St. John’s streets to be named after Brad Gushue & Co. Canadian Press
Published: Monday, March 06, 2006
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Olympic curling champion Brad Gushue and his rink are receiving another honour.
February 28, 2006
The public will be given an opportunity to meet and greet Brad Gushue’s gold winning Olympic Curling Team on Saturday. Bob Osborne of the St. John’s Curling Club says the open house will take place from 1 - 4 p.m. at the St. John’s Convention Centre. Osborne says there’s no charge but people have been asked to bring along a non-perishable food item. He told Bill Rowe on VOCM’s Backtalk Russ Howard will join the team for the event, but he encourages everyone to arrive early. The Gushue Rink will be recognized at the Fog Devils game on Saturday. Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam, Russ Howard, and coach Toby MacDonald will be on hand to drop the ceremonial puck. The team will also sign autographs on the concourse from 6 to 6:45 pm.
Meantime, it was a raucus welcome home for the Gushue curling rink early this morning at St. John’s International Airport. A huge crowd turned out to show Brad, Mark, Jamie, Mike and Toby just how proud they are of the team’s accomplishment. There was pride galore, with Canadian flags by the dozens waving to celebrate the homecoming. Brad Gushue was overwhelmed by the turnout. The coach of the Olympic champions, Toby McDonald, says the support has been fantastic.
Skip Brad Gushue delivers a rock against Team Peachey in during the Canadian curling trials in Halifax in this December file photo. Gushue, whose team earned a berth at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, is the St. John’s male Athlete of the Year. This is the second consecutive Athlete of the Year honour for Gushue.
The Canadian Press
Saturday, January 28, 2006
The Telegram
January 25, 2006
BILL GRAVELAND
Team Gushue skip Brad Gushue from St. John’s, N.L., will represent Canada at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin.(CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/Andrew Vaughan)
Name: Brad Gushue
Position: Skip
Age: 23
Years Curled: 10
National Appearances: 9 (95,96,98,99,00,01,03,04,05)
World Appearances: 2 (98,01)
Career Highlights
· 2005 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2004 All Star Skip at Nokia Brier
· 2004 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2003 Newfoundland Tankard Champion
· 2002-2003 St. John’s Super-League Winner
· 2002 Travel Spiel Champion
· 2002 McCain’s Superspiel Semifinalist.
· Six time Newfoundland Junior Champion
· 2001 World Junior Champion
· 2001 Canadian Junior Gold Medallist
· 2000 Canadian Junior Silver Medallist
· 1999 Canadian Junior Bronze Medallist
· Three Canadian Junior All-Star Awards (96,99,00)
· 1999 Ken Watson Canadian Sports Man-ship Award Winner
· 1999 Canadian Fair Play Award Winner
· 1998 World Junior Champion
· 2001 St. John’s Athlete of the Year
· Awarded St. John’s Freedom of the City Honour
· 2001 Finalist for Canadian Junior Athlete of the Year
Source: http://www.teamgushue.com/
Brad Gushue (born June 16, 1980 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian curler. Gushue along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam will represent Canada in curling in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Gushue is a six-time (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) provincial junior curling champion in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the last five as skip. In 2001, he would not only win the provincial championship, but the national championship and world junior championships as well. Gushue was also the alternate for John Morris at the 1998 World Junior Championships which Morris won.
