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Victoria Curling Club
The Victoria Curling Club was founded as the club signed a lease for land with the City of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1950. However, construction did not commence until 1952 as material shortages from the Korean War had caused delays. Still the Victoria Curling Club opened in February 1953 with eight sheets of ice. Victoria CC Champions 1958 - BC Men's Champions - Tony Gutoski, Bill Dunstan, Gary Leibel, Dale Dalziel 1969 – BC Senior Men's Champions - Gordon Moore, Dick Pick, L. Perlette, Joe Leibel 1971 – BC Senior Men's Champions - Gordon Moore, Gordon Hooey, Dick Pick, Jack Smith 1972 – BC Senior Men's Champions - Gordon Walker, W. Winkler, O. Powell, Elmer Hoffman 1974 - BC & Canadian Senior Women's Champions - Flora Martin, Edna Messum, Doreen Baker, Betty Stubbs 1975 - BC & Canadian Senior Women's Champions - Flora Martin, Edna Messum, Doreen Baker, Betty Stubbs 1979 - BC & Canadian Senior Women's Champions - Flora Martin, Elsie Humphrey, Verle M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gutoski
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Bill Dunstan (curler)
William Elwyn Dunstan (born January 3, 1949) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, and the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's .... Personal life He is the son of former NFL offensive tackle Elwyn Dunstan. References External links 1949 births Living people Players of American football from Oakland, California Skyline High School (Oakland, California) alumni Utah State Aggies football players American football defensive tackles Philadelphia Eagles players Buffalo Bills players Los Angeles Rams players {{defensive-lineman-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Leibel
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Dale Dalziel
Dale A. Dalziel is a former Canadian-American curler, and a 1971 United States men's curling champion. While residing in Canada, Dalziel qualified for his lone Brier in 1958, playing lead for the Tony Gutoski rink. Dalziel was 19 years old at the time, having just graduated from high school the previous year. It was his first season playing in the BC Men's Curling Championship. Dalziel moved from Victoria, British Columbia in 1959, settling in the United States. He won the United States Men's Curling Championship The United States Men's Curling Championship is the annual men's national curling championship for the United States. It is run by the United States Curling Association (USCA) and typically held in conjunction with the Women's Championship. The ch ... in 1971, after finishing the round robin with a 10–1 record. He led the U.S. to a bronze medal at the . At the time of the 1971 Worlds, he was a school principal. Teams References External links * HOUSE C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Hawkes
Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965 in Nanaimo, British Columbia as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics while on Kelley Law's team. Curling career Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national championship, debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1985 for British Columbia. Sanders, Wheatcroft, and their British Columbia team won the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, defeating Kathie Ellwood in the final. At the World Championships that year, the team won the gold medal defeating Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the final. In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders at the Tournament of Hearts and they lost in the final to Heather Houston. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to Julie Sutton's team and again qualified for the Tournament of Hearts, where they would lose in their first playoff game. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wood (curler)
Michael Wood2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born September 4, 1968 ) is a Canadian curler. Wood skipped his team of Mike Bradley, Todd Troyer and Greg Hawkes to the 1988 Canadian Junior Curling Championships title, defeating Northern Ontario's Craig Kochan in the final. In 1989, this team lost the final at the World Junior Curling Championships to Sweden, skipped by Peja Lindholm. Nearly two decades later, Wood joined 1990 World Junior Champion Dean Joanisse, and they won the British Columbia provincial championships in 2007. In 2008, Wood left the Joanisse rink. Wood is a grounds foreman for Oak Bay Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered ... Parks. References External linksWorld Curling Federation profile 1968 births Living people Curlers from Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Olympic
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The original five Winter Olympic Sports (consisting of nine disciplines) were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Joanisse
Dean A. "Skippy" Joanisse (born December 8, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Career Joanisse is most notable for skipping his British Columbia team to the 1989 Canadian Junior Curling Championships title, qualifying him to represent Canada at the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships. At the World Juniors, he lost to Peja Lindholm's team from Sweden in the bronze medal final. Joanisse also skipped two teams to the Brier. At the 2001 Nokia Brier his team finished with a 4-7 record. He would make the Brier again in , where he would also finish at a 4-7 record. He qualified for the 2007 Brier by defeating Greg McAulay Gregory McAulay (born January 2, 1960) is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky ... 8–6 in the BC final. Joanisse's profession is a curling artist. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Wark
Sarah Wark (born February 17, 1986 in Winnipeg) is a Canadian curler from Chilliwack, British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Abbotsford. Career As a junior curler, Wark and her team of Darah Provencal, Stephanie Jackson and Sarah Neal won the provincial championship in 2005. The team represented British Columbia at the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they would finish with a 6–6 record. After juniors, Wark would win two provincial mixed titles, in 2009 playing third for Jason Montgomery and in 2014 as third for Wes Craig. Her win in 2009 qualified her team to represent B.C. at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, where they would lose in the semi-final to Ontario. Her 2014 win qualified her team to represent B.C. at the 2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, where they finished fourth. Wark and Jeff Richard won the British Columbia mixed doubles title in 2017, and played in the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Nantes
David (Dave) D. N. "Dubby" Nantes2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born August 30, 1970) is a Canadian curler. Nantes played third for Dean Joanisse at the 1989 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, which they won. Nantes would later re-join with Joanisse at second position and Nantes would win his first provincial men's championship in 2007. At the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier, they finished out of the playoffs with a 4-7 record. Nantes left the team when it split up in 2008. Born in Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ..., Canada, Nantes is a merchandiser for North Douglas Sysco. References External linksWorld Curling Federation profile Living people Curlers from Victoria, British Columbia 1970 births {{Canada-curling-bio-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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