Brian Binnie | |
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Born | April 1968 (age 56) |
Team | |
Curling club | Castle Kennedy CC, Stranraer |
Skip | Graham Shaw |
Third | Brian Binnie |
Second | Graham Cormack |
Lead | Robin Niven |
Curling career | |
Member Association | Scotland |
World Championship appearances | 1 (1997) |
European Championship appearances | 2 (1995, 1996) |
Brian George Kinnear Binnie [2] (born April 1968) is a Scottish male curler.
He is a two-time European curling champion and World men's bronze medallist
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1994–95 | Brian Binnie | Duncan Bertram | Gordon Craik | Fraser Hare | |||
1995–96 | Hammy McMillan | Norman Brown | Mike Hay | Roger McIntyre | Brian Binnie | Hew Chalmers | ECC 1995 |
1996–97 | Hammy McMillan | Norman Brown | Mike Hay | Brian Binnie | Peter Loudon (ECC, WCC) | ECC 1996 SMCC 1997 WCC 1997 | |
2005–06 | Brian Binnie | Neil Hampton | Richard Goldie | Neil Wilson | SMCC 2006 (7th) | ||
2006–07 | Brian Binnie | Neil Hampton | Richard Goldie | David Mundell | |||
2010–11 | Graham Shaw | Brian Binnie | David Hay | Robin Niven | SMCC 2011 (9th) | ||
2011–12 | David Hay | Brian Binnie | Graham Shaw | Robin Niven | |||
2012–13 | Graham Shaw | Brian Binnie | Richard Goldie | Robin Niven | |||
2013–14 | Graham Shaw | Brian Binnie | Graham Cormack | Robin Niven | |||
2014–15 | Graham Shaw | Brian Binnie | Graham Cormack | Robin Niven | |||
2015–16 | Graham Shaw | Brian Binnie | Graham Cormack | Robin Niven | |||
2017–18 | Graham Shaw | Brian Binnie | Graham Cormack | Robin Niven | SMCC 2018 (10th) |
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1996 | Brian Binnie | Claire Milne | Duncan Bertram | Alison Binnie | SMxCC 1996 [3] |
1997 | Brian Binnie | Claire Milne | Warwick Smith | Alison Binnie | SMxCC 1997 |
2003 | Brian Binnie | Claire Milne | Ronald Brewster | Nancy Murdoch | SMxCC 2003 |
Married to Alison Binnie [4] and have 3 sons.[ citation needed ] They co-founded company Denfind Stone Ltd [5] [6] [7] in 2004. [8]
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