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James Craik (curler)
James Craik (born 13 June 2001 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish curling, curler from Edzell and Stirling. Skip (curling), Skipping his own team, Craik won gold at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships and Curling at the 2023 Winter World University Games, 2023 Winter World University Games and bronze at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. He also won bronze at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships as second for Ross Whyte. Career 2019–2022 In 2019, Craik won his first of three Scottish Junior Curling Championships as second for Ross Whyte. The team, including third Duncan McFadzean and lead Euan Kyle went undefeated to win the event, downing Callum Kinnear 10–6 in the championship game. With the win, they represented Scotland at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships where they went undefeated in the round robin, finishing with a 9–0 record. They suffered their first loss in the semifinals following a narrow 10–9 game against Switzerland but rebounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen City Council is one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland, local authorities (commonly referred to as ''councils''). Aberdeen has a population of for the main urban area and for the wider List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Settlements, settlement including outlying localities, making it the United Kingdom's List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 39th most populous built-up area. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. Aberdeen received royal burgh status from David I of Scotland (1124–1153), which transformed the city economically. The tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip (curling)
In the sport of curling, the skip is the Captain (sports), captain of a team. The skip determines strategy, and holds the Curling#Curling broom, broom in the ''house'' (target area) to indicate where a teammate at the other end of the curling ''sheet'' (playing area) should aim the stone. The skip usually throws the last two stones in the fourth position, but may play in any other position. Sometimes "skipper" is used; it can also be abbreviated as "S". It's also used as a verb ("skips", "skipped", "skipping"). It is conventional to identify a team by the name of the skip. Responsibilities Overall, the skip leads the team and provides strategic direction. The skip calls shots teammates to play, through verbal direction and physical gestures. In many cases, skips communicate the planned trajectory of the shot by tapping their broom on the ice, and motion to other stones in the playing area if those are involved in the planned shot. The skip usually determines the required weigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Paterson
Ross Paterson (born March 13, 1984) is a retired Scottish curler from Glasgow. During his career, he represented Scotland at four World Men's Curling Championships and four European Curling Championships, winning a bronze medal at both the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2019 European Curling Championships. He also won silver at the 2007 Winter Universiade and bronze at the 2005 World Junior Curling Championships in his junior career. In 2018, he skipped his team to victory at the 2018 National Grand Slam of Curling event. He is a two-time champion at the Scottish Men's Curling Championship, winning the title in both 2016 and 2022. Career Juniors Paterson represented Scotland at the 2005 World Junior Curling Championships, playing third for the Logan Gray rink. After finishing the round robin with an undefeated 9–0 record, they lost in the semifinal against Canada, and settled for a bronze medal, after defeating the United States in the bronze medal game. Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Hyslop
Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saskatchewan United States * Scott, Arkansas * Scott, Georgia * Scott, Indiana * Scott, Louisiana * Scott, Missouri * Scott, New York * Scott, Ohio * Scott, Wisconsin (other) (several places) * Fort Scott, Kansas * Great Scott Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota * Scott Air Force Base, Illinois * Scott City, Kansas * Scott City, Missouri * Scott County (other) (various states) * Scott Mountain (other) (several places) * Scott River, in California * Scott Township (other) (several places) Elsewhere * 876 Scott, minor planet orbiting the Sun * Scott (crater), a lunar impact crater near the south pole of the Moon *Scott Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia Lists * Scott Point (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Bryce
Angus Bryce (born 11 May 2002 in Livingston) is a Scottish curler from Kelso. He currently plays second on Team Kyle Waddell. Playing for James Craik, Bryce won gold at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships and 2023 Winter World University Games and bronze at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. He also won a gold medal at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. Career 2016–2022 At just 14 years old, Bryce and his team, skipped by Cameron McNay, reached the final of the 2016 Scottish Junior Curling Championships. After going 5–2 through the round robin, the young team defeated Ross Whyte 7–4 in the semifinal before losing to Bruce Mouat 8–3 in the championship game. The following year, the team again reached the playoffs, this time being defeated by Whyte in the semifinal game. Two years later, Bryce made his international debut at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, playing second on the British team that also included Hamish Galla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Scotland
The COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland is part of the COVID-19 pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease-2019, caused by the virus Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Scotland on 1 March 2020. Community transmission was first reported on 11 March 2020, and the first confirmed death was on 13 March 2020. COVID-19 became a Notifiable diseases in the United Kingdom, notifiable disease in Scotland on 22 February 2020. The first cases were detected in Scotland in the following weeks. By 16 March and following the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, outbreak in Italy, and based on forecasting by epidemiologists at Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team, Imperial College London—the Scottish Government advised the public to avoid all "non-essential" travel and contact with others, and to remote work if possible. Those with symptoms, and their household, were asked to Isolation (health care)#Self-isolation, self-isolate. Pregnant w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yenisey, Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk, with a population of over 1.1 million. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the renowned Trans-Siberian Railway, and is one of the largest producers of aluminum in the country. The city is known for its natural landscape; author Anton Chekhov judged Krasnoyarsk to be the most beautiful city in Siberia. The Krasnoyarsk Pillars, Stolby Nature Sanctuary is located 10 km south of the city. Krasnoyarsk is a major educational centre in Siberia, and hosts the Siberian Federal University. In 2019, Krasnoyarsk was the host city of the 2019 Winter Universiade, the third hosted in Russia. Etymology The predecessor fort was named Krasny Yar () after the Yarin (a dialect of Khakas language, Khakas) name of the place where it was built, ''Kyzyl Char'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Ryder
Niall is a male given name of Irish origin. The original meaning of the name is unknown, but popular modern sources have suggested that it means "champion" (derived from the Old Irish word ''niadh''). According to John Ryan, Professor of Early and Medieval History at University College Dublin, Niall "seems to be so ancient that its meaning was lost before records began." Notable people with the name Niall Medieval times *Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King of Ireland who lived in the early-to-mid 5th century AD *Niall Caille, High King of Ireland in the 9th century AD Modern times *Niall Carolan (born 2002), Irish Gaelic footballer *Niall Ferguson (born 1964), Historian and the Laurence A. Tisch professor of history at Harvard University *Niall Horan (born 1993), a member of the British-Irish boy band One Direction *Niall Mackenzie (born 1961), Scottish former professional motorcycle road racer *Niall Matter (born 1980), Canadian actor *Niall McCready, Irish Gaelic footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair Haswell
Blair Haswell (born 9 December 1999 in Stranraer) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. He currently plays lead on Team Kyle Waddell. Playing for James Craik, Haswell won gold at the 2023 Winter World University Games and bronze at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Career Juniors Haswell won the Scottish Junior Curling Championships in 2020, playing second for James Craik. The team also included third Mark Watt and lead Niall Ryder. This earned the rink the right to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. There, they topped the round robin with a 7–2 record, earning themselves a spot in the playoffs. The team then lost to Switzerland's Marco Hösli 9–6 in the semifinal before defeating Germany's Sixten Totzek 6–5 to capture the bronze medal. With Haswell aging out of juniors following the cancelled 2020–21 season, he joined Watt's newly created team with third Gregor Cannon and lead Gavin Barr. This lineup s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Watt (curler)
Mark Watt (born 31 October 1999 in Stirling) is a Scottish curler from Auchterarder. He currently plays third on Team James Craik. Playing for Craik, Watt won gold at the 2023 Winter World University Games and bronze at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Career Juniors Watt won the Scottish Junior Curling Championships in 2020, playing third for James Craik. The team also included second Blair Haswell and lead Niall Ryder. This earned the rink the right to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. There, they topped the round robin with a 7–2 record, earning themselves a spot in the playoffs. The team then lost to Switzerland's Marco Hösli 9–6 in the semifinal before defeating Germany's Sixten Totzek 6–5 to capture the bronze medal. With Watt aging out of juniors following the cancelled 2020–21 season, he created a new team with Gregor Cannon, Haswell and Gavin Barr. This lineup saw limited success, only r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euan Kyle
Euan Kyle (born 25 October 1997 in Stranraer) is a Scottish curler from Leswalt. He currently plays lead on Team Ross Whyte. Playing for Whyte, Kyle won gold at the 2024 Scottish Men's Curling Championship, silver at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships and won bronze at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. He was also the alternate on Team Ross Paterson at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship. Career Juniors At the 2017 Scottish Junior Curling Championships, Kyle played second on the Cameron Bryce rink which also included third Robin Brydone and lead Frazer Shaw. Through the round robin, the team finished with an undefeated 7–0 record to qualify for the playoffs. They then won both the 1 vs. 2 game and the final against Team Ross Whyte to secure the Scottish junior title and a trip to the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships. There, the team finished third through the preliminary stage with a 6–3 record, qualifying for the final four. After stealing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
