Bernard Leslie Sparkes[1] (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler.
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| Born | October 15, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brier appearances | 12 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 3 (1966, 1968, 1969) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys.[2] He would later go on to win 4 Alberta (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) championships and 3 Canadian Brier and World Championships (1966, 1968, 1969)[2] He was voted all star second at 4 consecutive Briers as the second for the Ron Northcott team. He is a member of the Lethbridge Sports Hall Of Fame (baseball), the Southern Alberta Curling Hall Of Fame,[3] the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame (1974)[4] and the WCF Hall of Fame (2021).[5] Sparkes moved to British Columbia in 1970 and went on to win 9 more men's provincial curling championships 1 Masters over 70 in 2014 and 1 mixed championship. He was elected to the B.C. Sports Hall Of Fame in 1995.[2] He was elected to the World Curling Hall of Fame in 2021.
One of his leisurely pursuits is painting. He paints still life and animal paintings. One of his most famous paintings is a chair in a lawn, surrounded by bouquets and flowers. [6]
At the time of the 1967 Brier, he was a stationary salesman. He was an avid baseball player in his youth, and was a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers organization.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ "Larry Wood". Calgary Herald. March 9, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c BC HOF.Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ Southern Alberta HOF Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Sparkes, Bernie — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ "World Curling inducts 2021 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation. 2021-06-01. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Curling Prints.Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Are We Satisfied?". Edmonton Journal. March 12, 1966. p. 43. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
External links
edit- Bernie Sparkes at World Curling
- Bernie Sparkes at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
- Bernie Sparkes – Curling Canada Stats Archive
- Video: 1969 MacDonald Brier (Oshawa, Ontario) on YouTube (channel «Curling Canada»)