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Peter Becker (curler)
Peter Becker (born 9 June 1949 in Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand curler and curling coach. At the international level, he is a two-time bronze medallist (, , , , ) of Pacific Curling Championships. At the national level, he is a three-time New Zealand men's champion curler (1999, 2000, 2013) and 2013 New Zealand senior men's champion curler. In 2022 he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame. Teams and events Men's Mixed doubles Record as a coach of national teams Personal life Becker's family is well known as a curling family in New Zealand. Peter's wife, two sons, daughter and father have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. His father William Becker was one of the first men who began curling in New Zealand. Peter's older son, Sean, is one of most successful and well known New Zealand curlers. Younger son, Scott, is competitive curler too, he was skip of New Zealand men's team on 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. Daughter, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago
Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government region. Its population was The name "Otago" is the local southern Māori dialect pronunciation of "Ōtākou", the name of the Māori village near the entrance to Otago Harbour. The exact meaning of the term is disputed, with common translations being "isolated village" and "place of red earth", the latter referring to the reddish-ochre clay which is common in the area around Dunedin. "Otago" is also the old name of the European settlement on the harbour, established by the Weller Brothers in 1831, which lies close to Otakou. The upper harbour later became the focus of the Otago Association, an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland, notable for its adoption of the principle that ordinary people, not the landowner, should choose the ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan McLean (curler)
Allan or Alan Maclean may refer to: Politicians * Allan McLean (Upper Canada politician) (1752–1847), Scottish-born lawyer and politician in Upper Canada * Allan M.A. McLean (1891–1969), Canadian businessman and politician * Alan McLean (MP), Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1923–1929 and 1931–1935 * Allan McLean (Australian politician) (1840–1911) * Al McLean (born 1937), Canadian politician * Alan J. H. Maclean, former politician in Jersey, Channel Islands Sports * Allan McLean (footballer) (1898–1968), Australian footballer for Melbourne * Alan McLean (New Zealand cricketer) (1911–2003), New Zealand cricketer * Allan McLean (1914–1989), known as Bob McLean, South Australian cricketer and footballer * Alan McLean (golfer), Scottish golfer and winner of the 2012 Windsor Charity Classic Other people * Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet (1645–1674) * Allan Maclean, 10th Laird of Ardgour (1668–1756) * Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet (1710–1783) * All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Greer (curler)
David Hummell Greer (March 20, 1844 – May 19, 1919) was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop. Biography He was born in Wheeling, Virginia, (now West Virginia), graduated from Washington College (Pa.) in 1862, and studied at the Protestant Episcopal Seminary, Gambier, Ohio. Ordained a priest in 1868, he was rector successively at Covington, Kentucky (1868–1871), Providence, Rhode Island (1871–1888), and New York City at St. Bartholomew's Church, 1888–1904. In 1903, he was elected Bishop Coadjutor for the New York diocese and in 1908 succeeded Bishop Potter upon the latter's decease. He was replaced as rector of St. Bartholomew's Church by Dr. Leighton Parks. Bishop Greer made himself known as an untiring personal worker in his parishes and his diocese, and as a believer in direct and unceremonious relationship between clergy and laymen. In 1914, Bishop Greer was appointed president of the Church Peace Union.Snape, Michael. ''A Church Militant: Anglicans and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Ede
Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a libretto by Alan Pryce-Jones * Nelson (band), an American rock band * ''Nelson'', a 2010 album by Paolo Conte People * Nelson (surname), including a list of people with the name * Nelson (given name), including a list of people with the name * Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), British admiral * Nelson Mandela, the first black South African president Fictional characters * Alice Nelson, the housekeeper on the TV series ''The Brady Bunch'' * Dave Nelson, a main character on the TV series ''NewsRadio'' * Emma Nelson, on the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Foggy Nelson, law partner of Matt Murdock in the Marvel Comic Universe * Greg Nelson, on the American soap opera ''All My Children'' * Harriman Nelson, on the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Petherick
Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian wholesale drapery business * John Murray (publishing house), a British publishing house Fictional characters *Murray Monster, a muppet in ''Sesame Street'' *Little Murray Sparkles, a cat in ''Sesame Street'' * Murray (''Monkey Island''), a character in the video game series * Murray (''Sly Cooper''), a character in the video game series *Murray Slaughter, a regular character in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' *Murray, the mascot of the band Dio *Murray, in the 2015 Netflix series '' Richie Rich'' *Murray, a ''Hotel Transylvania'' character *Murray the Cop, in ''Fat Pizza'' *Murray Smith, in ''Swift and Shift Couriers'' People *Murray (surname) *Murray (given name) Places Australia * Division of Murray, federal electoral district in Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sanders (curler)
John Sanders may refer to: * John Sanders (architect) (1768–1826), British architect *John Sanders (sportscaster), American sports broadcaster * John C. C. Sanders (1840–1864), general in the Confederate States Army * John Oswald Sanders (1902–1992), New Zealand lawyer, author and general director of Overseas Missionary Fellowship *John Sanders (musician) (1933–2003), British organist, conductor, choir trainer and composer *John E. Sanders (born 1956), American evangelical Christian theologian * John Sanders (baseball) (1945-2022), American baseball player and coach * John Sanders (painter) (1750–1825), English painter * John "Deac" Sanders (born 1950), American football player *John Holloway Sanders (1825–1884), architect based in England *John Sanders, owner and perhaps painter of the Sanders portrait of William Shakespeare (1603) See also *Jon Sanders (other) * Johnny Sanders (other) *John Saunders (other) John Saunders may refer to: Govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Taylor (curler)
Peter Taylor may refer to: Arts * Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing Politics and government * Peter Taylor (paymaster) (1714–1777), British politician, MP for Wells and MP for Portsmouth * Peter Alfred Taylor (1819–1891), British politician and radical * Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930–1997), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 1992–1997 * Peter Taylor alias Perce, Member of Parliament (MP) for Marlborough in 1554 * Peter Taylor (British politician), Mayor of Watford Sport * Pete Taylor (1945–2003), American sports broadcaster * Pete Taylor (baseball) (1927–2003), American baseball pitcher * Peter Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer * Peter Taylor (Australian cricketer) (born 1956), Australian cricketer * Peter Taylor (English cricketer) (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Hill (curler)
Lenard Winston Hill (14 April 1941 – 12 April 2007) was a Welsh sportsman, who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan, league football for Swansea Town and Newport County and was also a talented tennis player. It was mentioned that he only went to play football professionally so he could spend more time practising in the nets for cricket. In later life Len was a keen golfer with a handicap of 3 and represented Wales Seniors. Early sporting career Hill was born in Caerleon and played for Lovell's Athletic before joining Newport County in 1962. He remained with Newport until 1973, later playing briefly for Swansea City. Later career Hill joined Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 1964, but his football career took precedence, preventing him from playing a full county cricket season until the mid-1970s. His first class debut came on 18 July 1964 against Lancashire. He scored just one run on his debut, falling lbw to Brian Statham. He later became a regular right-hand bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len McSaveney
Len or LEN may refer to: People and fictional characters * Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lén, a character from Irish mythology * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ *Len Kagamine, Vocaloid LEN * The Lake Erie and Northern Railway, a defunct interurban electric railway in Ontario, Canada * Len Industri, an Indonesian electronics company known formerly as LEN * Ligue Européenne de Natation, the European Swimming League ** LEN Trophy Codes * len, ISO 639-3 code for the extinct Lencan languages of Central America * LEN, IATA airport code of León Airport, near León, Spain * LEN, ICAO airline code for Lentini Aviation - see List of airline codes (L) Other uses * Len (band), a Canadian indie rock group * Len (Norway), an important Norwegian administrative entity during 1536–1814 * Len (programming), a function that gives the length of a text string in some dialects of BASIC programming language * Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Allen (curler)
John Allen may refer to: Academia * John Allen (historian) (1771–1843), Scottish historian and political writer *John Allen (bookseller) (1789–1829), English bookseller and antiquary *John S. Allen (1907–1982), American university president Business and industry *John Allen (miner) (1775–?), English lead miner aboard HMS ''Investigator'' *John Allen (trade unionist) (1804–1888), Irish trade union leader *John Allen (saloon keeper) (1823–1870), American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City Military * John Allen (soldier) (1771–1813), American Army officer killed in the War of 1812 *John M. Allen (soldier) (died 1847), American soldier; first mayor of Galveston, Texas *John Allen (Irish nationalist) (died 1855), Irish nationalist and colonel in the French army *John R. Allen Jr. (born 1935), United States Air Force general *John R. Allen (born 1953), United States Marine Corps general *John J. Allen (general), United States Air Force general Politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervyn Jamieson
Mervyn is a masculine given name and occasionally a surname which is of Old Welsh origin, with elements ''mer'', probably meaning "marrow", and ''myn'', meaning "eminent". Despite the misconception of the letter 'V' being an English spelling, through Roman occupation of Britain, the Welsh language (at least for spelling) was Latinised and through centuries of evolution of the Welsh language, the modern Welsh spelling for Mervyn is Merfyn. People with the given name * Mervyn or Merfyn Frych, king of Gwynedd (c. 825-844) * Mervyn Archdall (other), various persons * Mervyn S. Bennion (1887–1941), US Navy captain killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor * Mervyn Carrick (born 1946), Northern Ireland politician * Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch (born 1952), former banker and UK government minister * Mervyn Davies (1946–2012), Welsh former rugby union player * Mervyn Day (born 1955), English former football goalkeeper * Mervyn d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merv Jamieson
Merv ( tk, Merw, ', مرو; fa, مرو, ''Marv''), also known as the Merve Oasis, formerly known as Alexandria ( grc-gre, Ἀλεξάνδρεια), Antiochia in Margiana ( grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐν τῇ Μαργιανῇ) and Marw al-Shāhijān, was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan. Human settlements on the site of Merv existed from the 3rd millennium BC until the 18th century AD. It changed hands repeatedly throughout history. Under the Achaemenid Empire, it was the centre of the satrapy of Margiana. It was subsequently ruled by the Ancient Macedonians, Parthians, Sasanians, Arabs, Ghaznavids, Seljuqs, Khwarazmians and Timurids, among others. Merv was the capital city of several polities throughout its history. In the beginning of the 9th century, Merv was the seat of the caliph al-Ma'mun and the capital of the entire Islamic caliphate. It served later as the seat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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