Greg McAulay is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 World champion curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 from Richmond, British Columbia

Richmond, British Columbia

Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...

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McAulay has been to only two Briers in his career. At the 1998 Labatt Brier

1998 Labatt Brier

The 1998 Labatt Brier was held March 8-15 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Wayne Middaugh of Ontario defeats Guy Hemmings of Quebec in the final.-Standings:-Page playoffs:...

, he skipped his British Columbia team to a 7-4 finish before losing to Saskatchewan (skipped by Rod Montgomery) in a tie-breaker.

Two years later, McAulay was back at the Brier. In the 2000 Labatt Brier

2000 Labatt Brier

The 2000 Labatt Brier curling competition was held March 4-12 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This was the last Brier to be sponsored by Labatt. Skip Greg McAulay out of British Columbia beat out notable teams such as Kevin Martin, and Jeff Stoughton to go on to defeat Russ...

, his team of himself, Brent Pierce

Brent Pierce

Brent Pierce is a Canadian curler.Pierce is a 1987 provincial junior champion skip, and a four-time provincial champion, former national and world champion playing third for Greg McAulay. Pierce last represented BC at the Brier in 2009 with the Sean Geall team...

, Bryan Miki and Jody Sveistrup finished with an impressive 9-2 record to finish in first place after the round robin. In the playoffs, he defeated Russ Howard

Russ Howard

Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour...

's New Brunswick rink twice to capture his first and only Brier title. This qualified McAulay for the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, where he would skip the Canadian team. At the Worlds, he finished with a 8-1 record. He defeated Craig Brown

Craig Brown (curler)

Craig Brown is an American curler.Brown is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth place finish, losing to Finland in the final.Brown played third on the U.S...

's American rink in the semi-final then Peja Lindholm

Peja Lindholm

Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships...

's Swedish rink in the final.

After his World Championship victory in 2000, he has not been able to return to the Brier.

Current team mates

(As of 2008)

• Ken Maskiewich
• Bill Fisher
• Aaron Watson

External links

• World Curling Federation profile