Gordon Sparkes
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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]
Awards
[edit]- Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame: 2014 (with all 1979 Canadian Men's Championship Team skipped by Barry Fry)[6]
Teams
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1978–79 | Barry Fry | Bill Carey | Gordon Sparkes | Bryan Wood | Brier 1979  WCC 1979 
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References
[edit]- ^ 2017 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
- ^ "Larry Tucker". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. March 24, 1979. p. 16. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Honour 'mindblowing'". Winnipeg Sun. February 19, 2004. p. 49. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ Gordon Sparkes at World Curling
- ^ "Deer Lodge Curling Club - Gordon Sparkes – Curler / Builder". 2019-08-31. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.
- ^ Hall of Fame and Museum – CurlManitoba (look at "2014 Hall of Fame Inductees")
External links
[edit]- Gordon Sparkes at World Curling
- Gordon Sparkes Gallery | The Trading Card Database
- "Deer Lodge Curling Club - Hall of Fame - Gordon Sparkes – Curler / Builder". Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.
- Gordon Sparkes – Curling Canada Stats Archive
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