Jimmy Waddell
Appearance
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Curling club | Hamilton & Thornyhill CC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 4 (1964, 1972, 1974, 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship appearances | 1 (1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Waddell (born c. 1937)[2] is a Scottish curler. He is a 1979 European champion and a 1964 World championship silver medallist.[3]
Waddell and the entirety of his 1964 Scottish champion rink were farmers from Hamilton.[2]
Teams
[edit]Men's
[edit]Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1963–64 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | SMCC 1964 ![]() WCC 1964 ![]() |
1971–72 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | SMCC 1972 ![]() WCC 1972 (4th) |
1973–74 | Jimmy Waddell | Jim Steele | Robert Kirkland | Willie Frame | SMCC 1974 ![]() WCC 1974 (8th) |
1978–79 | Jimmy Waddell | Willie Frame | Jim Forrest | George Bryan | SMCC 1979 ![]() WCC 1979 (6th) |
1979–80 | Jimmy Waddell | Willie Frame | Jim Forrest | George Bryan | ECC 1979 ![]() |
Mixed
[edit]Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1987 | Jim Waddell | Isobel Waddell | Alec Torrance | Isobel Torrance | SMxCC 1987 ![]() |
Private life
[edit]His grandson Kyle is a curler too, a 2013 World Junior champion and a 2017 European Championships silver medallist. Another grandson Craig is also a curler, and the brothers played together in the 2019 European Championships.
References
[edit]- ^ Hamilton & Thornyhill Curling Club
- ^ a b c "Personnel of visiting Scotch Cup rinks". Calgary Heralad. 12 March 1964. p. 60. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Jimmy Waddell on the World Curling database
External links
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