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Fiona Bayne
Fiona "Felsie" Bayne (born 10 May 1966 in Perth) is a Scottish curler, a two-time (1988, 1990) and a 1998 Scottish women's champion. She played for Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ..., where the British team finished in fourth place. Teams References External links * (as Felsie Bayne) 1966 births Living people Scottish female curlers British female curlers Olympic curlers for Great Britain Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Scottish curling champions Curlers from Perth, Scotland {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Linda McAulay
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Olympic Curlers For Great Britain
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British Female Curlers
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Scottish Female Curlers
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Living People
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Sanderson (curler)
Jane Sanderson (born 17 August 1962) is a Scotland, Scottish curling, curler and curling coach (sport), coach. She is a . Teams Women's Mixed Record as a coach of national teams Awards *Scottish Disability Sports Awards - Fife Trophy - Coach of the Year Award: 2004 (look at "Fife Trophy") References External links *History - British Curling (look at "Olympic Games - Women; 1998 Nagano, JPN") Living people 1962 births Scottish female curlers Scottish curling champions Scottish curling coaches {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsty Hay
Kirsty Hay (born 9 February 1972 in Glasgow, Scotland as Kirsty Addison) is a Scottish curler, a two-time (1992, 1995) and a three-time Scottish women's champion (1995, 1996, 1998). She played for Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the British team finished in fourth place. At 17, she won her first national junior title and went on to skip her team to gold at the . This was the first occasion that a Scottish women's team had ever held a world title in curling. Awards *Frances Brodie Award: 1996 * All-Star Team, Women: Teams Personal life Her sister 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 ... is also a curler. They won the together. She began curling at the age of 12. References External links * 1972 births Living people British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Keiller
Russell Keiller is a Scottish curler and curling coach. He is a and a . He participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ... as a coach of Great Britain women team. Russell Keiller was appointed by the Board of Directors of British Curling in August 2014. Teams Men's Mixed Record as a coach of national teams References External links * Living people Scottish male curlers European curling champions Scottish curling champions Scottish curling coaches Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Lockhart
Jacqueline "Jackie" Lockhart (née Steele, born 22 March 1965) is a Scottish curler who has competed prolifically in major international competitions for Scotland, and for the Great Britain team that competes at the Olympic Winter Games. She was part of the BBC's Winter Olympics commentary team for the Curling at the Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022. Biography Early performances Having made her international debut at the 1983 European Championships, she went on to claim a silver medal in her first crack at the World Championships in 1985, in which she played second in the Scotland team skipped by Isobel Torrance. The same line-up narrowly failed to win a medal in the following year's championships. In 1992, as curling awaited full medal status at the Winter Olympics, Lockhart was skip of the team selected to represent Great Britain in the demonstration event at the Albertville Games. The team struggled somewhat, however, and were ultimately edged into sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
