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Iain Baxter (curler)
Iain Baxter (4 December 1948 – 29 July 2015) was a Scottish curler. He was a and a two-time Scottish men's champion (1971, 1978). He was also 1978 Scottish Mixed Curling champion and two-time Scottish senior men's champion (2002, 2003). Teams Men's Mixed Personal life His brother Colin is also a curler and Iain's teammate. Their parents, father Bobby and mother Mabel, were curlers too. References External links * 1948 births 2015 deaths Scottish male curlers Scottish curling champions Curlers from Edinburgh {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corstorphine
Corstorphine (Scottish Gaelic: ''Crois Thoirfinn'') ( ) is an area of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Formerly a separate village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, it is now a suburb of the city, having been formally incorporated into it in 1920. Corstorphine has a high street with many independent small shops, although a number have closed in recent years since the opening of several retail parks to the west of Edinburgh, especially the Gyle Centre. Traffic on the main street, St John's Road, is often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The actual "High Street" itself is no longer the main street, an anomaly shared with central Edinburgh. Famous residents have included Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Bible translator Alexander Thomson and Scottish Renaissance author Helen Cruickshank. Corstorphine is also featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel ''Kidnapped'' and mentioned in Danny Boyle's 1996 film '' Trainspotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sanderson (curler)
James "Jimmy" Sanderson is a Scottish curler. He is a and a two-time Scottish men's champion (1971, 1978). He is also 1978 Scottish Mixed Curling champion. Teams Men's Mixed References External links * Living people Scottish male curlers Scottish curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Male Curlers
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 identity and common culture *Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland *Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland *Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also *Scotch (other) *Scotland (other) *Scots (other) *Scottian (other) *Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina ("chotis"Span ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...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] |
Colin Baxter (curler)
Colin Baxter is a Scottish curler. He is a and a two-time Scottish men's champion (1971, 1978). He was also a two-time Scottish Schools champion (1968, 1969). Teams Personal life His brother Iain was also a curler and Colin's teammate. Their parents, father Bobby and mother Mabel, were curlers too. References External links * Living people Scottish male curlers Scottish curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Sanderson
Willie Sanderson is a Scottish curler. He is a and a two-time Scottish men's champion (1971, 1978). Teams References External links * Living people Scottish male curlers Scottish curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Senior Curling Championships
The Scottish Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best senior-level men's and women's curling teams in Scotland. Senior level curlers must be over the age of 50 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament. It has been held annually since the 1972–1973 season for senior men and the 1980–1981 season for senior women. The championship teams play at the World Senior Curling Championships later in the season. Past champions '' Skips marked bold'' Men Women References {{Reflist See also * Scottish Men's Curling Championship * Scottish Women's Curling Championship * Scottish Mixed Curling Championship *Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship *Scottish Junior Curling Championships *Scottish Schools Curling Championship The Scottish Schools Curling Championship is an annual curling competition held to determine the best school curling team in Scotland. The current champions are Kelso High School, who defeated a tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland. The city's Holyrood Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Mixed Curling Championship
The Scottish Mixed Curling Championship is the national mixed curling championship for Scotland. Team are composed of two men and two women, playing in alternating positions up the team, meaning the lead and third must be of the same gender, and likewise the second and fourth players. The championship has been held annually since 1976. From 2005 to 2014 the winners progressed to represent Scotland at the European Mixed Curling Championship. Since 2015 the winners have represented Scotland at the World Mixed Curling Championship. The current champions are Luke Carson, Kirsten Bousie, Mark Taylor and Katie McMillan, who went on to win their round robin group in the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, 2019 World Mixed Championship before losing to Germany in the quarterfinals. Team Carson beat out six other teams to claim the 2019 Championship, which was contested between 24 and 26 May at The Peak in Stirling. The 2020 edition of the tournament will take place between 22 and 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called ''rocks'', across the ice ''curling sheet'' toward the ''house'', a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a ''game''; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each ''end'', which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends. The player can induce a curved path, described as ''curl'', by causing the stone to slowly rotate as it slides. The path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms or brushes, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet and sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
