Team Gushue

More honours for Olympic gold medal-winning curlers

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.

The City of St. John’s has decided to name several streets after the Newfoundland rink.

Deputy Mayor Dennis O’Keefe said Monday a road in St. John’s will be renamed Gold Medal Drive.

Several streets branching from the drive will be named after each of the curlers — Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, as well as their coach Toby MacDonald.

The Gushue rink of St. John’s became the first Olympic champions from Newfoundland when they won the men’s curling gold medal last month at the Turin Games.

© Canadian Press 2006

VOCM - Big Welcome for Team Gushue

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.

Labrador City Mayor Graham Letto says the make-up of the team, from the island and Labrador, is special. Cabinet Minister Paul Shelley, says Brad Gushue and his team have united young and old. Avalon MP Fabian Manning says people from this province would still be proud of Team Gushue even without the gold medal. Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster, Bob Cole, was on hand having just arrived back from the Olympics himself. He attended the weekend medal ceremony.

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Toby MacDonald (Coach)

Name: Toby MacDonald
Position: Coach
Age: 53
Years Curled: 40
National Appearances: 12
World Appearances: 1

Career Highlights
· 2005 Coach of the Newfoundland Team at the Tim Horton Brier
· 2003 Coach of Newfoundland Junior Third Place Team at Provincials
· 2002 Fifth Man for Newfoundland Team at Nokia Brier
· 1998 Skip of Newfoundland Team at the Labatt Brier
· 1998 Recipient of the Ross Hartstone Sportsmanship Award
· 1992 Fifth Man for Newfoundland Team at Labatt Brier
· 1987 Fifth Man for Newfoundland Team at Labatt Brier
· 1987 Provincial Team of the Year Member
· 1981 Skip of Newfoundland Team at the Labatt Brier
· 1980 Skip of Newfoundland Team at Seagram Mixed
· 1979 Third on Newfoundland Team at the MacDonald Brier
· 1976 Third on Newfoundland Team at the MacDonald Brier - Winner
· 1976 Third on Canadian Team at World Championships - Silver Broom
· 1976 St. John’s and Provincial Team of the Year Member
· 1971 Third on Newfoundland Team at Canada Winter Games
· 1968 Third on Newfoundland Team at Canadian Schoolboy Championships
· Has appeared at the Junior’s, Men’s, Mixed, Canada Games and Worlds
· Has appeared at the MacDonald, Labatt, Nokia and Tim Horton’s Brier
· Has appeared Nationally in 5 Decades
· 1996 Chair of the Canadian Under 17 Youth Soccer Championships
· 1996 Newfoundland Soccer Association’s Volunteer of the Year
· 2004 Received Designation as Queen’s Council
· Assistant Coach or Manager of Newfoundland Team at 4 Canadian Soccer Youth Soccer Championships
· Level II Coach Curling/Soccer

Source: http://www.teamgushue.com/