Colin Baxter (curler)

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Colin Baxter
 
Team
Curling club Corstorphine CC, Corstorphine
Oxenfoord CC, Edinburgh
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championship
appearances
2 (1971, 1978)
European Championship
appearances
1 (1978)
Other appearances World Senior Championships: 2 (2002, 2003)
Medal record
Curling
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1971 Megève
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1971
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978

Colin Baxter is a Scottish curler.

He is a 1971 World Men's silver medallist [1] and a two-time Scottish men's champion (1971, 1978).

Contents

He was also a two-time Scottish Schools champion (1968, 1969). [2]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1967–68Colin BaxterJimmy HunterPeter WelshArthur Hendry SSchCC 1968 Gold medal icon.svg
1968–69Colin BaxterPeter WelshDonald CrerarArthur HendrySSchCC 1969 Gold medal icon.svg
1970–71 James Sanderson Willie Sanderson Iain Baxter Colin Baxter SMCC 1971 Gold medal icon.svg
WMCC 1971 Silver medal icon.svg
1977–78James SandersonIain BaxterWillie SandersonColin BaxterSMCC 1978 Gold medal icon.svg
WMCC 1978 (5th)
1978–79James SandersonIain BaxterColin BaxterWillie Sanderson ECC 1978 (4th)

Personal life

His brother Iain was also a curler and Colin's teammate. Their parents, father Bobby and mother Mabel, were curlers too. [3]

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References

  1. Colin Baxter at World Curling OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Scottish Schools Curling Champions - Scottish Curling
  3. "Iain Baxter Funeral Arrangements". Scottish Curling. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.