| Bob Martin | |
|---|---|
| ♂ | |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Province of London CC, London) [1] [2] |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  England |
| World Championship appearances | 2 (1985, 1987) |
| European Championship appearances | 4 (1981, 1984, 1985, 1986) |
Bob Martin (born c. 1953) [3] is a Scottish-English male curler. [4]
At the national level, he is a four-time English men's champion curler (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986). [5]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | Bob Martin | Ronald D. Thornton | John D. Kerr | Michael Thompson | ECC 1981 (9th) |
| Bob Martin | Ronnie Brock | John Brown | Duncan Stewart | EngMCC 1982  | |
| 1983–84 | Bob Martin | Ronnie Brock | Ian Coutts | Duncan Stewart | EngMCC 1984 |
| 1984–85 | Bob Martin | Ronnie Brock | Ian Coutts | John Brown | ECC 1984 (5th) EngMCC 1985 WCC 1985 (10th) |
| 1985–86 | Bob Martin | Ronnie Brock | Ian Coutts | John Brown | ECC 1985 (7th) |
| Bob Martin | Ronnie Brock | Robin Gemmell | John Brown | EngMCC 1986 | |
| 1986–87 | Bob Martin | Ronnie Brock | Robin Gemmell | John Brown | ECC 1986 (10th) |
| Bob Martin | Ronnie Brock | John Brown | Robin Gemmell | WCC 1987 (10th) |
Martin is originally from Edinburgh. At the time of the 1985 World Championship, he was working in Abidjan, Ivory Coast as an accountant for an oil company. [3] At the time of the 1987 Worlds, he was living in Fulham, [6] and was married. [7]
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