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Meakin Park
Meakin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alf Meakin (born 1938), retired track and field athlete *Breanne Meakin (in marriage Breanne Knapp) (born 1990), Canadian female curler * Douglas Meakin (1929–1998), English cricketer * Harry Meakin (1919–1986), footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City * Lewis Henry Meakin (1850–1917), American Impressionist landscape artist born in Newcastle, England, moving to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1863 *Peter Meakin, Australian journalist and the head of news and current affairs at the Seven Network *Rob Meakin (born 1964), Canadian curler and coach See also * J. & G. Meakin, English pottery manufacturing company founded in 1851 and based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire *Mohan Meakin Brewery, large group of companies started with Asia's first brewery incorporated in 1855 *Janet Meakin Poor Janet Meakin Poor (November 27, 1929 - June 21, 2017, Cincinnati, Ohio) was a landscape design specialist base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Meakin
Alfred F. "Alf" Meakin (born August 30, 1938) is a retired track and field athlete. Athletics career He represented Great Britain in the men's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 meters relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, alongside Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones, and David Jones. He represented England and won a gold medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay with Peter Radford, Len Carter and David Jones, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ..., Western Australia. References British Olympic Committee 1938 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) British male sprinters English male sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breanne Meakin
Breanne Knapp (born April 16, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Breanne Meakin) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She is a four-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships. Career Juniors Knapp had a successful Junior career. At the Canadian Junior Curling Championships she won silver in 2007 and gold in 2009. While playing lead for the Kaitlyn Lawes team at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships Knapp won a silver medal. 2010–2013 In 2010, Knapp would get a call from Cathy Overton-Clapham, who was unexpectedly dropped from Jennifer Jones's successful team, to play third stones on a new team, which included Raunora Westcott and Leslie Wilson, who were also let go from Jill Thurston's Manitoba team. Together the team would win their zone playdowns in attempt to get to the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, however Knapp would not be able to participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breanne Knapp
Breanne Knapp (born April 16, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Breanne Meakin) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She is a four-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships. Career Juniors Knapp had a successful Junior career. At the Canadian Junior Curling Championships she won silver in 2007 and gold in 2009. While playing lead for the Kaitlyn Lawes team at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships Knapp won a silver medal. 2010–2013 In 2010, Knapp would get a call from Cathy Overton-Clapham, who was unexpectedly dropped from Jennifer Jones's successful team, to play third stones on a new team, which included Raunora Westcott and Leslie Wilson, who were also let go from Jill Thurston's Manitoba team. Together the team would win their zone playdowns in attempt to get to the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, however Knapp would not be able to participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Meakin
Douglas Meakin (28 March 1929 – 13 February 1998) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force airman. Meakin made his debut in minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Luton in the 1952 Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire intermittently until 1962, making 21 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. While serving as a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force, Meakin played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team, making his first-class debut against Warwickshire at Birmingham in 1959. He made a further appearance in 1959 against Somerset, before making two more first-class appearances in 1962 against Cambridge University and Ireland. He scored a total of 55 runs across his four matches, with a high score of 16. With his right-arm fast bowling, he took 10 wickets at an average of 20.60, with best figures of 4 for 56. He died at Norwich Norwich () is a cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Meakin
Harry Meakin (8 September 1919 – 1986) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City. Career Meakin was born in Stoke-on-Trent and joined Stoke City from local feeder club Summerbank during World War II. He was signed as a backup defender but found himself playing as a regular in 1947–48 after injury to key defender Neil Franklin. Afterwards he reverted to his bit part role and left for Northwich Victoria {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country ... in 1950. Career statistics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Meakin, Harry English men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players English Football League players 1919 births 1986 deaths Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Henry Meakin
Lewis Henry Meakin (12 July 1850 – 15 August 1917) was an English- American Impressionist landscape artist. Born in Newcastle, England, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio with his family in 1863. After studying art in Europe he returned to Cincinnati where he taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Among his students were Frances Farrand Dodge, Edna Boies Hopkins, Maud Hunt Squire, and Ethel Mars. Artist George Bellows called him “one of the best landscape painters in America." A skilled painter of landscapes, Meakin is known for his scenes along the Ohio River, the American and Canadian Rockies, and his depictions of summer in Camden, Maine and Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Meakin began working in a tonalist manner, then moved toward Impressionism around the turn of the century. From his travels to the American West where he pioneered the Impressionist-style for a new region, Meakin earned the title "Father of Western Art." Meakin served as president of the Cincinnati Art Club fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Meakin
Peter Jeremy Meakin (born 12 October 1942) is an English Australian journalist who has worked as news/current affairs director for all three of Australia's commercial television networks ( Nine Network, Seven Network and Network Ten). Early life Meakin was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England in 1942. His family emigrated to Australia where he attended St Peter's College, Adelaide.''Who's Who in Australia 2016'', ConnectWeb, 2016. Career Meakin joined the Nine Network in 1973, where he worked for thirty years, eventually becoming director of current affairs in 1987 and the head of news and current affairs in 1993; he was credited with the ratings success of programs including '' Sunday'', '' 60 Minutes'' and ''A Current Affair''. He was awarded a Walkley Award for leadership in journalism in 2002. In April 2003, Meakin left the Nine Network acrimoniously to join the rival Seven Network, where former Nine managing director David Leckie had taken on the reins. There, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Meakin
Robert Meakin (born December 17, 1964) is a Canadian curler and curling coach. He is a and a 1995 Labatt Brier champion. Awards *Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame: ** inducted in 2002 with the 1995 Kerry Burtnyk team, Canadian and World champions ** inducted in 2000 with the 1988 Jeff Stoughton’s mixed team, Canadian mixed champions Teams Men's Mixed Record as a coach of national teams Personal life His daughter is Breanne Knapp Breanne Knapp (born April 16, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Breanne Meakin) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She is a four-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at ... (née Meakin), Canadian female curler, and . He is married and also has a son. He currently works as vice president, sales and marketing at Pride Electronics Inc. References External links * Rob Meakin – Curling Canada Stats ArchiveRob Meakin - CurlManitoba* Video: Living people 1964 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Meakin Brewery
Mohan Meakin is a large group of companies which started with Asia's first brewery incorporated in 1855 (but established much earlier) by Edward Dyer at Kasauli in the Himalayan Mountains in India under the name Dyer Breweries. History In the late 1840s, Edward Abraham Dyer, father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, moved from England to set up the first brewery in India (later incorporated as Dyer Breweries in 1855) at Kasauli in the Himalayas. The Kasauli brewery launched India's and indeed Asia's first beer, Lion, which was in great demand by the thirsty British administrators and troops stationed in the sweltering heat of India. Lion was much appreciated as a beer, and one famous poster featured a satisfied British Tommy declaring, "as good as back home!". The brewery was soon moved to nearby Solan, close to the British summer capital Shimla, as there was an abundant supply of fresh springwater there. The Kasauli brewery site was converted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |