Iris Armstrong
Iris Armstrong | |
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Curling club | Stony Mountain CC (Stony Mountain, MB), Granite CC (Winnipeg) |
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Hearts appearances | 3: (1978, 1979, 1983) |
Medal record |
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
[edit]Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1977—78 | Cathy Pidzarko | Chris Pidzarko | Iris Armstrong | Patti Vandekerckhove | STOH 1978 ![]() |
1978—79 | Christine Pidzarko | Rose Tanasichuk | Iris Armstrong | Patti Vande | STOH 1979 ![]() |
1982—83 | Patti Vande | Carol Dunstone | Iris Armstrong | Maureen Bonar | STOH 1983 (4th) |
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Hall of Famers: 2005". Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25.
- ^ "Hall of Famers: 2014". Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Museum.
- ^ "Peters rink honoured". Winnipeg Sun. February 17, 2005. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "KEITH D. ARMSTRONG". Winnipeg Free Press. January 21, 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Iris Armstrong on the CurlingZone database
- "Iris Armstrong". Curling Canada Stats Archive.
- "Our Champions". granitecurlingclub.