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Masters (curling)
The Masters is a Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam event on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is the second Grand Slam event and first major on the women's and men's tour. The event is an amalgamation of the men's World Cup of Curling and the women's Sun Life Classic. There was also a men's Sun Life Classic, which has been discontinued. The Sun Life Classic was an annual WCT event (but not a Grand Slam event) held every November at the Paris Curling Club, Brant Curling Club and the Brantford Golf & Country Club in the Brantford, Ontario area. The World Cup was a Grand Slam event and was held in various locations across Canada, and was also previously known as the Masters. The first incarnation of the event with both men and women was held in 2012 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre and the Brantford Golf & Country Club in Brantford, Ontario. The event is currently sponsored by World Financial Group, a multi-level marketing company. Previous event names Sun Life Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, Ontario
London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames River and North Thames River, approximately from both Toronto and Detroit; and about from Buffalo, New York. The city of London is List of Ontario separated municipalities, politically separate from Middlesex County, Ontario, Middlesex County, though it remains the county seat. London and the Thames River (Ontario), Thames were named after the London, English city and River Thames, river in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. The village was founded in 1826 and Municipal corporation, incorporated in 1855. Since then, London has grown to be the largest southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada's List of census metropolita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Hardware
Home Hardware Stores Ltd. is an independent home improvement retailer located in Canada. Co-founded by Walter Hachborn in 1964, and headquartered in St. Jacobs, Ontario, the company has close to 1,100 stores that operate under one of four banners: Home Hardware, Home Hardware Building Centre, Home Building Centre, and Home Furniture. History Walter Hachborn and his partner Henry Sittler organized the first meeting of independent store owners at a hotel in Kitchener, Ontario in 1963. On January 1, 1964, 122 independent Ontario hardware retailers purchased Hollinger Hardware Limited in St. Jacobs, Ontario, resulting in the formation of a 100% Dealer-owned business model. On November 9, 1967, Home Hardware’s name and logo became official. In 1981, Home Hardware merged with western-Canada-based Link Hardware to create a national chain. Home Hardware Stores Limited expanded through the purchase of Beaver Lumber in 1999 after acquiring the chain from Molson Brewery for $68 milli ... [...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] |
Kevin Martin (curler)
Kevin Ray Martin (born July 31, 1966), nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian retired curler originally from Lougheed, Alberta and residing in Edmonton. He is an Olympic, World and four-time Canadian champion and a member of the World Curling Hall of Fame. He is considered by many commentators and former and current curlers to be the greatest curler of all time. He is also known for his rivalries with Randy Ferbey/David Nedohin, the best Alberta provincial rivalry ever as the two teams were generally regarded the best in the world from 2002 to 2006; his rivalry with Jeff Stoughton, perhaps the most famous all prairies rivalry ever which spanned over 2 decades from 1991 to 2014; with Glenn Howard from 2007 to 2014, perhaps the best two team rivalry in Canadian curling history, and his rivalry with Sweden's Peja Lindholm from 1997 to 2006, perhaps the best ever men's Canada-Europe rivalry. Over his 30-year curling career, he won four Briers, a gold medal at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Masters Of Curling (January)
The 2003 M&M Meat Shops Masters of Curling was held from January 9 to 12, 2003 in Sudbury, Ontario. The event was one of the four men's Grand Slams of the 2002–03 curling season. The total purse for the event was $100,000, with $25,000 going to the winning team. The format was a triple knockout. Edmonton, Alberta's Kevin Martin rink defeated Vic Peters of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the final, 8–7. Peters played in the event with a broken foot. It was Martin's seventh straight event win on the World Curling Tour, and his second slam title of the season. The semifinals and finals were shown on Sportsnet. The event was held on the same weekend as the 2003 Canada Cup of Curling, another major Canadian curling tournament. The Canada Cup, which was televised on CBC CBC may refer to: Media * Cadena Baja California or Grupo Cadena, a radio and television broadcaster in Mexico * Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's radio and television public broadcaster ** CBC Television * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gander, Newfoundland And Labrador
Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland in the List of provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately south of Gander Bay, south of Twillingate and east of Grand Falls-Windsor. Located on the northeastern shore of Gander Lake, it is the site of Gander International Airport, once an important refuelling stop for transatlantic aircraft. The airport is still a preferred emergency landing point for aircraft facing on-board medical or security issues. When the U.S. closed its airspace after the September 11 attacks, Gander International Airport took in 38 commercial aircraft and four military aircraft, and accommodated nearly 6,700 evacuees from Olympic Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways, Alitalia and more. Most of the streets in Gander are named after famous aviators, including Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, Alcock and Brown, Amelia Earhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Armstrong (curler)
Doug Armstrong is a Canadian curler. Between 1998 and 2002, he was the lead in skip Jeff Stoughton's team during the 1999 Labatt Brier competition for 4 consecutive times. He won the Brier in 1999. His team went 10–3 winning in the final against Guy Hemmings of Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, .... He won a silver medal at the 1999 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. As a result of his successes, on May 2, 2010, Armstrong was inducted as lead, skipped by Jeff Stoughton with Garry VanDenBerghe at second to the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame. He is the son of 1978 Canadian women's champion Iris Armstrong. Teams References External links * Doug Armstrong – Curling Canada Stats Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Doug Canadian male curlers Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Van Den Berghe
Garry Van Den Berghe (born November 13, 1960, in La Rivière, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and now living in Vernon, British Columbia. He coached the Jason Gunnlaugson rink in 2020 and in 2020 he began coaching a Japanese women’s curling team. Van Den Berghe had played second for Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is currently the National Men's Coach and Pr ... until 2006, and played lead for him in 1991. With Stoughton, he won five provincial championships (1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2006), two Briers (1996, 1999), a World Curling Championship in 1996 and a World Championship silver in 1999. He started his career in 1986 playing lead for David Tonnellier and played in his first provincial in 1987 with the same team. Personal life Van Den Berghe is married and has tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Mead
Jonathan Mead (born April 10, 1967 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mead played third for Wayne Middaugh's rink (except for provincial playdowns) until the end of the 2009–10 curling season. Beginning in the 2010–11 curling season, he again played third for Jeff Stoughton's Manitoba team. Career Before joining Middaugh, Mead was the longtime third for Jeff Stoughton, whose team he joined prior to the 1999 season. That year, they won the Manitoba provincial championships, the Brier and a silver medal at the World Curling Championships. They would return to the 2000 Brier, and again to the 2006 Brier but would not win again. Mead also won the 1986 Canadian Junior Curling Championships as a third for Hugh McFadyen and won silver at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships. In March 2007, it was announced that Mead would join Wayne Middaugh's team for the following season on the World Curling Tour. This was mainly done for a run a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Stoughton
Jeffrey R. Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is currently the National Men's Coach and Program Manager for Curling Canada, as well as being the head coach of the Canadian Mixed Doubles National Team. Career Stoughton's first national championship came in 1988 when he won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. He won the mixed once again in 1991. 1991 was the same year Stoughton attended his first Brier. His team of Dave Iverson, Ken Tresoor and Garry VanDenBerghe finished 6-5. Five years later, at the 1996 Labatt Brier, Stoughton and his team of Tresoor, VanDenBerghe, and Steve Gould went all the way, losing only two games en route to the championship, defeating Kevin Martin of Alberta in the final. At the subsequent World Championship, Stoughton went on to lose just one game, winning the Championship against Warwic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Golanowski
Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the /''Ruaidhrí'' and /''Ruaraidh'' and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ''ruadh'' ("red") and ''rígh'' ("king"). In Ireland and Scotland, it is generally seen as a masculine name and therefore rarely given to females. History An early use of the name in antiquity is in reference to Rudraige mac Sithrigi, a High King of Ireland who eventually spawned the Ulaid (indeed, this tribe are sometimes known as ''Clanna Rudhraighe''). Ruadrí mac Domnall was the grandfather of famous Scottish king Macbeth and the eponymous founder of ''Clann Ruaidrí'' ( House of Moray). Throughout the Middle Ages, the name was in use by various kings, such as Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland. As well as this, Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha, the famous King of Laois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Korte
Roger Korte (born October 11, 1970) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He is a three-time provincial champion. Korte is a long-time member of his brother, Bruce The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been ...'s rink, playing every position for him except skip. In 2009, team mate Darell McKee took over the reins. Roger played in both the 2000 and 2004 Briers as Bruce's second. In 2010, he played second for McKee. Korte was also the team's second when they won a Grand Slam title in 2002, winning the Masters of Curling. External links * References 1970 births Curlers from Saskatoon Living people {{Canada-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
