Richard Harding | |
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Team | |
Curling club | Carmunnock & Rutherglen CC, Glasgow, Forest Hills Trossachs CC, [1] Kinlochard |
Curling career | |
Member Association | Scotland |
World Championship appearances | 2 (1977, 1987) |
European Championship appearances | 1 (1977) |
Medal record |
Richard Harding (born c. 1956) [2] is a Scottish curler. Harding is currently the Head of Broadcast for the World Curling Federation (WCF) and was the Equipment and Logistics Officer for the WCF. [3]
He is a 1977 World Men's bronze medallist [4] and a two-time Scottish men's champion.
At the time of the 1987 World Championship, he worked as a leisure manager, [2] which among other things involved making curling ice at his Forest Hills Curling Club. He also worked as a curling reporter for the Glasgow Herald , Dundee Courier , the Aberdeen Press and Journal and for the BBC. [5]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1976–77 | Ken Horton | Willie Jamieson | Keith Douglas | Richard Harding | SMCC 1977 WCC 1977 |
1977–78 | Ken Horton | Willie Jamieson | Keith Douglas | Richard Harding | ECC 1977 |
1986–87 | Grant McPherson | Hammy McMillan | Bobby Wilson | Richard Harding | SMCC 1987 WCC 1987 (8th) |
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