Craig Savill

Craig Savill
Curler
Born	(1978-10-25) October 25, 1978 Lahr, West Germany
Team
Skip	John Epping
Third	Mathew Camm
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Craig Savill
Career
Brier appearances	10 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
Top CTRS ranking	1st (2008–09)
Grand Slam victories	12: World Cup/Masters (Dec 2006, Jan 2008, Nov 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013); Players (2008, 2013); Canadian Open (2009, 2012); The National (2012, 2014)
Medal record World Curling Championships 2007 Edmonton 2012 Basel Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 2009 Edmonton Tim Hortons Brier 2007 Hamilton 2012 Saskatoon 2002 Calgary 2006 Regina 2008 Winnipeg 2010 Halifax 2011 London 2009 Calgary 2013 Edmonton World Junior Curling Championships 1998 Thunder Bay 1999 Östersund Canadian Junior Curling Championships 1998 St. Catharines 1999 Kelowna 1997 Selkirk

Craig Edward Savill (born October 25, 1978) is a Canadian curler from Manotick, Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Career

Savill's father was stationed at CFB Lahr in Germany, and Savill was born there. However, Savill grew up and still lives in Ottawa. He must commute to play with his current team. He curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club in club play. Before playing with Howard, Savill won two Canadian Junior Curling Championships and two World Junior Curling Championships (1998, 1999) as John Morris's third. In 2001 he moved to the position of second, still with John Morris. The team went to the 2002 Nokia Brier, and lost in the final to Alberta, skipped by Randy Ferbey. A couple of years later, Morris moved to Alberta and Savill joined Howard's team. With Howard, Savill, second Brent Laing and third Richard Hart lost in the 2006 Tim Hortons Brier to Quebec skipped by fellow Ottawa Curling Club member Jean-Michel Ménard. The following year, at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier they would finally be victorious defeating 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist Brad Gushue in the Brier final. They then went on to win the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, defeating Germany in the final.

Personal life

Savill is a financial advisor with Sun Life financial.^[2] He is married to Karen Cumberland and has two children.^[3] He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in late 2015, and as a result, he was forced to take a hiatus from curling.^[4] As a special tribute, Savill was allowed to throw two rocks in a game for former teammate Glenn Howard's Ontario rink at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in his hometown of Ottawa. He would make both shots perfectly.^[5]

Teams

*As a special tribute, Savill was permitted to throw two rocks in Team Ontario's (skipped by Glenn Howard) final game. Savill had been forced to take time off from curling due to being diagnosed with cancer, but was allowed to play in the game.

References

External links

• Craig Savill on the World Curling Tour database
• Craig Savill on the CurlingZone database
• Craig Savill on the World Curling Federation database