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Lethbridge Curling Club
{{Unreferenced, date=August 2019 The Lethbridge Curling Club is an historic curling club located in Lethbridge, Alberta. The club is one of the oldest in Alberta, being founded in 1887. Back then, the club played on ponds and sloughs. A two-sheet club was set up in 1895 in the area of 4th St. and 1st Ave S. Until 1904, the club was affiliated with the Manitoba branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Alberta was not yet a province at the time. In 1910, the club was expanded to four sheets and moved to the corner of 13th St. and 4th Ave. S. The Club moved to The Civic Ice Centre, which is home to the Lethbridge Figure Skating Club in 1950 where it operated until moving to its new home in 2016. The club currently resides at the ATB Centre at 74 Mauretania Road West and has 10 sheets, among the largest in Canada. The club is home to three provincial women's teams, one of which won the Canadian championship. Myrna McQuarrie's rink won the provincial and Canadian national champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lethbridge, Alberta
Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian Rocky Mountains contribute to the city's warm summers, mild winters, and windy climate. Lethbridge lies southeast of Calgary on the Oldman River. Lethbridge is the commercial, financial, transportation and industrial centre of southern Alberta. The city's economy developed from drift mining for coal in the late 19th century and agriculture in the early 20th century. Half of the workforce is employed in the health, education, retail and hospitality sectors, and the top five employers are government-based. The only university in Alberta south of Calgary is in Lethbridge, and two of the three colleges in southern Alberta have campuses in the city. Cultural venues in the city include performing art theatres, museums and sports centres. History Before the 19th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events. Men Round Robin Standings Tiebreaker * 6-5 Playoffs Women Round Robin Standings Tiebreaker * 6-5 Playoffs References External linksWomen's results {{World Curling Championships World Senior Curling Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Lethbridge
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling Clubs In Canada
Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling Clubs Established In 1887
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 swee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Haughian
Jessie Haughian (born Scheidegger; November 10, 1990) is a Canadian curling, curler from Turin, Alberta. She currently plays Second (curling), second for her sister Casey Scheidegger. Career Juniors Haughian won two Alberta provincial junior titles, in 2009 and 2011. In 2009 she won playing second (curling), second on her sister Casey Scheidegger, Casey's team. The team represented Alberta at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team finished the round robin with a 9–3 record, but lost in the semifinal to Manitoba, skip (curling), skipped by Kaitlyn Lawes. That same season, the team won one World Curling Tour event, the 2008 Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic. In 2011, she played second for team Nadine Scotland, Nadine Chyz, and represented Alberta at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. There, they finished the round robin in first place with an 11–1 record and lost in the final to Saskatchewan's Trish Paulsen rink. Women's After juniors, Haughian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion and is currently a skip on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Alberta Junior Curling championships with teammates Kalynn Park, younger sister Jessie Haughian, and Jayme Coutts. The rink represented Alberta at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they finished the round robin in second place with a 9–3 record. However, they lost the semi-final to Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes. Women's Scheidegger has been playing in World Curling Tour events since the 2004–05 season. As of the 2019–20 season, she has played in 19 Grand Slam events, including the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Autumn Gold Curling Classic, which is no longer a Grand Slam event. Scheidegger qualified for her first women's provincial championship in 2011, where she won two games before being eliminated after five match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2017 World Senior Curling Championships was held from April 22 to 29 at the Lethbridge Curling Club in Lethbridge, 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 .... The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Men Round Robin Standings Playoffs Women Round Robin Standings Tie Breakers Thursday April 27, 8:00 am Playoffs References External links * {{World Curling Championships World Senior Curling Championships 2017 in Canadian curling International curling competitions hosted by Canada Sport in Lethbridge April 2017 sports events in Canada Curling in Alberta 2017 in Alberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 22 to 29 at the Lethbridge Curling Club in Lethbridge, Canada. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 World Senior Curling Championships. Teams Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results All draw times are listed in MDT ( UTC-6). Group A Saturday, April 22 Draw 1 8:00 Sunday, April 23 Draw 7 14:30 Draw 9 21:00 Monday, April 24 Draw 10 8:00 Draw 11 11:15 Draw 13 17:45 Tuesday, April 25 Draw 15 8:00 Draw 17 14:30 Draw 18 17:45 Wednesday, April 26 Draw 21 11:15 Draw 22 14:30 Draw 24 21:00 Thursday, April 27 Draw 25 8:00 Group B Saturday, April 22 Draw 3 15:00 Draw 4 8:00 Sunday, April 23 Draw 5 8:00 Monday, April 24 Draw 11 11:15 Draw 12 14:30 Draw 14 21:00 Tuesday, April 25 Draw 16 11:15 Draw 18 17:45 Draw 19 21:00 Wednesday, April 26 Draw 20 8:00 Draw 22 14:30 Draw 23 17:45 Draw 24 21:00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships
The 2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships was held from November 25 to 30 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Alberta. In the Men's final, Paul Moffatt's rink from the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club in Ontario defeated the Jasmin Gibeau rink from the Club de Curling Thurso in Quebec 10-5 to claim the title. It was the KW Granite Club's first victory at the Club Championships. In the bronze medal game, Northern Ontario's Ben Mikkelsen rink from the Port Arthur Curling Club shut out the Tyler Williams rink from the Whitehorse Curling Club in Yukon 12–0. In the Women's final, Alberta's Nanette Dupont rink from the Lethbridge Curling Club defeated Nova Scotia's Tanya Phillips rink from the CFB Halifax Curling Club 9-4 to win the gold medal. It was a second championship for Dupont as she won the title in 2010. In the bronze medal game, Quebec's Isabelle Néron rink from the Club de Curling Chicoutimi beat the Peggy Dorosz rink from the Whitehorse Curling Club in Yukon 9–5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Caledonian Curling Club
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC), branded as Scottish Curling is a curling club in Edinburgh, Scotland. It developed the first official rules for the sport, and is the governing body of curling in Scotland. The RCCC was founded on 25 July 1838 in Edinburgh, and granted its royal charter by Queen Victoria in 1843, after she had witnessed a demonstration of the sport played on the polished ballroom floor of Scone Palace the previous year. The club's objective is "To unite curlers throughout the world into one Brotherhood of the Rink", and it has branches and affiliated associations and clubs in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United States and Wales. In 1853 the club established a curling pond for Grand Matches at Carsebreck Loch in Perth and Kinross. This site saw 25 such matches that were served by the club's own private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 The Dominion Curling Club Championships
The 2010 Dominion Curling Club Championship was held November 23–28 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall Curling Clubs in Charlottetown and Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. It is the second incarnation of this event. Saskatchewan's Sutherland Curling Club won the men's event, having to win four straight games in the process after finishing the pool round in a three-way tie for second place at a 4–2 record. They defeated Ontario in the final, a team that had been undefeated until that point (including a pool victory over Saskatchewan). Alberta's Lethbridge Curling Club {{Unreferenced, date=August 2019 The Lethbridge Curling Club is an historic curling club located in Lethbridge, Alberta. The club is one of the oldest in Alberta, being founded in 1887. Back then, the club played on ponds and sloughs. A two-sheet c ... won the women's event over Saskatchewan. Men's event Grey pool Blue pool Tiebreakers * 8-4 * 6-2 * 9-6 Playoffs Women's event Grey pool Blue poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
