Paul Flemming (born October 8, 1968, in

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) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team out of Halifax.

Curling career

Flemming's junior team was successful yet failed to ever win the Nova Scotia Junior Men's Championship, losing in the finals four times. In 1987, the team of Paul Flemming, Mike Mawhinney, Glen MacLeod, and Chris Oxner represented Nova Scotia at the

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in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The team earned an undefeated record in the round robin, including a victory over Ontario's

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. In the semi-finals of the playoffs Flemming's team beat Saskatchewan to earn a spot in the gold medal match. The Flemming team played John Boswick of Manitoba in the final and they held a lead until Manitoba stole a point in the eighth and two in the tenth

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for the win. Flemming represented Nova Scotia at the

Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. The winners of the tournament will represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship. In mixed curling, the positions on a team must a ...

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and

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, winning the Championship both times. In 1999 the team consisted of Paul Flemming,

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, Tom Fetterly, and Monica Moriarity. In 2003 the team consisted of Paul Flemming,

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, Tom Fetterly, and Cathy Donald. Flemming's competed on Team Nova Scotia at the Canadian Men's Championship, called

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, six times: 1998, 1999 and 2013 as

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, 2001 as

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for

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, and 2005 and 2011 as third for

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. In 2001 and 2013 he was awarded the event's Ross Harstone Trophy, which is a player-voted sportsmanship award.

Personal life

Flemming is the younger brother of Canadian actor

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. Flemming owns a restaurant called Harbour Fish N' Fries. He has two children.2017 Home Hardware RTTR Media Guide

References

External links

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Team Paul Flemming CS Profile
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