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Ian Dickie (historian)
Ian Dickie (born December 21, 1985 in Bracebridge, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Newmarket, Ontario. Career While attending Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Dickie played in both the 2007 and 2009 Northern Ontario men's curling championships. After university, Dickie moved to Newmarket, Ontario. He played second for the Chris Ciasnocha rink for one season (2013–14) before forming his own rink as a skip in 2014. Dickie's first Tour event was the 2013 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. After forming his own team, Dickie re-joined the World Curling Tour for the 2015-16 season. His team found immediate success by making the final of the 2015 KW Fall Classic to China's Liu Rui and making the semi-final of the 2015 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic. Dickie made his first Ontario Tankard provincial men's championship in 2016, where he led his rink of Tyler Stewart, Evan Lilly and Robert Currie to a 3–7 round robin record. Dickie joined the Pat Ferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracebridge, Ontario
Bracebridge is a town and the seat of the Muskoka District Municipality in Ontario, Canada. The town was built around a waterfall on the Muskoka River in the centre of town, and is known for its other nearby waterfalls (Wilson's Falls, High Falls, etc.). It was first incorporated in 1875. The town is the seat of the district government, a centre of tourism for the Muskoka area, and home to several historical sites, such as the Clock Tower, Woodchester Villa, and the Silver Bridge, which joins Manitoba Street with Ecclestone Drive. The Silver Bridge was repaired in 2002. History The character of the town of Bracebridge is shaped by its proximity to Lake Muskoka to which it is connected by 6 miles of the Muskoka River, and by the promise of abundant water power afforded by the great waterfall at the foot of the downtown. Early growth of the town occurred in proximity to the falls which powered the first factory. The arrival of the Grand Trunk Railway cemented the town's role a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
The Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (also known as the OCT Championships) is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour. Except for in 2020, the event has been held at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario. The event was formerly just on the Ontario Curling Tour, but it was promoted as a World Curling Tour event in 2013 when Stu Sells became the sponsor. As of 2019, the purse for the event is $36,000 for both the men's and the women's events. A Tier 2 men's event was added in 2016 (but was discontinued), with a total purse of $16,000. In 2020, the event was held at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario, due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ... delaying the opening of the Oakville Curling Club. That year, the men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Curling Classic
The Capital Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour. It is held annually in at the beginning of October at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C .... Past event names include the OVCT Parliament Cup, Parliament Cup, Mac Ice Classic, and the Moosehead Classic. It became an exclusively open event in 2018 (open to both genders). Past Champions Past Women's Champions Past Open Champions External linksOfficial site References {{reflist Ontario Curling Tour events Curling in Ottawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Curling Fall Open
The Capital Curling Fall Open (known as the Moosehead Fall Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual bonspiel on the men's Ontario Curling Tour. It is held annually in September at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa, Ontario. A women's event was held from 2010 to 2013, and women have participated in the men's event in other years. Past Champions Men After going 3–0 in the women's draw in 2004, Anne Merklinger and her rink of Theresa Breen, Susan Froud and Audrey Reddick Audrey () is an English feminine given name. It is the Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman form of the Anglo-Saxon name ''Æðelþryð'', composed of the elements ''æðel'' "noble" and ''þryð'' "strength". The Anglo-Norman form of the name was ... entered the open playoffs, and won that event too. Women Past Open event Champions (Open to both genders) External linksOfficial site References {{reflist Ontario Curling Tour events Curling in Ottawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Curling Season
The 2022–23 curling season began in June 2022 and ended in May 2023. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.'' World Curling Federation events Source: Championships Qualification events Other events Curling Canada events Source: Championships Invitationals Provincial and territorial playdowns National championships Australia Brazil China ;Chinese Curling League ;Chinese Curling Championships Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia (source:) Finland Italy Japan Latvia (source:) Netherlands New Zealand Norway (source:) Russia Scotland South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States {, class="wikitable" ! colspan="2", Event ! style="background:gold" , Gold ! style="background:silver" , Silver ! style="background:#cc9966" , Bronze , - , colspan="2", United States Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Hartland, Wisconsin, Dec. 15� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Ontario Tankard
The 2022 Ontario Tankard, (known as the Port Elgin Chrysler '22 Ontario Tankard Presented by Bruce Power for sponsorship reasons), the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from February 9 to 13 at The Plex in Port Elgin, Ontario. The winning Howard team represented Ontario at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Lethbridge, Alberta. The event was expected to attract around 9,000 spectators, and to bring a $1,000,000 to the local economy. Bruce County contributed $5,000 cash and $5,000 in-kind for sponsorship, with revenues expected to contribute to improving the local Port Elgin Curling Club, which is playing host to the event (but is not the host venue). Team Howard, skipped by Scott Howard, won in the final, defeating the defending champion John Epping rink. Team Howard's normal skip, Glenn Howard (Scott's father) missed the event due to a knee injury. Spare Adam Spencer filled in as third on the team, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials
The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials were held from October 25 to 31 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The event qualified two teams for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Qualification process Fourteen men's teams and fourteen women's team will qualify for the event. Nine men's and ten women's teams qualified based on their World Curling Team Rankings as of July 2021. Teams also had to have three of their four members from their 2020–21 season lineups still intact. Additionally, the three men's and two women's teams that did not advance to the trials through the 2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event qualified for the event. The final two teams of each gender were the two qualifiers from the 2021 Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event. Men Women Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results All draw times are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Ontario Tankard
The 2020 Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 28 to February 2 at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario. The winning John Epping rink represented Ontario at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial championship. John Epping won his second Ontario Tankard by defeating Glenn Howard 8–3 in the final. Qualification process Nine teams qualified from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 1, 2019). Originally the event was to have just eight teams, but CurlON decided on December 9, 2019 to expand the field to nine teams with the addition of one team qualifying through their CTRS ranking. This is a reduction from the ten teams which played in the 2019 Tankard, making the number of entries equal to the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Ferris
Patrick "Pat" Ferris (born October 28, 1975 in North York, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Grimsby, Ontario. He currently skips his own team. Career Ferris had a successful junior career. In 1993, he skipped his Sutton District High School team to a provincial schoolboy championship. He won back to back provincial junior titles in 1995 and 1996. This qualified Ferris to skip the Ontario team at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in both of those years. At the 1995 Canadian Juniors, he led Ontario and teammates Chris Schell, Bryan Johnson and Paul Webster to a 6-5 record, missing the playoffs. In 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, 1996, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Lilly
Evan Lilly (born March 26, 1989, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Sarnia, Ontario. He is currently the alternate on Team Pat Ferris. Career Lilly won the 2005 Northern Ontario bantam championships and the 2007 Ontario high school championships. He is also a four-time Northern Ontario junior finalist. Lilly has competed in four Canadian University Curling Championships. He played for the Western Mustangs as a second in 2009 and as a skip in 2010. He also skipped the Toronto Varsity Blues in 2014 and 2015. On the World Curling Tour, Lilly has won the 2016 KW Fall Classic and the 2017 Brantford Nissan Classic as the third for Richard Krell, and the 2018 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic and the 2018 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel as the lead for John Willsey. Lily has also competed in three Ontario Provincial Championships. In 2016, he played second for Ian Dickie, finishing with a 3–7 record. In 2018, he played third for Krell, finishing with a 2–3 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Ontario Tankard
The 2016 Ontario Tankard, the Southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 1 to 7 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre in Brantford, Ontario. The winning Glenn Howard rink represented Ontario at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa. The Howard rink from Toronto defeated the John Epping rink (also from Toronto) in the final. It is Howard's 16th provincial championship title (ninth as skip). Teams 1Spencer was added to the team, replacing Richard Hart, who was bumped up to third, as Howard's regular third, Wayne Middaugh suffered an injury in a skiing accident and will have to miss out the remainder of the season. 2 Scott Bailey, the regular skip of this team was not able to play due work commitments; Fanset skipped the team in his place. Fraser Reid was added as a spare. Round-robin standings Results Draw 1 ''February 1, 2:00 pm'' Draw 2 ''February 1, 7:00 pm'' Draw 3 ''February 2, 2:00 pm'' Draw 4 ''February 2, 7:00 pm'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Tankard
The Ontario Tankard is the Southern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier. The tournament is overseen by CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association). Northern Ontario has its own provincial championship, known as the Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship. This championship is not to be confused with the Silver Tankard, historically also known as the Ontario Tankard (and until 1937 a Brier qualifier). Qualification Since 2017, the qualification has varied from year to year: *2017: 10 teams total (Top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings; Six teams from two regional qualifiers; Two teams from a challenge round). *2018: 12 teams total (Top two CTRS ranked teams; Six teams from two regional qualifiers; Three teams from a challenge round; And the Colts champion team). *2019: 10 teams total (Top three CTRS ranked teams; Five teams from three cash spiels; Two teams from an open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
