Alan Chalmers
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Mother Club: Musketeers CC
Other Clubs: St Martins CC
Home Ice Rink: Curl Edinburgh
Years Curling: 42
Occupation: Chartered Accountant – Head of Finance at World Curling Federation
Status: 21 years married to Noreen, with 3 sons Innes (19), Iain (18) and Keir (16)
Curling Offices held:
- Secretary-for-Life Musketeers CC
- Area Representative – Royal Caledonian Curling Club
- ex Secretary and Treasurer – St Martins CC
- ex Secretary and Treasurer – Strathmore Province
- ex Chairman – Edinburgh International Curling Championships
- ex Finance Director – British Curling
Curling Achievements:
- Winner Jackson Trophy, Murrayfield
- Winner Gogar u25s (a long time ago), Gogar Park
- Winner Stirling u35s (the week after the u25s above), Stirling
- Winner Chateau Frontenac Trophy, Quebec International Bonspiel, Quebec City
- Winner Scottish Pairs 1997
- Winner Scottish Double Rink Championships 2010,2011, 2012
Why I wanted to be part of the curling tour:
Hobbies/Interests:
Sport and then more sport…
- Football
- Manchester United, Dunfermline Athletic
- Rugby
- Watsonians and Scotland
- Cricket
- Nottinghamshire
- Baseball
- Blue Jays
- Hockey
- Leafs (when I’m in Ontario) or Habs (in Quebec)
- Other
Scottish crime fiction
- Travel (37 countries so far)
- Bruce Springsteen