CURLER OF THE WEEK
IAN ALEXANDER
Birthplace: Montreal
Profession: IT, Bell Canada
Hobbies, interests: Travelling
Favourite curler/athlete: Russ Howard
Favourite beer/beverage: Cracked Canoe
Fascinating fact: He and his wife Janet have visited every U.S. state and Canadian province in their Winnebago.
JIM BARRETT
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario
Profession: Systems programmer, IBM
Hobbies, interests: Woodworking, wind-surfer
Favourite curler/athlete: Glenn Howard
Favourite beer/beverage: Guinness
Fascinating fact: Faced a hurricane threat on two separate trips to Cape Hatteras (Bob and Bertha)
ROGER BOULANGER
Birthplace: Hearst, Ontario
Profession: Sales manager
Hobbies, interests: Golf, sailing
Favourite curler/athlete: Brad Gushue
Favourite beer/beverage: Mill Street Organic
Fascinating fact: In 2000 for Centennial celebration sailed to Bermuda and back; spent five weeks sailing there and back to Whitby.
DOUG BREDEWOLD
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Profession: Millwright
Hobbies, interests: Golf
Favourite curler/athlete: Tiger Woods
Favourite beer/beverage: Guinness
Fascinating fact: Husband of new net champion at Deer Creek
DENIS CARRIER
Birthplace: Windsor, Ontario
Profession: Electronics technician
Hobbies, interests: Sailing, golf
Favourite curler/athlete: N/A
Favourite beer/beverage: Sleeman's Cream Ale
Fascinating fact: Has been to every continent except Africa
JOHN DiPEDE
Birthplace: Toronto
Profession: Chemist, manufacturing manager, human resources
Hobbies, interests: Lawn bowling, golf
Favourite curler/athlete: Randy Ferbey
Favourite beer/beverage: Newcastle Brown
Fascinating fact: A trained chemist, John once attended "Candy School" in Wisconsin.
BARRIE GILLESPIE
Birthplace: Montreal
Profession: IT solution architect
Hobbies, interests: Golf, chess, travel
Favourite curler/athlete: Tom Brady
Favourite beer/beverage: Brava light
Fascinating fact: Was third best in chess in Quebec (under 18) when he was 16 years old.
GREG GREER
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario
Profession: Consultant for credit unions
Hobbies, interests: Golf
Favourite curler/athlete: Emma Miskew
Favourite beer/beverage: Rickards Red
RON HADLINGTON
Birthplace: Toronto
Profession: Telecom industry
Hobbies, interests: Photography
Favourite curler/athlete: Brad Gushue, Glenn Howard
Favourite beer/beverage: El Dorado (8 year old) rum
ERIC HENDRY
Birthplace: Paisley, Scotland
Profession: Maintenance machinist
Hobbies, interests: Lawn bowling, soccer
Favourite curler/athlete: Brad Gushue
Favourite beer/beverage: All of the above - likes them all!
ALISTAIR KENNEDY
Birthplace: Glasgow
Profession: Chartered accountant
Hobbies, interests: Hockey (coaching)
Favourite curler/athlete: Dave Keon
Favourite beer/beverage: Guinness
Fascinating fact: Even though he can barely skate and his background is in soccer, Alistair has been coaching hockey for 25 years.
ALEX LAWRENCE
Birthplace: Brantford, Ontario
Profession: Teacher
Hobbies, interests: Music, re-inacting
Favourite curler/athlete: N/A
Favourite beer/beverage: Old Flame Perry Loves Mary
ROSS McARTHUR
Birthplace: Toronto
Profession: Teacher
Hobbies, interests: Bridge, golf, cottage, bike riding
Favourite curler/athlete: Edwin Encarnacion
Favourite beer/beverage: Belgian Moon
JACK McMILLAN
Birthplace: Glasgow
Profession: Maintenance mechanic
Hobbies, interests: Golf
Favourite curler/athlete: Jack Nicklaus
Favourite beer/beverage: Guinness
Fascinating fact: Had a hole-in-one at the Parkview golf course on May 15, 1975.
ROB McPHERSON
Birthplace: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Profession: Works at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema as a Projectionist (runs movies for a living)
Hobbies, interests: Most sports, walking, camping, most outdoor things
Favourite curler/athlete: The Howards/Johnny Bower & Bobby Baun
Favourite beer/beverage: Craft beers
Fascinating fact: His son James played in the Ontario Juniors playdowns.
GARY MILNE
Birthplace: Sarnia, Ontario
Profession: IT manager
Hobbies, interests: Guitar
Favourite curler/athlete: Wayne Gretzky
Favourite beer/beverage: Creemore
Fascinating fact: Restored 1961 Chevy Bel Air
DALE PATTERSON
Birthplace: Toronto
Profession: Editor-reporter (The Canadian Press)
Hobbies, interests: Golf, radio, writing, reading (history, sports, true crime)
Favourite curler/athlete: Ed Werenich/Jack Nicklaus
Favourite beer/beverage: Drinking Stella these days
Fascinating fact: Hosted an oldies show called "The Gold Mine" on FM 108 (CING-FM) in Burlington from 1985 to 1990. The show later moved to CFMU McMaster as you can hear here: http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/cfmu-patterson-93.mp3
MARK SCANLAN
Birthplace: Toronto
Profession: Accountant
Hobbies, interests: Golf
Favourite curler/athlete: Jeff Stoughton/Mike Weir
Favourite beer/beverage: Cracked Canoe
Fascinating fact: In 1968 was president of the York-East Young Liberals and was at the convention when Pierre Trudeau was elected Liberal leader and prime minister of Canada.
PAUL SEAMAN
Birthplace: Toronto
Profession: Teacher
Hobbies, interests: Car racing
Favourite curler/athlete: Gilles Villeneuve
Favourite beer/beverage: Guinness
Fascinating fact: Drove pace car at Molson Indy
JOHN SMITH
Birthplace: Barnet, Herefordshire, England
Profession: Inventory coordinator
Hobbies, interests: Baseball (slo-pitch)
Favourite curler/athlete: Rollie Fingers
Favourite beer/beverage: Lugtread
Fascinating fact: Has won slo-pitch provincial championships in his 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.
WAYNE SOMERVILLE
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Profession: Project manager
Hobbies, interests: Golf, five-pin bowling
Favourite curler/athlete: Wayne Gretzky
Favourite beer/beverage: Coors Light
HENNING TEGELBERG
Birthplace: Winnipeg
Profession: Newspaperman (Winnipeg Tribune, K-W Record, Toronto Star)
Hobbies, interests: Golf
Favourite curler/athlete: Terry Braunstein
Favourite beer/beverage: Somersby cider
DIRCK VAN VLIET
Birthplace: Montreal
Profession: Airline product manager
Hobbies, interests: Avation
Favourite curler/athlete: N/A
Favourite beer/beverage: Water
Fascinating fact: Recently added his 1000th log book for airline flights, which includes signatures from the captain and other crew members.
GERHARD WOLFEL
Birthplace: Furth, Bavaria, Germany
Profession: Printer, later in sales and management
Hobbies, interests: Skiing, swimming, cycling
Favourite curler/athlete: Muhammad Ali
Favourite beer/beverage: All of the German beers
Fascinating fact: Top 3 in Ontario in swimming 100-metres freestyle (ages 75-79)
JOE WILLCOTT
Birthplace: St. Alban's, NL
Profession: Construction engineer
Hobbies, interests: Golf
Favourite curler/athlete: Brad Gushue
Favourite beer/beverage: Mill Street
JOHN BREURKES
Birthplace: Kingston, Ont.
Profession: System programmer
Hobbies, interests: Rebuilding antique car (1977 Pontiac Le Mans)
Favourite curler/athlete: Glenn Howard
Favourite beer/beverage: Moosehead
RICK RIDDELL
Birthplace: Scarborough
Profession: Bell Canada technician-manager
Hobbies, interests: Golf
Favourite curler/athlete: N/A
Favourite beer/beverage: Guinness