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Perth Masters
The Mercure Hotels, Mercure Perth Masters is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland, Perth, Scotland. The tournament has been held in both a triple-knockout format and a round robin format. The tournament, started in 1971, and later became a part of the World Curling Tour (and has been since at least 2002). Curlers from outside Scotland have been dominant in this bonspiel. The event has also been known as the Cream of the Barley Perth Masters (1986) Stakis Masters at Perth (1994 & 1995), the Jarvis Masters @ Perth (2001), the Ramada Jarvis Masters @ Perth (2002) Ramada Jarvis Masters (2003) and the Ramada Perth Masters (2004-2011) In 2020, the Women's World Curling Tour event, the City of Perth Ladies International, was renamed as the Mercure Perth Masters and will know be known under the new name. Past champions Men ''Only skip's name is displayed.'' Women References External linksHome Page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth, Scotland
Perth (; ) is a centrally located Cities of Scotland, Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and is the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population of about in . There has been a settlement at Perth since prehistory, prehistoric times. It is a natural mound raised slightly above the flood plain of the Tay. The area surrounding the modern city is known to have been occupied ever since the arrival of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. Nearby Neolithic standing stones and circles date from about 4,000 Anno Domini, BC, a period that followed the introduction of farming into the area. Close to Perth is Scone Abbey, which formerly housed the Stone of Scone (also known as the Stone of Destiny), on which the King of Scots were traditionally crowned. This enhanced the early importance of the city, and Perth became known as a "capital" of Scotland due to the frequent residence there of the royal court. Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Waddell
James Waddell (born c. 1937) is a Scottish curler. He is a and a . Waddell and the entirety of his 1964 Scottish champion rink were farmers from Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al .... Teams Men's Mixed Private life His grandson Kyle is a curler too, a and a . Another grandson Craig is also a curler, and the brothers played together in the . References External links * Living people 1930s births Scottish male curlers British male curlers European curling champions Scottish curling champions Sportspeople from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Scottish farmers {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Brewster
Thomas Brewster Jr. (born 10 April 1974) is a Scottish curler from Aberdeen, Scotland. He is currently the coach of the Kyle Waddell men's team. Career Brewster is a former World Junior champion, having won the title in 1995. The Scottish team which consisted of Paul Westwood, Ronald Brewster, Steve Still and David Murdoch finished 8–1 after the round robin, and defeated Sweden's Henrik Edlund and then Germany's Daniel Herberg to win the championship. Brewster has skipped Scotland to two European Mixed titles, in 2006 and in 2009. Brewster has been a frequent participant in World Curling Tour events, perhaps more so than the more successful Scottish teams. He has won a total of six WCT events, all European events. He has played in 12 Grand Slam events, advancing to the quarterfinals on five occasions (but never further). In 2002, Brewster was invited to play in his first World championship. He was an alternate for the Warwick Smith team which won the bronze medal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pål Trulsen
Pål Trulsen (born 19 April 1962 in Drøbak, Norway) is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion. Career Trulsen participated in both the and World Junior Championships, finishing both tournaments with 2-7 and 4-5 records respectively. However, after participating in the and European championships, he was back at the juniors in where he won the silver medal, losing to Canada's John Base in the final. It took Trulsen 9 more years to get back on the world stage, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where curling was a demonstration sport. At this event he won a silver medal, losing to Switzerland's Urs Dick in the final. After four World Championship tournaments in 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2000 in which he did not receive any medals, Trulsen won the bronze at the 2001 Ford World Curling Championship, defeating one of the games great teams of Randy Ferbey (David Nedohin throwing 4th stones), in the bronze medal game. A year later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Hemmings
Guy Hemmings (born May 10, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Sorel. Hemmings gained prominence after reaching the final of the Brier in 1998 and 1999. He is considered an ambassador for the game, not only in his home province of Quebec but across Canada which he crosses every year as part of his "Guy Hemmings Rockin' the House Tour". In his tour he conducts "junior clinics at local curling clubs, visits elementary and high schools, visits the sick kids' wings at area hospitals and will host media scrums and is the keynote speaker at receptions at local curling clubs Hemmings was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and began curling in 1984 at the age of 22. Eight years later, he played in his first provincial championship. In 1998, he won his first provincial championship giving him the right to represent Quebec at the 1998 Labatt Brier. That year, he lost in the final to Ontario, skipped by Wayne Middaugh. The following year, Hemmings made it to the finals again but lost to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Eggler
Markus Eggler (born 22 January 1969 in Thun) is a retired Swiss curler from Münchenstein. Eggler was the skip of the Swiss team at the , and World Junior Curling Championships. At the event, he won a bronze medal. He then skipped the Swiss team at the World Curling Championships in 1991, 1992 and 1994. He was the world champion in 1992 when his Swiss team defeated Hammy McMillan's Scottish team in the final 6-3. Eggler won a bronze at the 1994 World Championships and a bronze at the 1993 European Curling Championships. After 1994, Eggler would not return to international curling until 2000 when he played third for Andreas Schwaller at the European Championships. At the 2001 World Curling Championships, he played lead for Christof Schwaller and won the silver medal. At the 2001 European Championships, he won a silver playing second for Andreas Schwaller. Still playing second for Schwaller, Eggler won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Eggler continues to play secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammy McMillan
Hamilton "Hammy" McMillan (born 13 July 1963) is a Scottish curler and world champion. He won a gold medal as skip for the Scottish team at the 1999 Ford World Curling Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick."Curling – Men: World Championships" Retrieved 21 March 2008 He has received five gold medals at the . He played third for the Tom Brewster rink before forming his own team. He competed for [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Smith (curler)
David Smith (born c. 1963) is a Scotland, Scottish curling, curler. He is the brother of curler Peter Smith (curler), Peter Smith and the father of curlers Mili Smith, Kyle Smith (curler), Kyle Smith and Cameron Smith (curler), Cameron Smith. Career In his very first international competition, the 1982 European Curling Championships, Smith won a gold medal playing second for Mike Hay. Hay and Smith were still juniors at the time and they won three straight bronze medals at the World Junior Curling Championships in , and . In the meantime, they won a bronze medal at the . By 1986, Smith was skipping his own team. He won a silver medal at his second that year. His Scottish team lost to Canada, skipped by Ed Lukowich in the final 4-3. Two years later, he skipped the British team to an eighth-place finish at the 1988 Winter Olympics (curling was just a demonstration sport). That same year he won a bronze at the World Championships. Still in the same year, he won a second gold med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gray (curler)
Robert, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Gray may refer to: Sportspeople *Robert Gray (discus thrower) (born 1956), Canadian Olympic athlete *Robbie Gray (born 1988), Australian rules footballer * Bob Gray (Australian footballer) (1943–2008), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * Bob Gray (cross-country skier) (born 1939), American Olympic skier * Bobby Gray (American football) (born 1978), former safety in the National Football League * Bobby Gray (boxer), boxer from San Jose, California Association football * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2018), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1951), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1953), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1970), English footballer * Bob Gray (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1926), Scottish football player (Grimsby Town) * Bob Gray (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2022), English football goalkeeper * Bob Gray (soccer) (born 1952), former head men's soccer coach at Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Young (Kinross Curler)
Willie Young may refer to: Sports American football *Willie Young (offensive tackle, born 1943), American football player *Willie Young (offensive tackle, born 1947) (1947–2008), American football player *Willie Young (defensive end) (born 1985), American football player Association football *Willie Young (footballer, born 1951), Scottish association footballer, a central defender who played mostly for Aberdeen, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest *Willie Young (footballer, born 1956), Scottish association footballer who played on the wing for Aston Villa and Torquay United *Willie Young (referee), Scottish football referee in 2003–04 Scottish League Cup Other sports *Willie Young (curler) (died 1986), Scottish curler *Willie Young (baseball) (1912–2002), American baseball player *Willie Young (basketball) (born 1973), American basketball coach and former player Other * Willie Wayne Young (born 1942), American artist See also *William Young (other) Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Henderson (curler)
Scott Henderson (born August 26, 1954) is an American jazz fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech. He was born in West Palm Beach and raised in Lake Worth Beach. Biography Scott Henderson is a highly regarded virtuoso who emerged in the 1980s with his band Tribal Tech, and has since become one of the top guitarists/ composers in jazz fusion. Scott grew up in South Florida where he played blues-rock and funk, and was influenced by Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, and his favorite blues guitarist Albert King. Even though Henderson began his career as a blues-rock player, it was the influence of jazz that led him to the style of playing and composing that he's now famous for. Besides being a world class player and premier composer, Scott's trademark is his beautiful tone and striking ability to blend jazz with blues, rock and funk, creating a soulful and unique voice on the guitar. Besides electric guitar (mostly Suhr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Glen (curler)
Alan Glen is a Scottish curler. He played second on Chuck Hay's team out of the Kilgraston & Moncrieffe Curling Club in Perth, Scotland during a very successful run in the 1960s. In the span of six years the team won the Scottish Men's Championship five times, earning them the right to represent Scotland at the World Curling Championships in those years. At World's in 1963, 1966, and 1968 the Hay rink took home the silver medal, with Canada winning the Championship each of those years. At the 1967 World Men's Championship they defeated Team Sweden, skipped by Bob Woods, in the final to win Scotland's first World Men's Championship. In 1983 Glen skipped his team of Murray Melville, Scott Symon, and Leonard Dudman to victory at the Perth Masters. Glen worked as a farmer in 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 ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
