Bernard Leslie Sparkes (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler. Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957

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He would later go on to win 4 Alberta (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) championships and 3 Canadian Brier and

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(1966, 1968, 1969) He was voted all star second at 4 consecutive Briers as the second for the Ron Northcott team. He is a member of the

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Sports Hall Of Fame (baseball), the Southern Alberta Curling Hall Of Fame, the

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(1974) and the

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(2021). Sparkes moved to

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in 1970 and went on to win 9 more men's provincial curling championships 1 Masters over 70 in 2014 and 1 mixed championship. He was elected to the B.C. Sports Hall Of Fame in 1995. He was elected to the World Curling Hall of Fame in 2021. One of his leisurely pursuits is painting. He paints still life and animal paintings. One of his most famous paintings is a chair in a lawn, surrounded by bouquets and flowers. At the time of the 1967 Brier, he was a stationary salesman. He was an avid baseball player in his youth, and was a member of the

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organization.

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External links

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Bernie Sparkes – Curling Canada Stats Archive
* Video: (channel «Curling Canada») {{DEFAULTSORT:Sparkes, Bernie Curlers from British Columbia Curlers from Alberta Living people 1940 births World curling champions Brier champions Canadian male curlers Canadian baseball players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen