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| Curling club | Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg, MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Manitoba | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 1: (1979) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1979) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon A. "Sparkie" Sparkes [1] (born c. 1945) [2] is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. [3] He is a 1979 World Men's bronze medallist [4] and a 1979 Brier champion. He curled competitively from 1964 until 1979. [5]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–79 | Barry Fry | Bill Carey | Gordon Sparkes | Bryan Wood | Brier 1979  WCC 1979  |
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