Iris Armstrong

Iris Armstrong
Iris Armstrong
Curler ♀
Born	Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Team
Curling club	Stony Mountain CC (Stony Mountain, MB),; Granite CC (Winnipeg)
Curling career
Member Association	Canada
Hearts appearances	3: (1978, 1979, 1983)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Manitoba
Scott Tournament of Hearts

Iris Armstrong (born in Melville, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg.

She won the 1978 Canadian women's championship playing second for Cathy Pidzarko.

Iris Armstrong was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame twice: in 2005 as a curler^[1] and in 2014 as a member of the 1978 Macdonald Lassies championship team, skipped by Cathy Pidzarko.^[2]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
1977—78	Cathy Pidzarko	Chris Pidzarko	Iris Armstrong	Patti Vandekerckhove	STOH 1978
1978—79	Christine Pidzarko	Rose Tanasichuk	Iris Armstrong	Patti Vande	STOH 1979
1982—83	Patti Vande	Carol Dunstone	Iris Armstrong	Maureen Bonar	STOH 1983 (4th)

Personal life

She was born in Melville, Saskatchewan. In 1955, her family moved to Winnipeg. She started competitive curling in 1971.^[1] Her son Doug Armstrong was on the 1999 Labatt Brier championship team that won a silver medal at the 1999 World Men's Curling Championship.^[3] She was married to Keith Armstrong, who died in 2017.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hall of Famers: 2005". Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
^ "Hall of Famers: 2014". Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Museum.
^ "Peters rink honoured". Winnipeg Sun. February 17, 2005. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "KEITH D. ARMSTRONG". Winnipeg Free Press. January 21, 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2023.