Name Rob Armitage | ||
Rob Armitage is a Canadian curler from Red Deer, Alberta.
Career
Armitage and his rink of Randy Ponich, Wilf Edgar and Keith Glover were Alberta Senior champions in 2012, and represented the province at the 2012 Canadian Senior Curling Championships. They went 10-1 after round robin play, finishing first over all. The rink beat Newfoundland and Labrador's Glenn Goss team in the final. They then went undefeated in winning the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships.
Before winning the Alberta seniors in 2012, Armitage had never won a provincial championship of any kind, having never gotten by the likes of "Ed Lukowich, Pat Ryan, Kevin Martin, Randy Ferbey, (or) Kevin Koe in provincial men's play.
Armitage still curls on the World Curling Tour, although recently, he has only played in one event- the Red Deer Curling Classic, played in his home town- since 2007. Armitage has been on the Tour since 1999, starting out as a third for Lowell Peterman. Armitage has been skipping his own team since 2001, except for 4 events during the 2005-06 season where he played third for Chris Schille.