Gordon Sparkes

Not to be confused with Gordon Sparks, an author, journalist and BBC Radio Devon disc jockey and football commentator.
Gordon Sparkes
Curler
 ♂
Team
Curling clubDeer Lodge CC,
Winnipeg, MB
Curling career
Member Association Manitoba
Brier appearances1: (1979)
World Championship
appearances		1 (1979)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Bern
Macdonald Brier
Representing  Manitoba
Gold medal – first place 1979 Ottawa

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

  • Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame: 2014 (with all 1979 Canadian Men's Championship Team skipped by Barry Fry)[6]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1978–79 Barry Fry Bill Carey Gordon Sparkes Bryan Wood Brier 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ 2017 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  2. ^ "Larry Tucker". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. March 24, 1979. p. 16. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Honour 'mindblowing'". Winnipeg Sun. February 19, 2004. p. 49. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Gordon Sparkes at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ "Deer Lodge Curling Club - Gordon Sparkes – Curler / Builder". 2019-08-31. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.
  6. ^ Hall of Fame and Museum – CurlManitoba (look at "2014 Hall of Fame Inductees")


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