Ron Northcott was Alberta curling in the 1960s. From
1963 to 1969, Ron (AKA "The Owl") won the Alberta Tankard six
times, five as a skip. He went on to win the Macdonald Brier
in three of those appearances, ('66,'68 and '69) following each
with a victory at the World Championship, including the first
ever Air Canada Silver Broom in 1968. Those Brier
championship rinks each had a different third (George Fink, Jimmy
Shields and Dave Gerlach), but the dominant front end of lead Fred
Storey and second Bernie Sparkes were there to set up every end and
sweep every last rock. Ron will share his thoughts on some of
those great final shots, along with his approach to strategy and
early use of the corner guard. We'll discuss Pee Wee
Pickering, Hec Gervais, Ray Kingsmith, Warren Hansen, and Sam
Richardson, in likely the greatest Curling Legends example of
gamesmanship... in an elevator.