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Toronto At The Macdonald Brier
Toronto was represented at the Macdonald Brier (now called the Tim Hortons Brier), Canada's national men's curling championship with a separate entry from 1927 to 1931. From 1927 to 1929, Toronto was represented by winners of the Canada Life Trophy,''Winnipeg Tribune'', Feb 16, 1927, "East Curlers Ready to Play"''Windsor Star'', Jan 16, 1928, "Lakeview Curlers Win Chief Trophy"''Edmonton Journal'', Feb 21, 1929, "Edmonton Rink Will Have Keen Competition in East" while in 1930 and 1931, it was represented by winners of the Grand Aggregate of the Toronto Bonspiel.''Montreal Gazette'', Feb 25, 1930, "Dominion Curling Play Begins Today" In 1932, winners of these events entered a playoff with the winners of the Ontario Tankard (today known as the Silver Tankard) to determine southern Ontario's representative at the Brier, while in 1933 the winner of the Toronto Bonspiel played the winner of the Ontario Tankard to represent Ontario. The Ontario Tankard would be the sole provincial champi ...
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Tim Hortons Brier
The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and donut shop chain. "Brier" originally referred to a brand of tobacco sold by the event's first sponsor, the Macdonald Tobacco Company. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March. The winner of the Brier goes on to represent Canada at the World Curling Championships of the same year. The Brier is by far the best supported curling competition in terms of paid attendance, attracting crowds far larger than even those for World Championships held in Canada. History In 1924, George J. Cameron, the president of the W. L. Mackenzie and Company subsidiary of the Macdonald Tobacco Company, pitched the idea of a national curling championship to Macdonald Tobacco and was accepted. At the time Canadian curling was divi ...
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High Park Club
The High Park Club is a tennis and curling club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The club is located on Indian Road, just east of High Park. Prior to 1910, curling took place on Grenadier Pond in High Park. The club organized and built its clubhouse in 1911, making it one of Toronto's oldest curling clubs. Provincial curling championships *2009 - Kelly Cochrane, Kelly Scissons, Brenna Cochrane, Lisa Rawlings: Provincial and National Curling club champions *2001 - Bobby Reid, Brad Russell, Phil Sager, Mark Stanfield: Junior Men's *1998 - Bobby Reid, Megan Balsdon, Mark Stanfield, Kelly Cochrane: Bantam Mixed *1975 - Dave Reid, Pat Reid, Terry Lindsey, Martha Lindsey: Mixed In addition, William Scott, Ed Peaker, Thomas Wright and Fred Lucas represented "Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North Ameri ...
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Kitchener, Ontario
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KW Granite Club
The Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Curling Club (branded as the KW Granite Club) is a curling club on Seagram Drive in Waterloo, Ontario. History The club was formed in 1927 as the Granite Club by the Athletic Association of Kitchener and Waterloo (AAKW), which was briefly called the Kitchener Curling Club. The club played on a five-sheet rink at 69 Agnes Street in Kitchener. The AAKW had been formed by members of the clubs located at the corners of Erb and Regina streets in Waterloo and Gaukel Street in Kitchener (previously Berlin). Curling had been played at those clubs since the 1880s. The club adopted the name "Granite Club" to appeal to more than just curling. Artificial ice was added in 1928. In 1928, the Kitchener Tennis Club built five courts next to the club, and in 1931 the K-W Badminton Club added an addition. From 1941 to 1948 the K-W Skating Club also called the Granite home, until moving to the Waterloo Memorial Arena. Also in 1948, a Ladies section was added to ...
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Perry G
Perry, also known as pear cider, is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally the perry pear. It has been common for centuries in England, particularly in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire. It is also made in parts of South Wales and France, especially Normandy and Anjou, and in Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Production Fruit Perry pears are thought to be descended from wild hybrids, known as ''wildings'', between the cultivated pear ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''communis'' and the now-rare wild pear ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''pyraster''. The cultivated pear ''P. communis'' was brought to northern Europe by the Romans. In the fourth century CE Saint Jerome referred to perry as ''piracium''. Wild pear hybrids were, over time, selected locally for desirable qualities and by the 1800s, many regional varieties had been identified. The majority of perry pear varieties in the UK originate from the counties o ...
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1930 Macdonald Brier
The 1930 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from February 25 to 28, 1930 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario. Alberta and Manitoba both finished round robin play with 7-2 records necessitating a tiebreaker playoff to determine the Brier champion. In the playoff, Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Howard "Pappy" Wood, Sr. would defeat Alberta 12–9 to capture Manitoba's third straight Brier Tankard. Howard's brothers, Vic and Lionel became the first siblings to win the Brier. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round Robin standings Round Robin results Draw 1 Draw 2 Draw 3 Draw 4 Draw 5 Draw 6 Draw 7 Draw 8 Draw 9 Tiebreaker References Macdonald Brier, 1930 Macdonald Brier, 1930 The Brier Curling in Toronto Macdonald Brier Macdonald Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curl ...
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The Granite Club
The Granite Club (founded as the Toronto Granite Curling Club) is a private social and athletic club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1875, it has a long history of sports competition. It is located at 2350 Bayview Avenue, north of midtown Toronto. History The Granite Club was founded in 1875 on St. Mary's Street in downtown Toronto. It was initially a curling club. It provided a curling rink and a skating rink as facilities. After only five years on St. Mary's Street, expansion was needed in order to improve existing facilities and to accommodate the growing membership. In 1880, the club moved to 471 Church Street, where it added lawn bowling and tennis. By 1885, the membership had reached 447 members. Later in the 1880s, the club's members formed and sponsored an ice hockey team, considered the first or one of the first organized ice hockey teams in Toronto. The Toronto Granites ice hockey club would last into the 1900s and produce Canadian amateur champion and Olympic ...
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Harry Howard (curler)
Harry Howard may refer to: * Harry Howard (cricketer) (1885–1960), Australian cricketer * Harry Howard (footballer, born 1871) (1871–?), English footballer * Harry Howard (Australian footballer) (1873–1945), Australian rules footballer * Harry Howard (landscape architect) (1930–2000), Australian landscape architect * Harry Howard (musician) Harry Howard is an Australian musician who played bass guitar in Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls both also featuring his older brother, Rowland S. Howard. He then played guitar in Pink Stainless Tail for several years. Ho ..., Australian bass guitarist * Harry Howard (mayor) (1890–1970), mayor of Perth, Australia * Harry Howard (actor) (1897-1975), American comedian, better known as Moe Howard See also * Henry Howard (other) * Harold Howard (other) {{hndis, Howard, Harry ...
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Jack Brower
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1929 Macdonald Brier
The 1929 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from February 26 to March 1, 1929 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario. Team Manitoba won their second consecutive Briar Tankard with Gordon Hudson as skip finishing round robin play undefeated. This was the first time a team went unbeaten in a single Brier. Hudson also became the first skip to win back-to-back Brier championships. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round Robin standings Round Robin results Draw 1 Draw 2 Draw 3 Draw 4 Draw 5 Draw 6 Draw 7 Draw 8 Draw 9 References Macdonald Brier, 1929 Macdonald Brier, 1929 The Brier Curling in Toronto Macdonald Brier Macdonald Brier Macdonald Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, t ...
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Lakeview Curling Club
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Harvey Sproule
F. Harvey Sproule was a Canadian hockey player, National Hockey League coach, owner, executive, and referee, as well as a curler, journalist, and race horse owner. Early years From Milton, Ontario, where he attended school, Sproule was a competitive cyclist and played amateur hockey in his hometown. Records show Sproule lived with his Uncle John Head and his wife Mary Elizabeth Sproule in Milton as young as age 8 in 1891. Sproule's uncle, John Head, had been a Milton town councillor, and a business merchant in Milton since at least 1881, selling men's and women's clothing, before getting a customs job in Toronto and moving there with the family in the mid-1890s. In 1901, Sproule and his sister were still living with their Uncle John Head and his wife Mary in west Toronto. In 1905, Sproule's sister Mildred died at age 20 at their uncle's home. While in Toronto, Sproule played for the Toronto Old Orchard and the Toronto Rowing Club hockey teams. He then became involved in team man ...
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