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Born | October 23, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Calgary CC, Calgary, AB, Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, AB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brier appearances | 3: (1983, 1984, 1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 1 (1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 1 (1988) (demo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brent A. Syme (born October 23, 1956) is a Canadian curler.
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]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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1980–81 | Ed Lukowich | Mike Chernoff | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | ||
1982–83 | Ed Lukowich | Mike Chernoff | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | Brier 1983 | |
1983–84 | Ed Lukowich | John Ferguson | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | Brier 1984 | |
Ed Lukowich | John Ferguson | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | Brier 1984 | ||
1985–86 | Ed Lukowich | John Ferguson | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | Wayne Hart | Brier 1986 WCC 1986 |
1986–87 | Ed Lukowich | John Ferguson | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | COCT 1987 | |
1987–88 | Ed Lukowich | John Ferguson | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | Wayne Hart | WOG 1988 |
1994–95 | Paul Gowsell | Troy Wylie | Brent Syme | Andrew Thomson | Bernie Wylie | [6] |
2009–10 | Harold Breckenridge | Bob Genoway | Brent Syme | Gord Dewar |
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