Iris Armstrong

Iris Armstrong
Curler
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Born
Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Team
Curling clubStony Mountain CC (Stony Mountain, MB),
Granite CC (Winnipeg)
Curling career
Member Association Canada
Hearts appearances3: (1978, 1979, 1983)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Manitoba
Scott Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 1978 Sault Ste. Marie
Silver medal – second place 1979 Mount Royal

Iris Armstrong (born in Melville, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg.

She won the 1978 Canadian women's championship playing second for Cathy Pidzarko.

Iris Armstrong was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame twice: in 2005 as a curler[1] and in 2014 as a member of the 1978 Macdonald Lassies championship team, skipped by Cathy Pidzarko.[2]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1977—78 Cathy Pidzarko Chris Pidzarko Iris Armstrong Patti Vandekerckhove STOH 1978 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1978—79 Christine Pidzarko Rose Tanasichuk Iris Armstrong Patti Vande STOH 1979 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1982—83 Patti Vande Carol Dunstone Iris Armstrong Maureen Bonar STOH 1983 (4th)

Personal life

She was born in Melville, Saskatchewan. In 1955, her family moved to Winnipeg. She started competitive curling in 1971.[1] Her son Doug Armstrong was on the 1999 Labatt Brier championship team that won a silver medal at the 1999 World Men's Curling Championship.[3] She was married to Keith Armstrong, who died in 2017.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hall of Famers: 2005". Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  2. ^ "Hall of Famers: 2014". Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Museum.
  3. ^ "Peters rink honoured". Winnipeg Sun. February 17, 2005. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ "KEITH D. ARMSTRONG". Winnipeg Free Press. January 21, 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2023.


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