Dawn Knowles
Curler
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Other namesDawn Harris
Born(1953-04-25)April 25, 1953
DiedMarch 29, 2006(2006-03-29) (aged 52)
Team
Curling clubNorth Shore WC, North Vancouver, British Columbia
Curling career
Member Association British Columbia
Hearts appearances2: (1976, 1979)
World Championship
appearances		1 (1979)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Perth
Representing  British Columbia
Scott Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 1976 Winnipeg
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mount Royal

Dawn Kathryn Knowles (born April 25, 1953,[1][2] died March 29, 2006; in marriage also known as Dawn Kathryn Harris[3]) was a Canadian curler.

She was a 1979 World bronze medallist[4] and two-time Scott Tournament of Hearts champion (1976, 1979).

In 2006, she was inducted into Canadian Curling Hall of Fame together with all of the 1979 Lindsay Sparkes team.[5]

Knolwes was a teacher, and in the late 1970s, she used her knowledge and training to assist in the advancement of curling as one of the first members of the Curl Canada Coaching Program. The first-ever set of curling instructional films was developed in 1980 and Knowles was one of the models used in the six-part series. In 1982, the Canadian Curling Association introduced the National Team Leader Program and Knowles was the first person to assume the role, travelling to the women's world championship with Canada's representative, the team of Colleen Jones, Kay Smith, Monica Jones and Barbara Jones-Gordon.

In 1979, she and her sister and teammate Robin Wilson, who worked as a manager at Scott Paper company, began the push to have Scott paper sponsor the Canadian Women's Curling Championship.[6]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1975–76 Lindsay DavieDawn KnowlesRobin KlassenLorraine BowlesSTOH 1976 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1978–79 Lindsay SparkesDawn KnowlesRobin WilsonLorraine BowlesSTOH 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Dawn HARRIS | Obituary". Vancouver Sun and Province. Archived from the original on 2023-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Infant Christened at North Shore Home of Parents". Vancouver Sun. July 25, 1953. p. 28. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dawn Harris Obituary (2006)". Legacy.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-23.
  4. ↑ Dawn Knowles on the World Curling Federation database
  5. ↑ "Harris, Dawn (Knowles) – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". curling.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  6. ↑ "Author of Tournament of Hearts name lauds its endurance". CBC. 2021-02-24. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Wilson and Knowles had the idea in 1979, pitching it to Scott Paper president ... Robin Wilson and sister Dawn Knowles ... The story of why the Canadian women's curling championship is named the Tournament of Hearts starts over 40 years ago with sisters drinking wine.


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