A bonspiel is a curling tournament, consisting of several games, often held on a weekend. Until the 20th century most bonspiels were held outdoors, on a frozen freshwater loch. Today almost all bonspiels are held indoors on specially prepared artificial ice.
Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. He is the skip of the 2014 World champion Norwegian national team, a two-time European champion and Olympic silver medalist. Ulsrud is also the current holder of the record for most wins by a skip at the World Men's Curling Championship.
The "Curse of LaBonte" is quite possibly one of the most famous curses in curling history. It was caused by an incident at the finals of the 1972 world men's curling championship, the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
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 2013 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Volvo Sports Centre in Riga, Latvia from March 16 to 24. It marked the first time that Latvia has hosted the World Women's Championship. This event was also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
Melanie Barbezat is a Swiss curler from Zollikofen. She currently plays lead on Team Silvana Tirinzoni. She represented Switzerland at the 2018 European Curling Championships and 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, winning the latter.
Robert "Bob" LaBonte is an American curler, a 1972 World Men's silver medallist and a 1972 United States men's curling champion. He currently lives in Minot, North Dakota and is employed as a stock broker.
Frank Aasand was an American curler, a 1972 World Men's silver medallist and a 1972 United States men's curling champion.
John Aasand is an American curler, a 1972 World Men's silver medallist and a 1972 United States men's curling champion.
Dennis Melland is an American curler, 1971 World Men's bronze medallist and a 1971 United States men's curling champion.
Rodney Melland is an American curler, 1971 World Men's bronze medallist and a 1971 United States men's curling champion.
Murray Melville is a Scottish curler.
Timothy Solin is an American curler. He competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics and at three World Senior Curling Championships.
The 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 8 to 15, 2020 at the Eastern Washington University Recreation Center in Spokane, Washington. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship. John Shuster claimed his seventh United States Championship, defeating Rich Ruohonen in the final.
Victoria "Vicky" Persinger is an American curler from Fairbanks, Alaska. She is a two-time United States women's national champion.
Madison Bear is an American curler from Portage, Wisconsin. As a junior curler, Bear was a two-time United States champion and a World runner-up.
Sharon Vukich is an American curler from Seattle, Washington. She is a two-time women's national Champion, two-time senior women's national champion, and one-time mixed doubles national champion.
Beverly Behnke is an American curler from Denver, Colorado. She was a three-time national champion in the early 1990s.
The Fort William Curling Club is a curling club located in the Downtown Fort William neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The club hosted the Canadian men's curling championship in 1960 and the Canadian women's curling championship in 1969. It is also the home club of World Men's curling champions Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy, Ian Tetley, and Pat Perroud.
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