Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet toward the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.
Raymond Hugh "Bud" Somerville was an American curler. He was a two-time World champion, five time American champion, and 14 time Wisconsin state champion.
The 1962 Scotch Cup was the fourth edition of what would later be called the Men's World Curling Championships. It was held at the Falkirk Ice Rink in Falkirk and the Haymarket Ice Rink in Edinburgh, Scotland and saw the debutant of Sweden in a World Championship. The first half of the matches were held 15 and 16 March in Falkirk and the second half of matches were held 19 and 20 March in Edinburgh. If a playoff was necessary, it would have been held on 21 March in Edinburgh.
Thomas Robert Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar was a Scottish whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family company John Dewar & Sons into an international success. They blended their whisky to make it more appealing to the international palate and Dewar demonstrated particular skills in marketing, travelling the world to find new markets and promote his product, exploiting romantic images of Scotland and tartan in his advertising.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
The Edinburgh International is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late November at the Murrayfield Curling Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tournament is held in a round robin format.
Rolf Arfwidsson was the skip of the Norrköpings CK, a Swedish curling team, during the 1962 Scotch Cup, the first Swedish team to play at the World Curling Championships.
Knut Göran "Kåge" Bartels is a Swedish former curler. He was the third man on the Norrköpings CK, the Swedish curling team, during the 1962 Scotch Cup.
John Bryden (1927–2012) was a Scottish curler. He competed in four World Championships, winning the gold medal in 1967.
Alan Glen is a Scottish curler.
William Young was the skip of the Scottish teams at the 1959 and 1962 Scotch Cups, the world men's curling championship at the time. He and the team of third John Pearson, second Sandy Anderson, and lead Bobby Young curled out of the Airth, Bruce Castle, and Dunmore Curling Club in Falkirk, Scotland.
Robert Young was the lead on the team that represented Scotland at the 1959 and 1962 Scotch Cups, the world men's curling championship at the time. He and the team of skip Willie Young, third John Pearson, and second Sandy Anderson curled out of the Airth, Bruce Castle, and Dunmore Curling Club in Falkirk, Scotland.
Per Ivar Rydgren was the second on the Norrköpings CK curling team during the World Curling Championships known as the 1962 Scotch Cup.
Arne Stern was the lead on the Norrköpings CK curling team during the World Curling Championships known as the 1962 Scotch Cup.
Dick Brown is an American curler. Brown was the skip on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota which won the US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was mostly family, including Brown's father-in-law Fran Kleffman at second and brother-in-law Terry Kleffman at third. The only non-family member was Nick Jerulle at lead. In 1962 the team represented the United States at the World Championship, which was then called the 1962 Scotch Cup. This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Brown's team finished with a 4–2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
Terry Kleffman is an American curler. Kleffman was the third on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota which won the US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was mostly family, consisting of Kleffman's father Fran Kleffman at second and brother-in-law Dick Brown at skip. The only non-family member was Nick Jerulle at lead. In 1962 the team went on to represent the United States at the World Championship, which was then called the 1962 Scotch Cup. This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Kleffman's team finished with a 4-2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
Fran Kleffman is an American curler. Kleffman was the second on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota which won the US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was mostly family, consisting of Kleffman's son Terry Kleffman at third and son-in-law Dick Brown at skip. The only non-family member was Nick Jerulle at lead. In 1962 the team went on to represent the United States at the World Championship, which was then called the 1962 Scotch Cup. This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Kleffman's team finished with a 4–2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
Nick Jerulle is an American curler. Jerulle played lead on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota which won the US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was a family affair other than Jerulle, consisting of Fran Kleffman at second, Kleffman's son Terry Kleffman at third, and Fran Kleffman's son-in-law Dick Brown at skip. In 1962 the team went on to represent the United States at the World Championship, which was then called the 1962 Scotch Cup. This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Jerulle's team finished with a 4-2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
Sandy Anderson was a Scottish curler. He was the second man on the team that represented Scotland at the 1962 Scotch Cup, the world men's curling championship at the time. He and the team of skip Willie Young, third John Pearson, and lead Bobby Young curled out of the Airth Bruce Castle and Dunmore Curling Club in Falkirk, Scotland.
David Howie is a Scottish curler.
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