Brent Syme

Last updated
Brent Syme
 
Born (1956-10-23) October 23, 1956 (age 68)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Team
Curling club Calgary CC, Calgary, AB,
Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, AB
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
Brier appearances3: (1983, 1984, 1986)
World Championship
appearances
1 (1986)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1988) (demo)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Calgary (demonstration)
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Toronto
Representing Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
Labatt Brier
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Kitchener
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Sudbury
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Victoria
Canadian Olympic Trials
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Calgary

Brent A. Syme (born October 23, 1956) is a Canadian curler.

Contents

He is a 1986 World Men's champion [1] and a 1986 Labatt Brier champion.

He played at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, Canadian men's team won bronze medal.

Syme retired from competitive curling in 1988 due to work commitments. [2]

Outside of curling, Syme is a businessman and was the general manager of the Southern Alberta Curling Association. [3]

Syme also coached the men's 2013 Canadian Masters Curling Championships winning team. [4]

Awards

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1980–81 Ed Lukowich Mike Chernoff Neil Houston Brent Syme
1982–83Ed LukowichMike ChernoffNeil HoustonBrent Syme Brier 1983 Silver medal icon.svg
1983–84Ed Lukowich John Ferguson Neil HoustonBrent Syme Brier 1984 Bronze medal icon.svg
Ed LukowichJohn FergusonNeil HoustonBrent Syme Brier 1984 Bronze medal icon.svg
1985–86Ed LukowichJohn FergusonNeil HoustonBrent Syme Wayne Hart Brier 1986 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1986 Gold medal icon.svg
1986–87Ed LukowichJohn FergusonNeil HoustonBrent Syme COCT 1987 Gold medal icon.svg
1987–88Ed LukowichJohn FergusonNeil HoustonBrent SymeWayne Hart WOG 1988 Bronze medal icon.svg
1994–95 Paul Gowsell Troy WylieBrent SymeAndrew ThomsonBernie Wylie [6]
2009–10 Harold Breckenridge Bob Genoway Brent Syme Gord Dewar

References

  1. Brent Syme at World Curling OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Fink looks ahead to better days". Edmonton Journal. February 9, 1989. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  3. Cameron, Allan, "City men's playdowns draw bleak numbers", Calgary Hearald, 5 December 2006
  4. "Past Provincial Champions - Master Men" (PDF).
  5. Syme, Brent A. – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle
  6. "Calgary Curling Club Managers Association - PastChampions-Men". Archived from the original on 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-02.