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Jason Jacobson
Jason Jacobson (born June 8, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Career Jacobson won the 2009 Saskatchewan provincial mixed championship playing second on a team skipped by Darrell McKee. The team represented Saskatchewan at the 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, where they finished third. After finishing 9-2 in the round robin, they would lose in the semi-final to Ontario. Jacobson is a long-time competitor on the World Curling Tour. He played in his first Grand Slam event playing third for the Jeff Sharp rink at the 2003 Players' Championship, where they would lose all of their matches. The next season Jacobson joined the Brad Heidt rink at third. The team played in two Grand Slams in the 2003-04 season. They failed to make the playoffs at the 2003 Canadian Open but did much better at the 2004 Players' Championship, placing in 4th place after losing in a rare 3rd place game. That season, he won two Tour events, the Russell Beef & Barley Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nutana Curling Club
The Nutana Curling Club is a curling club located in the neighbourhood of Nutana Suburban Centre in south-central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The club was organized in 1929 at the Nutana Collegiate Institute. The club was first opened in 1930 at the corner of Dufferin Avenue and Main Street in the Nutana neighbourhood of the city. In 1966, it moved to its current suburban location at the corner of Arlington Avenue and Taylor Street. The club hosts the annual Colonial Square Ladies Classic, one of women's events on the World Curling Tour and former Grand Slam of Curling event. It also hosts the annual Point Optical Curling Classic on the men's World Curling Tour. Additionally, it hosted the 1999 Canadian Senior Curling Championships and the 1993 TSN Skins Game. Winners Teams from the Nutana have won the provincial men's championship ten times. The Charles Anderson rink was the first in 1934. Other winning rinks to win were J.S. Black in 1935, Dalton Henderson in 1946, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Open Of Curling
The Canadian Open, is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament. It is one of the seven Grand Slams and four "majors" on the World Curling Tour, and the only one to use a triple knockout format. A women's event was introduced in the 2014–15 curling season. In 2021, when it was supposed to be held outside of Canada for the first time, it was going to just be called the Open. However, the event has not been held since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ... forced its cancellation in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, the event will revert to its original name. The event features 16 men's and women's teams. The top seven teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking and the top seven on the WCT Year-to-date ranking qualify, plus the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Medicine Hat Charity Classic
The Medicine Hat Charity Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is held every October at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, 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 .... Event names *Medicine Hat Super 8 Motel Charity Classic (1997) *Medicine Hat Super 8 Charity Classic (1998–2001) *Jackson Dodge Charity Classic (2002) * Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic (2003–2012) Past champions Men Women References External links * {{World Curling Tour events Sport in Medicine Hat World Curling Tour events Women's World Curling Tour events Curling competitions in Alberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Dieno
Clint is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Clint Alberta (1970–2002), Canadian filmmaker *Clint Albright (1926–1999), Canadian ice hockey player *Clint Alfino (born 1968), South African baseball player *Clint Amos (born 1983), Australian rugby league player * Clint Auty (born 1969), Australian cricketer *Clint Bajada (born 1982), Maltese presenter *Clint Barmes (born 1979), American baseball player *Clint Benedict (born 1892), Canadian ice hockey goaltender *Clint Black (born 1962), American country singer and musician *Clint Boon (born 1959), English musician and radio presenter *Clint Boulton (1948–2021), English footballer *Clint Bowyer (born 1979), NASCAR racecar driver *Clint Capela (born 1994), Swiss basketball player *Clint Catalyst (born 1971), American author, actor, model, and spoken word performer *Clint Daniels (born 1974), American singer *Clint Dempsey (born 1983), American soccer player *Clint Eastwood (born 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Ferbey
Randy S. Ferbey (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian retired curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion. He currently coaches the Rachel Homan women's team. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Ferbey notably popularized the system of having the skip throw third rocks, when he skipped the team nicknamed "the Ferbey Four", a team with which he won four Briers (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005) and narrowly missed winning the 2004 final after giving up a 7–3 lead to Mark Dacey. Others teams in both men's and women's curling have adopted the system of not having the skip throw last stones, such as the Margaretha Sigfridsson rink, who would win winning an Olympic Silver and numerous World silvers and Europeans golds by skipping while throwing lead stones, and Jim Cotter throwing last rocks for John Morris who would together reach the finals of both 2014 Olympic Curling Trials and 2014 Brier. The Ferbey Four also popularized the " number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Players' Championship
The 2007 Tylenol Players' Championships was held at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, 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 .... April 10-15, 2007. It was the last event of the 2006-07 curling season Rankings are the CCA rankings. Men's A event B Event C Event Championship Women's A event B Event C Event Championship External linksMen's results {{Grand Slam of Curling Curling competitions in Calgary [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte (born July 22, 1967 in Muenster, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon. He is a three-time SaskTel Tankard provincial champion. As a junior, Korte's top accomplishment was losing the 1984 men's provincial junior final. Korte has won three provincial championships, in 2000, 2004 and 2010. At the 2000 Labatt Brier, Korte's Saskatchewan rink finished 5-6. In 2004, Korte downed Brad Heidt in the Saskatchewan final. At the 2004 Nokia Brier, his rink finished 5-6 once again. At the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, he played third for his long-time third Darrell McKee and the team finished the event with a 4-7 record. In 2002, Korte skipped his rink to his first and only Grand Slam of Curling title, winning the Masters of Curling over Jeff Stoughton. Korte has been a skip for almost his entire career except for the period between 2009 and 2011 when he threw third stones for McKee. McKee left the team in 2011. Korte skipped team Saskatchewan at the 2016 Canadian Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Laycock
Stephen "Steve" Laycock (born October 29, 1982 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon. He currently skips his own team out of Saskatoon. Career In 2003, Laycock skipped Team Saskatchewan to a Canadian Junior Curling Championship and a World Junior Curling Championship. Until 2007 he tried repeatedly to skip a team to the provincial men's championship in 2004, 2005 and 2006, but was unsuccessful in all of his attempts. In 2006 he joined up with Pat Simmons as his lead, and finally won a provincial championship with him in 2007. He would win again in 2008 and once more in 2011, this time throwing third stones and calling the game for Simmons. Simmons left the team at the end of the 2010-11 season, leaving Laycock to find a replacement third. Laycock announced the addition of Joel Jordison to his team for the 2011-2012 season. Jordison and second Brennen Jones left the team after that season. Laycock represented Saskatchewan at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whites Drug Store Classic
The Whites Drug Store Classic (known as the Westwood Inn Classic in 2015) was an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that took place at the Swan River Curling Club in Swan River, Manitoba. The tournament was held in a triple-knockout format. The tournament, started in 1998, was 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 ... and has been held every year since its inception until 2015. Past champions ''Only skip's name is displayed.'' References {{reflist External linksHome Page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SGI Canada Charity Classic
SGI may refer to: Companies * Saskatchewan Government Insurance *Scientific Games International, a gambling company *Silicon Graphics, Inc., a former manufacturer of high-performance computing products * Silicon Graphics International, formerly Rackable Systems, which acquired the former Silicon Graphics, Inc. *Smoking Gun Interactive, a video game company *Synthetic Genomics, Inc., an alternative fuels company Other uses * Saanich-Gulf Islands, a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada * Silicon Graphics Image, a graphics file format for Silicon Graphics workstations * Soka Gakkai International, a Nichiren Buddhist movement and also a non-governmental organization (NGO) * SGI, the IATA code for Mushaf Airbase in Pakistan *'' Stargate Infinity'', an animated television series *Spheroidal graphite iron, another name for ductile iron *Sustainable Governance Indicators, statistics measuring the need for reform among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
