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Kyle Smith (curler)
Kyle Smith (born 9 July 1992) is a retired Scottish curler from Guildtown, Perthshire. During his career, he skipped the British men's curling team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, placing fifth. He also skipped Scotland at two European Curling Championships, two Winter Universiade and three World Junior Curling Championships, winning the event in . Career Juniors During his junior career, Smith skipped Scotland at three World Junior Curling Championships from 2012 to 2014. In , the team, consisting of Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Kerr Drummond and Hammy McMillan Jr. went 7–2 through the round robin before losing the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game to Norway's Markus Høiberg. However, they avenged this loss in the bronze medal game when they defeated the same Norwegian team to finish third. In , his team, now with brother Cameron at lead instead of Drummond, topped the round robin with an 8–1 record. They then beat Canada's Matt Dunstone in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perthshire
Perthshire (Scottish English, locally: ; ), officially the County of Perth, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross, Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle, Scotland, Aberfoyle in the south; it borders the counties of Inverness-shire and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus, Scotland, Angus to the east, Fife, Kinross-shire, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire to the south and Argyllshire to the west. Perthshire is known as the "big county", or "the Shire", due to its roundness and status as the fourth List of Scottish counties by area, largest historic county in Scotland. It has a wide variety of landscapes, from the rich agricultural straths in the east, to the high mountains of the southern Scottish Highlands, Highlands. History Administrative history Perthshire's origins a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyeongchang County
Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in the province of Gangwon Province, South Korea, Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and connected by expressways and high-speed passenger railways. Pyeongchang's slogan, "Happy 700 Pyeongchang", is taken from its average elevation of approximately . Pyeongchang hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics. It was officially rebranded as "PyeongChang" (with a capital 'C') for the purposes of the 2018 Games, in order to avoid confusion with Pyongyang in North Korea. History Pyeongchang region was ruled by the Goguryeo Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms period, and it was called Uk-o-hyeon (욱오현). After the Silla dynasty conquered the Goguryeo Dynasty and Baekje Dynasty, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Agricultural College
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC; ) is a public land based research institution focused on agriculture and life sciences. Its history stretches back to 1899 with the establishment of the West of Scotland Agricultural College and its current organisation came into being through a merger of smaller institutions. After the West of Scotland Agricultural College was established in 1899, the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture and the Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture were both established in the early 20th century. These three colleges were merged into a single institution, the Scottish Agricultural College, in 1990. In October 2012, the Scottish Agricultural College was merged with Barony College, Elmwood College and Oatridge College to re-organise the institution as Scotland's Rural College, initialised as SRUC in preparation for it gaining the status of a university college with degree awarding powers. SRUC has six campuses across Scotland � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling At The 2013 Winter Universiade
Curling at the 2013 Winter Universiade was held from December 12 to 20 at the Ice Rink Piné at Baselga di Piné in Trentino, Italy. Medal summary Medal table Medalists Qualification Men Women Men Teams Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Thursday, December 12, 14:00'' Draw 2 ''Friday, December 13, 9:00'' Draw 3 ''Friday, December 13, 19:00'' Draw 4 ''Saturday, December 14, 9:00'' Draw 5 ''Sunday, December 15, 9:00'' Draw 6 ''Sunday, December 15, 19:00'' Draw 7 ''Monday, December 16, 14:00'' Draw 8 ''Tuesday, December 17, 9:00'' Draw 9 ''Tuesday, December 17, 19:00'' Tiebreaker ''Wednesday, December 18, 9:00'' Playoffs Semifinals ''Thursday, December 19, 19:00'' Bronze Medal Game ''Thursday, December 19, 15:00'' Gold Medal Game ''Friday, December 20, 13:30'' Women Teams Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Arkhipov
Evgeny Valeryevich Arkhipov (; born 4 January 1992) is a Russian curler from Moscow. He currently skips the Russian national curling team and skips a different rink on the World Curling Tour. Arkhipov played on the Russian national junior team from 2011 to 2013, skipping the team from 2012 to 2013. The team, which also consisted of Sergey Glukhov, Dmitry Mironov and Artur Ali qualified for the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships where they won a silver medal. The team had finished the round robin with a 7-2 record in third place, and managed to defeat Sweden's Patric Mabergs and Canada's Matthew Dunstone in the playoffs before losing to Scotland's Kyle Smith in the final. In 2013, Arkhipov joined the national men's team. His first international tournament on the men's team was the 2013 European Curling Championships, where he threw fourth stones for the team. After finishing the round robin with a 4-4 record, the team finished 6th place. Arkhipov was moved to play t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Dunstone
Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships, where he won the bronze medal. He was unable to defend his championship at the 2014 Canadian Juniors after losing in the finals of the Manitoba Canola Juniors to Braden Calvert. The next time he would represent Manitoba was in 2016, after winning the 2016 Manitoba Canola Juniors. This earned the Dunstone rink a spot in the 2016 Canadian Juniors where he won his second title after defeating Northern Ontario 11-4 in the final, and represented Canada at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, winning a bronze medal. Dunstone joined the Saskatchewan-based Steve Laycock rink for the 2017-18 curling season, initially as second, but later in the season began throwing fourth stones, while Laycock skipped and threw third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Smith (curler)
Cameron "Cammy" Smith (born 11 December 1993) is a retired Scottish curler from Perthshire. He was the longtime lead for his brother Kyle. During his career, he competed for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, placing fifth. He also played for Scotland at two European Curling Championships, two World Junior Curling Championships and the 2013 Winter Universiade, winning the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. Career Juniors During his junior career, Smith played lead for his brother Kyle. The team represented Scotland at two World Junior Curling Championships in 2013 and 2014. In , the team, also consisting of Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell and Hammy McMillan Jr., topped the round robin with an 8–1 record. They then beat Canada's Matt Dunstone in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game and then defeated Russia's Evgeny Arkhipov to secure the gold medal. It was Scotland's first time winning the event since 1996. Later in the year, the Smith rin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Høiberg
Markus Snøve Høiberg (born 6 June 1991) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. He was born in Oppdal Municipality. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as the alternate for the Norwegian men's team. He won a gold medal at the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship as a member of the team. Høiberg currently plays second for the Steffen Walstad rink on the World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass .... Personal life Høiberg works as a financial risk analyst. References External links * * * Markus Hoeibergat the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived) * 1991 births Living people Norwegian male curlers World curling champions European curling champions Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammy McMillan Jr
Hammy may refer to: People * Hammy Baker (1893-1937), Canadian ice hockey player * Hammy Gillespie (1898-1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player * George Howell (soldier) (1893–1964), Australian non-commissioned officer awarded the Victoria Cross * Hammy Love (1895-1969), Australian cricketer * Hammy McMillan (born 1963), Scottish curler * Hammy McMillan Jr. (born 1992), Scottish curler Other uses * Slang for Hamstring * Overacting * Hammy, a hyperactive squirrel character in the comic strip and film ''Over the Hedge ''Over the Hedge'' is a 2006 American animated heist comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG. Based on the comic strip of the same name, the film was directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick from a screenplay by Len Blum, ...'' {{disambiguation Nicknames Hypocorisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr Drummond
Kerr Drummond (born June 27, 1991) is a Scottish–Canadian curler from Red Deer, Alberta. Junior career in Scotland Drummond's fist international experience came at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, where he played lead for Team Great Britain, which was skipped by Colin Dick. The team finished 4–1 in group play, and then beat Norway (skipped by Sander Rølvåg) in the semifinal before losing to Switzerland (skipped by Roger Gulka) in the final. The following year, Drummond won the Scottish Junior Curling Championships, playing lead for the Ally Fraser rink. The team represented Scotland at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, where they led the round robin portion with an 8–1 record. The team then beat China (skipped by Ji Yansong) in the page playoff 1 vs. 2 game, but lost to Switzerland (skipped by Peter de Cruz) in the final. In 2011, Drummond played lead for Great Britain at the 2011 Winter Universiade, on a team skipped by Glen Muirhead. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Waddell
Kyle Waddell (born 15 December 1993 in Bellshill) is a Scottish curler from Hamilton, Scotland. He currently skips his own team. In 2018, he competed for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, placing fifth. He has represented Scotland at three European Curling Championships and three World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships as a member of the Kyle Smith rink. Career Juniors During his junior career, Waddell played second for the Kyle Smith rink. The team represented Scotland at three World Junior Curling Championships from 2012 to 2014. In , the team, consisting of Thomas Muirhead, Kerr Drummond and Hammy McMillan Jr. went 7–2 through the round robin before losing the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game to Norway's Markus Høiberg. However, they avenged this loss in the bronze medal game when they defeated the same Norwegian team to finish third. In , the team, now with Cammy Smith playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Muirhead (curler)
Thomas Brandon Muirhead (born 11 April 1995) is a retired Scottish curler from Blair Atholl. He was the longtime third for the Kyle Smith rink. During his career, he competed for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, placing fifth. He also played for Scotland at two European Curling Championships, two Winter Universiade and three World Junior Curling Championships, winning the event in . Muirhead's brother Glen and sister Eve are also British curlers, and their father Gordon is also a former professional curler. Career Juniors During his junior career, Muirhead played third for the Kyle Smith rink. The team represented Scotland at three World Junior Curling Championships from 2012 to 2014. In , the team, also consisting of Smith, Kyle Waddell, Kerr Drummond and Hammy McMillan Jr. went 7–2 through the round robin before losing the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game to Norway's Markus Høiberg. However, they avenged this loss in the bronze medal ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
