Duncan Fernie

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Duncan Fernie
Born (1978-04-01) 1 April 1978 (age 42)
Career
World Championship
appearances
3 (2011, 2014, 2015)

Duncan Fernie (born 1 April 1978) is a Scottish curler from Blair Atholl. He competed at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as vice-skip for the Scottish national curling team. He also competed at the 2011 World Championship, where the Scottish team won silver medals. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Teams". Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015. worldcurling.org. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. "Duncan Fernie Personal Information" . Retrieved 4 April 2015.