Toby McDonald

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Toby McDonald
 
Team
Curling club St. John's CC, St. John's, NL,
Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's, NL
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Brier appearances6 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1998, 2002)
World Championship
appearances
1 (1976)
Medal record
Curling
Macdonald Brier
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Regina

Tobias F. "Toby" McDonald, [1] ONL (born c. 1949) [2] is a Canadian curler, curling coach and lawyer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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At the national level, he won the 1976 Macdonald Brier, as a member of the first ever team from Newfoundland and Labrador to win the Brier.

He coached the Canadian men's curling team at the 2006 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1967–68 [3] Marty DaltonTobi McDonaldDouglas RyanRichard Feehan CJCC 1968 (T10th) [4]
1975–76 Jack MacDuff Toby McDonald Doug Hudson Ken Templeton Brier 1976 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1976 (9th)
1978–79 Jeff Thomas Toby McDonald Peter Hollett Ken Thomas Brier 1979 (11th)
1979–80Toby McDonaldShelly McDonaldJohn AllanAnn Bowering CMxCC 1980 Bronze medal icon.svg [5]
1980–81Toby McDonald Jim Miller John Allan Neil Young Brier 1981 (11th)
1991–92 Glenn Goss Geoff Cunningham John AllanNeil YoungToby McDonald Brier 1992 (6th)
1996–97Toby McDonaldPaul Withers Lloyd Powell Paul Green [6]
1997–98Toby McDonald Wayne Hamilton Lloyd Powell Paul Withers Wayne Young Brier 1998 (9th)
2001–02 Mark Noseworthy Bill Jenkins Randy Turpin Ian Kerr Toby McDonald Brier 2002 (9th)
2011–12Toby McDonaldWayne HamiltonLloyd PowellPaul Aitken CMaCC 2012 Gold medal icon.svg

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
2006 2006 Winter Olympics Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (men)
Gold medal icon.svg

Awards

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References

  1. "Our Lawyers". McDonald & Hounsell Law Offices. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31.
  2. "Newfoundland's year of glory". Regina Leader-Post. February 22, 1992. p. 23. Archived from the original on 2022-08-04. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  3. "NLCA Champions « Newfoundland & Labrador Curling Association".
  4. "Ontario wins schoolboy curling title". Ottawa Citizen. February 24, 1968. p. 20.
  5. "Dunstone's Manitoba rink prevails in marathon mixed curling final". Red Deer Advocate. March 24, 1980. p. 11.
  6. Team Toby McDonald - Curlingzone
  7. "Brier Awards & All-Star Teams (1965—2007)". Soudog's Curling History Site. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-04-10.