stone of Destiny), on which the King of Scots were traditionally crowned. This enhanced the early importance of the city, and Perth becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Addison
Karen Addison (born 28 August 1970) is a Scottish curler. In 1990, Addison won the World Junior Curling Championships playing third for the Scottish team, skipped by Kirsty Addison. She won the gold again two years later in 1992, but did not play any games, as she was the alternate on Gillian Barr's team. Addison has played in four European Curling Championships- winning silver medals in 1995 and 2007. She has also played in four World Curling Championships, winning a bronze in 2007 as the alternate for Scotland (skipped by Kelly Wood). She did not play any games. At the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, after her team had a disappointing performance, skip Gail Munro was told by the National Coach Derek Brown that she was not playing the last two games, inciting protest from third Lyndsay Wilson, who as a result of this protest was also told she was not playing. This forced the team to play with just three players, with Addison skipping. Despite playing shorth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Torrance Jr
Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a diminutive of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People * Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat *Alec Acton (1938–1994), English footballer *Alec Albiston (1917–1998), Australian rules footballer *Alec Alston (1937–2009), English footballer * Alec and Peter Graham (1881–1957), New Zealand mountaineers, guides, and hotel operators *Alec Anderson (1894–1953), American NFL player *Alec Asher (born 1991), American MLB player * Alec Ashworth (1939–1995), English professional footballer * Alec Astle (born 1949), New Zealand former cricketer * Alec Atkinson (1919–2015), British Royal Air Force officer and civil servant * Alec B. Francis (1867–1934), English silent-film actor * Alec Bagot (1893–1968), South Australian adventurer, polemicist, and politician *Alec Baillie (died 2020), American bassist *Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor *Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mairi Milne
Mairi Milne (also known as Mairi Herd) is a Scottish curler and curling coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co .... She is a , and a . She is also a . Teams Record as a coach of national teams Private life Her sister Claire Milne is also a curler and a coach. The sisters were longtime teammates. References External links * * Team Muirhead Power Their Way To New International Title , British CurlingLatvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup – the roaring game blogMercure Perth Masters – Your commentators for the live semi final game of Baumann v Brewster Mairi Milne and Rob Niven(1991 video inside) Living people Scottish female curlers Scottish curling champions Scottish curling coaches Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Prentice (curler)
Keith Prentice (February 21, 1940 – September 27, 1992) was an American TV, film and stage actor, whose most famous role was the part of Larry in both the original stage and film versions of '' The Boys in the Band''. He also appeared on the TV soap ''Dark Shadows'' during the series' final months in 1971. For a number of years, his picture was displayed on the Taster's Choice coffee label. Prentice studied in New York City at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His stage musical credits include '' Sail Away'', ''The Sound of Music'', '' Paint Your Wagon'', and ''The King and I''. In 1968, he appeared off-Broadway in the play ''The Boys in the Band'', a once controversial play featuring gay characters at a dramatic birthday party the Summer before the Stonewall riots. He also appeared in the film version of the play. In 1971, Prentice joined the cast of ''Dark Shadows'' playing Morgan Collins in the show's 1841 plot with parallel time. He also appeared as Nils Fowler in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isobel Hannen
Isobel Hannen (born 17 December 1962 as Isobel Torrance Jr.) is a Scottish curler and curling coach. She is a . She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. Personal life Her mother Isobel Torrance is a former competitive curler, and two-time Scottish women's champion. Hannen's daughter Rachel Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ... is also a competitive curler.British Curling profile of Rachel Hannen Teams Record as a coach of national teams References External links * * 1962 births Living people Scottish female curlers British female curlers Olympic curlers of Great Britain Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Scottish curling champions Scottish curling coaches {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Laird
Anne "Annie" Laird (born 20 May 1970) is a Scottish curler. In 1991, Laird won a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships playing lead for Gillian Barr. In 2002, Laird was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the World Curling Championships, playing lead for Jackie Lockhart. Laird replaced Karen Addison as the alternate in the British curling team for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ..., after Addison was deselected. References External links * 1970 births Living people Scottish female curlers British female curlers Olympic curlers for Great Britain Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics World curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katriona Fairweather
Katriona Fairweather (born 24 May 1978) is a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ... curler, a . In marriage she also known as Katriona Davidson. Teams References External links * Living people 1978 births Scottish female curlers World curling champions Scottish curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Swan
Sheila Swan (born 9 December 1978 in Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish curler and curling coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co ..., a . She is head coach of British wheelchair curling. Teams Record as a coach of national teams References External links * * *Sheila Swan's sporting life - sportscotland Living people 1978 births Sportspeople from Perth, Scotland Scottish female curlers World curling champions Scottish curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants Scottish curling coaches {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moray Combe
Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Between 1975 and 1996 Moray, with similar boundaries, was a district of the then Grampian Region. History The name, first attested around 970 as ', and in Latinised form by 1124 as ', derives from the earlier Celtic forms *''mori'' 'sea' and *''treb'' 'settlement' (c.f. Welsh ''môr-tref''). During the Middle Ages, the Province of Moray was much larger than the modern council area, also covering much of what is now Highland and Aberdeenshire. During this period Moray may for a time have been either an independent kingdom or a highly autonomous vassal of Alba. In the early 12th century, Moray was defeated by David I of Scotland following a conflict with Óengus of Moray, and rule over the area was passed to William fitz Duncan. After that the titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Cameron
Lynn Cameron (born 31 July 1979, in Perth) is a Scottish curler, and she was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team taking part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. 2006 was her first appearance as an Olympian. She did not appear in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada. She was part of the Scotland curling team which won the World Junior Championships in 1997 in which Scotland beat Sweden 11–3 in the final. In 2009, she won a gold medal at the European Mixed Curling Championship with Tom Brewster. She is employed as a physical education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorati ... teacher at Morgan Academy in Dundee. References External links * 1979 births Living people Scottish female curlers British female curlers Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Murdoch
Nancy Smith (born Nancy Murdoch; 17 October 1969) is a Scottish curling coach from Stewarton, Scotland. Murdoch is a former Scottish champion and former world championship semi finalist. Murdoch is now retired from competing herself and now coaches. Early life Nancy Murdoch was born on 17 October 1969 in Dumfries, Scotland. She is the sister of David Murdoch David Matthew Murdoch (born 17 April 1978) is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling. As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions. ... (former European Champion and World Champion) and Neil Murdoch (former European Champion and world junior champion). Curler Nancy Murdoch started to compete in curling at the age of 12. When interviewed for the Scottish Institute of Sport website she said that in her pre-coaching career, "Highlight was winning Scottish title in 2001. Low point was losing out in Semi final at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
