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Penny Barker
Penny Barker (born Penny Roy on September 25, 1985) is a curler from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She currently skips her own team out of the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw. She is a two-time Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial champion, winning the event in 2017 and 2022. Career Juniors Barker was the alternate on the Mandy Selzer rink that represented Canada at the 2006 World Junior Curling Championships. The team won the silver medal that year. She represented the University of Regina at five Canadian university championships, including winning a silver in 2007. Women's Barker began skipping a women's team in 2007, after playing third for Karen Purdy in the 2006–07 season. Barker played in her first Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. Her then rink of third Susan Lang, second Melissa Hoffman and lead Danielle Sicinski lost all three of their games in the triple knock-out tournament. Barker formed a new team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by the Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161. Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and important railway junction for the area's agricultural produce. CFB Moose Jaw is a NATO flight training school, and is home to the Snowbirds, Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a Casino Moose Jaw, casino and Temple Gardens Mineral Hell Resort, geothermal spa. History Cree and Assiniboine people used the Moose Jaw area as a winter encampment. The Missouri Coteau sheltered the valley and gave it warm breezes. The narrow river crossing and abundance of water and game made it a good location for settlement. Traditional native fur tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam Of Curling
The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and feature the best teams from across Canada and around the World. The Grand Slam was instituted during the 2001–02 season for men and 2006–07 for women (with the 2006 Players' Championship also considered a Slam), but some of the Grand Slam events have longer histories as bonspiels. The Grand Slam season consists of six men's and women's events. The original four events (Masters, Open, National, and Players' Championship) are considered to be "majors". The other two slams (Tour Challenge and Champions Cup) have unique formats that set them apart from other events on the World Curling Tour. History In 2001, many curlers were upset with the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). Their complaints included the long curling season, not getting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The 2015 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Saskatchewan were held January 21 to 25 at the Assiniboia Curling Club in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. The winning team was the Stefanie Lawton rink from Saskatoon, who defeated the Michelle Englot rink in the final for the second straight year. Her team will represent Saskatchewan at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians .... Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Fina ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic
The 2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic was held from November 7 to 10 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. This was the third Grand Slam event on the women's World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format, and the purse was CAD$47,000, of which the winner, Eve Muirhead, received CAD$12,000. In the final, Muirhead defeated Sherry Middaugh Sherry L. Middaugh (née Hamel, born October 11, 1966 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Before marrying world champion curler Wayne Middaugh, she was known as Sherry Scheirich. She is a five-time ... of Ontario, scoring a game-winning deuce in the last end to make the final score 5–4. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Knockout Draw Brackets The draw is listed as follows: A Event B Event C Event Playoffs Quarterfinals ''Monday, November 10, 9:00 am'' Semifinals ''Monday, November 10, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Curling Season
The 2014–15 curling season began in August 2014 and ended in May 2015. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners are listed before the women's tournament winners.'' Curling Canada sanctioned events This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by the Canadian Curling Association now known as Curling Canada. The following events in bold have been confirmed by the Curling Canada as are part of the 2014–15 Season of Champions programme. Other events ''Note: Events that have not been placed on the CCA's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on the CCA's final list for the 2014–15 curling season, it will be moved up to the "CCA-sanctioned events" section.'' World Curling Tour ''Grand Slam events in bold. Teams Men's events Women's events WCT Order of Merit rankings WCT Money List Curling Canada MA Cup The MA Cup is awarded to the Curling Canada Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The 2013 SaskPower Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Saskatchewan's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 23 to 27 at the Balgonie Stardome in Balgonie, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Saskatchewan at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ontario. Qualification Process Twelve teams will qualify for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows: Teams Standings Pool A Pool B Results Draw 1 ''January 23, 2:00 PM'' *Martin 9-4 Barber *Selzer 7-6 Miller-Jones Draw 2 ''January 23, 7:30 PM'' *Shumay 9-5 Englot *Eberle 7-5 Chisholm *Lawton 8-5 Barker *Paulsen 8-7 Holland Draw 3 ''January 24, 2:00 PM'' *Eberle 10-4 Miller-Jones *Selzer 4-1 Barker *Holland 9-5 Martin *Shumay 13-5 Barber Draw 4 ''January 24, 7:30 PM'' *Paulsen 9-8 Barber *Lawton 9-3 Miller-Jones *Chisholm 8-1 Selzer *Englot 7-5 Martin Draw 5 ''January 25, 10:00 AM'' *Lawton 8-3 Selzer *Paulsen 8-7 Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Craigie
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken. "Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as “Miranda”. The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the 'wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: "curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures”' aul. Nol. Epist. 44.4 In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The 2011 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts was the 2011 Saskatchewan provincial women's curling championship, held January 26–30 at the Jim Kook Recreation Complex in Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada. The winning team of Amber Holland represented Saskatchewan at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Holland's team finished the round robin in first place at 9-2, going onto the 1-2 page playoff game, where they lost to team Canada. The team went on to the Semi-Final game, where they defeated Ontario moving on to the final. The team met Jennifer Jones and Team Canada once again, where in the 10th end of play, score tied, Canada with last rock, would steal the win, becoming the first Saskatchewan Team to win the Scotties since 1997, when Sandra Schmirler won her final Scotties, before dying of cancer. Amber Holland and team with returned to the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as defending champions Team Canada. Teams Standings Poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic
The 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic was held from November 15 to 18 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the fourth of five women's Grand Slam events of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format with 32 teams and the purse for the event was CAD Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve co ...$50,000. Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones would win the event, defeating Switzerland's Michèle Jäggi in the final. The win would be Jones' second Grand Slam win of the year. Teams Playoffs References External links * {{2013–14 curling season Colonial Square Ladies Classic Colonial Square Ladies Classic Curling in Saskatoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Slywka
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have been the aunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Haberstock
__NOTOC__ Tamara may refer to: People * Tamara (name), including a list of people with this name * Tamara (Spanish singer) (born 1984) * Tamara, stage name of Spanish singer Yurena (born 1969) * Tamara, stage name of Macedonian singer Tamara Todevska (born 1985) * Tamara or Tamar of Georgia (1160s–1213, ruled 1184–1213) * Tamara (''Hollyoaks''), a fictional character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' Artistic works * ''Tamara'' (2005 film), a Canadian-American horror film * ''Tamara'' (2016 French film), a French-Belgian comedy film * ''Tamara'' (2016 Venezuelan film), a Venezuelan drama film * ''Tamara'' (play), Canadian stage play * Tamara (Lermontov), short poem by Mikhail Lermontov (1841) about Tamar of Georgia * Tamara (Balakirev), symphonic poem by Mily Balakirev inspired by verse of Lermontov (1867–1882) * , ballet by Michel Fokine and Léon Bakst to Balakirev's music (Ballets Russes, 1912) Other * 326 Tamara, a main belt asteroid * Tamara passive sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deanna Doig
Deanna Doig (born March 13, 1972 in Bethune, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Emerald Park, Saskatchewan. Career Doing has been active on the World Curling Tour since the 2005–06 season, when she joined the Heather Rankin rink as her third. In their first season, the team played in the 2006 Canada Cup of Curling, finishing with a 1–4 record. The next season, the team played in several Grand Slam events, making the quarterfinals at the 2006 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic. The following season, the team played made it to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic and went 0–5 at the 2008 Canada Cup of Curling. In 2008, Doig joined the Michelle Englot rink as her third. The team would win Doig's lone career Grand Slam title at the 2008 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic. They also made it to the quarterfinals at the 2008 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic. The team played in the 2009 Canada Cup of Curling, losing in the playoffs after posting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
