Bernie Sparkes

Bernie Sparkes
Bernie Sparkes
	Curler
Born	October 15, 1940; Claresholm, Alberta
Career
Brier appearances	12 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987)
World Championship; appearances	3 (1966, 1968, 1969)
Men's curling
Representing Canada
World Curling Championships
Macdonald Brier
Representing Alberta
Representing British Columbia

Bernard Leslie Sparkes[1] (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler.

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), and the Southern Alberta Curling Hall Of Fame.[3] Bernie 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]

One of his leisurely pursuits is painting. He paints still life paintings. One of his most famous paintings is a chair in a lawn, surrounded by bouquets and flowers. [4]

Notes

"Larry Wood". Calgary Herald. March 9, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
BC HOF.Retrieved 2011-01-01.
Southern Alberta HOF Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved 2011-01-01.
Curling Prints.Retrieved 2011-01-01.

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[1] "Larry Wood". Calgary Herald. March 9, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[bc-2] BC HOF.Retrieved 2011-01-01.

[3] Southern Alberta HOF Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved 2011-01-01.

[4] Curling Prints.Retrieved 2011-01-01.