Craig Savill

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Craig Savill
Born (1978-10-25) October 25, 1978 (age 45)
Team
Curling club Ottawa CC,
Ottawa, ON [1]
Skip Adam Casey
Third Craig Savill
Second Steve Burgess
Lead Robbie Doherty
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (1993–2016; 2018–2022)
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (2016–2017)
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (2022–present)
Brier appearances10 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
Top CTRS ranking 1st (2008–09)
Grand Slam victories13: World Cup/Masters (Dec 2006, Jan 2008, Nov 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018);
Players (2008, 2013); Canadian Open (2009, 2012); The National (2012, 2014)

Craig Edward Savill (born October 25, 1978) is a Canadian curler, originally from Manotick, Ontario, Canada. [2] He currently plays third on Team Adam Casey. He also coaches the Czech men's national team. [3]

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Career

Savill's father was stationed at CFB Lahr in Germany, and Savill was born there. However, Savill grew up in Ottawa. He curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club in club play. Before playing with Howard, Savill won two Canadian Junior Curling Championships and two World Junior Curling Championships (1998, 1999) as John Morris's third. In 2001 he moved to the position of second, still with John Morris. The team went to the 2002 Nokia Brier, and lost in the final to Alberta, skipped by Randy Ferbey. A couple of years later, Morris moved to Alberta and Savill joined Howard's team. With Howard, Savill, second Brent Laing and third Richard Hart lost in the 2006 Tim Hortons Brier to Quebec skipped by fellow Ottawa Curling Club member Jean-Michel Ménard. The following year, at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier they would finally be victorious defeating 2006 Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue in the Brier final. They then went on to win the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, defeating Germany in the final.

Personal life

Savill is a financial advisor with Sun Life financial. [4] He is married to Karen Cumberland and has two children. [5] He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in late 2015, and as a result, he was forced to take a hiatus from curling. [6] As a special tribute, Savill was allowed to throw two rocks in a game for former teammate Glenn Howard's Ontario rink at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in his hometown of Ottawa. He would make both shots perfectly. [7]

He currently lives in Kensington, Prince Edward Island. [8]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1993–94 [9] John Morris Mark Homan Mike LillyCraig SavillDamien Boland
1996-97John MorrisCraig Savill Matt St. Louis Mark Homan 1997 CJC
1997-98John MorrisCraig Savill Andy Ormsby Brent Laing Brad Gushue 1998 CJC, 1998 WJC
1998-99John MorrisCraig Savill Jason Young Brent LaingAndy Ormsby 1999 CJC, 1999 WJC
1999-00John MorrisCraig SavillAndy OrmsbyBrent Laing
2000-01John Morris Joe Frans Craig SavillBrent Laing 2001 Ont.
2001-02John MorrisJoe FransCraig SavillBrent Laing Chris Fulton & Jason Young 2001 COCT, 2002 Ont., 2002 Brier
2002-03John MorrisJoe FransCraig SavillBrent Laing 2003 Ont., 2003 CC
2003–04Craig SavillJosh AdamsSpencer CooperT.J. ConnollyStephen Watson
2004–05 Glenn Howard Richard Hart Brent LaingCraig Savill 2005 Ont.
2005–06Glenn HowardRichard HartBrent LaingCraig Savill Wayne Middaugh & Scott Taylor 2005 COCT, 2006 CC, 2006 Ont., 2006 Brier
2006–07Glenn HowardRichard HartBrent LaingCraig Savill Steve Bice 2007 Ont., 2007 Brier, 2007 WCC
2007–08Glenn HowardRichard HartBrent LaingCraig SavillSteve Bice 2008 Ont., 2008 CC, 2008 Brier
2008–09Glenn HowardRichard HartBrent LaingCraig SavillSteve Bice 2009 Ont., 2009 Brier
2009–10Glenn HowardRichard HartBrent LaingCraig SavillSteve Bice 2009 COCT, 2010 Ont., 2010 Brier
2010–11Glenn HowardRichard HartBrent LaingCraig Savill Scott Howard 2010 CC, 2011 Ont., 2011 Brier
2011–12Glenn HowardWayne MiddaughBrent LaingCraig SavillScott Howard 2011 CC, 2012 Ont., 2012 Brier, 2012 WCC
2012–13Glenn HowardWayne MiddaughBrent LaingCraig SavillScott Howard 2012 CC, 2013 Ont., 2013 Brier
2013–14Glenn HowardWayne MiddaughBrent LaingCraig SavillScott Howard 2013 COCT, 2014 Ont.
2014–15Glenn HowardRichard Hart Jon Mead Craig Savill 2014 CC
2015 Shawn Adams Mark Dacey Craig Savill Andrew Gibson 2016 Brier [lower-alpha 1]
2016–17 Charley Thomas Nathan Connolly Brandon Klassen Craig Savill 2017 Alta.
2017 Reid Carruthers Braeden Moskowy Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson Craig Savill 2017 COCT
2018–19 John Epping Mathew Camm Brent LaingCraig Savill 2018 CC, 2019 Ont., 2019 Brier WC

Notes

  1. As a special tribute, Savill was permitted to throw two rocks in Team Ontario's (skipped by Glenn Howard) final game. Savill had been forced to take time off from curling due to being diagnosed with cancer, but was allowed to play in the game.

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References

  1. "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".
  2. "Curling Canada | Featured Curling Athlete: Craig Savill".
  3. https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-CUR_1920_ECCB/2019-11-15-203433304Men's%20Entry%20List%20by%20Country.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Media Guide
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2013-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Popular curler Savill facing cancer fight". TSN Curling. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. Long, Jamie (March 11, 2016). "Craig Savill, decorated Ottawa curler, fighting cancer during hometown Brier". CBC News. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  8. "Scoreboard". 12 November 2015.
  9. "Morris rink advances to provincial finals". Ottawa Citizen. December 1, 1993. p. C2. Retrieved March 17, 2020.