Vic Peters
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| Born | April 24, 1955 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Curling club | Fort Garry Curling Club, Winnipeg |
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| Skip | Vic Peters | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fourth | Daley Peters | ||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Brendan Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Kyle Werenich | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 3 (1992, 1993, 1997) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Top CCA ranking | 19th (2003–04) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Vic Peters (born April 24, 1955 in Steinbach, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba and originally from Steinbach, Manitoba. He is a three-time Manitoba curling champion, and one-time national champion having won the 1992 Labatt Brier. Vic played his entire career with fellow hometown curler Chris Neufeld.
Vic Peters was once considered a member of Manitoba's big three, which consisted of himself, Kerry Burtnyk, and Jeff Stoughton.[1][2] These teams dominated curling in Canada and the world during the 1990s, having won four Labatt Briers and two world championships.
Career
Peters won his first and only national championship on his first visit to the Brier in 1992. This earned him a trip to the World Curling Championships in Germany where his team finished third. Peters team won the national championship under the traditional curling rules, but in Europe they played under the 4-rock free guard zone rule. As the Peters team (and many Canadian curlers) had not adapted to this new rule, they struggled in the World Championships. He returned to the Brier again the next year in 1993 but did not reach the final.
Peters team won the Safeway Select again returning to the 97 Brier, where they had a successful week topping off the round robin as the leader, and reached the final to face Kevin Martin where they lost 10–8 in a thrilling final. Vic won the Ross Harstone Trophy in 1997 as the curler with who best represents sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.[3]
This was Vic's last visit to the Brier. He went on to curl with his son Daley Peters but is now curling in the senior division.[4] He won the 2008 Manitoba Senior Curling Championships with Chris Neufeld and played in the Canadian Senior Curling Championships but did not win.
For the 2011 season Peters again qualified for the Safeway Championship, this time skipping but throwing third stones while son Daley threw fourth. Peters surprised many by being one of four teams to qualify for the championship round, but they would lose in the 3 vs 4 game to Mike McEwen in an extra end. Peters was named as an all-star for the tournament in the third position.[5]
Personal
Vic's son Daley was back to back Manitoba junior champion in 2004 and 2005.[6] Vic's daughter Elizabeth Peters is also a curler and won the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships as a second on the Kaitlyn Lawes team.[7]
References
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- ↑ http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/brierawards.txt
- ↑ Peters labouring for Select berth. CANOE – SLAM! (January 22, 2006).
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- ↑ Peters repeats as Junior Men's Champion. Curl Manitoba (January 10, 2005).
- ↑ Manitoba junior women's curling champs. Canada.com (February 10, 2008).
