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Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, marketed from 2009 through 2017 as the Roar of the Rings, are a quadrennial tournament held by Curling Canada that determines the Canadian men's and women's representatives for curling at the Winter Olympics. The system of qualification for the Curling Trials varies for each event, and can be quite complicated. One main reason for an Olympic qualifying event apart from the national championships (The Brier and the Scotties) is that provincial residency rules do not apply to the Olympic team. Curling was added to the Olympic programme in 1998, and a Canadian Olympic Trials have been held the year prior since 1997. There were also Olympic Trials held in 1987 for the curling demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The 1987 Trials were known as the Labatt National Curling Trials and were held April 19–25, 1987 in Calgary, the same site of the 1988 Winter Olympics. Linda Moore would skip the women's winning team and Ed Lukowich skipped th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling Canada
Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes Canada's national championships in the sport. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the two previous sanctioning bodies, Curl Canada (men's) and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association (women's). History The CCA was created in 1990 when Curl Canada and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association amalgamated. From its creation until 2007, Dave Parkes was the general manager and then chief executive officer (CEO). Greg Stremlaw was the CEO until 2015 when he took over as head of sports at CBC Sports Katherine Henderson became CEO in 2016 and continued to be in that role until August 2023, when she became CEO of Hockey Canada. Danny Lamoureux took over as interim CEO as her replacement. Nolan Thiessen was appointed CEO in January 2024. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Syme
Brent A. Syme (born October 23, 1956) is a Canadian curler. He is a and a 1986 Labatt Brier champion. He played at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, Canadian men's team won bronze medal. Syme retired from competitive curling in 1988 due to work commitments. Outside of curling, Syme is a businessman and was the general manager of the Southern Alberta Curling Association. Syme also coached the men's 2013 Canadian Masters Curling Championships winning team. Awards *Canadian Curling Hall of Fame: inducted in 1992 with all Ed Lukowich Edward R. "Ed" Lukowich (born March 1, 1946; nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke") is a former Canadian champion curling, curler. Lukowich is a two-time Tim Hortons Brier, Brier champion, having won the Brier Tankard for Alberta as skip of both the 1978 ... 1986 team. Teams References External links *Brent Syme – Curling Canada Stats Archive* Video: Living people 1956 births Curlers from Calgary Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Savage (curler)
A. Paul "The Round Mound of Come Around" Savage (born June 25, 1947, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler, world champion and Olympic medallist. Career In 1983 he played third for Ed Werenich's team when they won the Labatt Brier and then won the 1983 World Men's Championship as Team Canada. He received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano with the Mike Harris rink, where he was the substitute."1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 20, 2008) He is considered to be one of the best left-handers to play the game. Savage made seven appearances at the Brier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Karrys
George Karrys (born February 15, 1967) is a Canadian retired curler and journalist. He won a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano"1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 20, 2008) with , Richard Hart, and Collin Mitchell. Karrys is the former owner of and current Editor-In-Chief of '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collin Mitchell
Collin Mitchell (born September 23, 1969 in Freeport, Bahamas) is a Canadian curler and coach from Brooklin, Ontario. He is an Olympic silver medallist. He received a silver medal with the Mike Harris curling team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At the time of the 1998 Olympics, he was a resident of Pickering, Ontario Pickering (2021 Canadian census, 2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Durham Region. Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily British colon ...."1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 20, 2008) Personal life Mitchell is president of W. Mitchell & Son Mechanical L ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hart (curler)
Richard Hart (born October 14, 1968) is a Canadian curler from Pickering, Ontario. He is a Brier and world champion, as well as an Olympic silver medallist. He currently coaches the Mike McEwen rink. Career Hart attended his first Brier in 1995 as an alternate for Ed Werenich. It was his only major tournament experience before winning the 1997 Canadian Olympic trials as the third for the Mike Harris team. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, the team won a silver medal. He left the team in 2000, and joined up with Glenn Howard. Eventually with Howard, Hart would go to another Brier, in 2006 where they lost in the final. The following year, they won the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier and then the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. As vice with Glenn Howard he placed 2nd in the Olympic trials in Edmonton in 2009 and is a runner up for the past 3 Briers. He is nicknamed "the Hart Surgeon" for his ability to make difficult shots under pressure. He was the 2011 winner of the annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Harris (curler)
Michael R. Harris (born June 9, 1967 in Georgetown, Ontario) is a Canadian curler and commentator. Harris led his team to win the silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Curling career Relatively unknown due to the shadows cast out of Ontario in the form of superstars Russ Howard, Ed Werenich and Wayne Middaugh, and having not qualified to a Brier out of Ontario yet, Harris rose to stardom when he skipped his team of Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell and George Karrys to a win at the Canadian Olympic trials in 1997, qualifying the team for the 1998 Winter Olympics. They would defeat the favoured Kevin Martin 6-5 in the trials final, after a 7-2 round robin record had the team sole 1st and a direct bye to the final. At the Olympics, Harris' team dominated throughout, while other pre-Olympic favourites such as reigning World Champions Sweden (skipped by Peja Lindholm) and reigning World silver medallist and European Champions Germany (skipped by Andy Kapp) struggled and we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held from November 22 to 30, 1997 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics. Men Teams Final standings Playoffs Semi-final Final Women Qualification Teams Final standings Playoffs Semi-final Final References Sources *2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Media Guide: 1997 Trials External linksWomen's Final on YouTube {{Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ... Olympic Curling Trials, 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 1997 in sports in Manitoba Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics November 1997 sports events in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, the Northwest Territories to its north, and the U.S. state of Montana to its south. Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two landlocked Canadian provinces. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly humid continental climate, continental climate, but seasonal temperatures tend to swing rapidly because it is so arid. Those swings are less pronounced in western Alberta because of its occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area, at , and the fourth most populous, with 4,262,635 residents. Alberta's capital is Edmonton; its largest city is Calgary. The two cities are Alberta's largest Census geographic units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwest of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in many sectors: energy; financial services; film and television; transportation and logistics; technology; manufacturing; aerospace; health and wellness; retail; and tourism. The Calgary Metropolitan Region is home to Canada' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKenzie (curler)
Donald J. McKenzie (born November 5, 1957) is a Canadian curler, and ; he is a two-time Brier champion (, ). Awards *Canadian Curling Hall of Fame The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame was established with its first inductees in 1973. It is operated by Curling Canada, the governing body for curling in Canada, in Orleans, Ontario. The Hall of Fame selection committee meets annually to choose indu ...: 1993 (as "MacKenzie, Donald J. 'Don'") *Alberta Sports Hall of Fame: 1999 (with all Pat Ryan team 1985–1989) Teams Personal life He started curling in 1970 when he was 13 years old. References External links * Donald McKenzie – Curling Canada Stats Archive1993 Ice Hot International #40 Don McKenzie , The Trading Card Database* Video: (full game) Living people 1957 births Curlers from Edmonton Canadian male curlers Brier champions 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Walchuk
Donald J. Walchuk (born March 6, 1963, in Melville, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curling, curler from Edmonton, Alberta. For many years Walchuk played third for Kevin Martin (curler), Kevin Martin's team. On Martin's rink, Walchuk was known especially for his "high heat" - his big-weight takeout shots. Curling career Walchuk played for Pat Ryan (curler), Pat Ryan as his Lead (curling), lead (1985–1986) and his Second (curling), second (1987–1989). With Ryan, Walchuk won four provincial championships, two Tim Hortons Brier, Briers (1988, 1989) and a World Curling Championships, World Championship (1989). After playing with Ryan, he played for Randy Ferbey in 1990 as his third, then skipped his own team from 1992 to 1994. Walchuk joined Kevin Martin (curler), Kevin Martin's team as Third (curling), third prior to the 1996 season. With Martin, he won the 1997 Labatt Brier, Brier in 1997, an Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Olympic silver medal in 2002, Canada Cup of Curlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
