Scott Bailey

Scott Bailey

As a player who enjoys the competitive nature of curling, Scott was certainly in his element as the “lead” on the 1998 Men’s Canadian Championship rink.  The rink, skipped by Wayne Middaugh, captured the 1998 Men’s World Curling Championship held in Kamloops, British Columbia.  The rink also included “second” Ian Tetley, “third” Graeme McCarrel and “alternate” David Carruthers.

The win capped an incredible stretch of 38 wins and only 3 losses in which the rink was crowned 1998 Ontario Men’s Provincial Champions, 1998 Canadian Men’s Champions and eventually the 1998 Men’s World Champions.

The world champion rink has been together since 1995, and in that time captured many other titles, but none as sweet as this.  The rink’s other successes include competing in the Olympic Trial Camp in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1997.  The rink obtained the first qualifying birth for these trails in 1995, a year in which they were the World Curling Tour Champions.  The rink also won several World Curling Tour events with winnings over $100,000 in 1995 and $150,000 in 1996.  The rink was a two-time McCain - T.S.N. Skins Game Champion in 1995 and 1996 and a two-time World Curling Tour top point leader.

Prior to joining the Middaugh rink, Scott skipped an Ontario Colts winner out of the Chinguacousy Curling Club in 1991, and was a Brampton Centennial Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association champion in 1989.

Scott’s march to stardom on the world curling scene took him 15 years to complete, but it was well worth it.

A Brampton native who has lived his entire life in Brampton, Scott curled with both the Brampton and Chinguacousy Curling Clubs before joining the Middaugh rink.

Inducted November 18, 1998