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The team finished 5–5 at that 1973 MacDonald Brier. The team finished third once again, losing to Ontario"s Editor Werenich in the semi-final. The team made the 1984 Labatt Brier in Victoria, but only finished 6–5.
The team finished 5–5 at that 1973 MacDonald Brier. The team finished third once again, losing to Ontario"s Editor Werenich in the semi-final. The team made the 1984 Labatt Brier in Victoria, but only finished 6–5.
He was a successful able-bodied curler for much of his career until he had to stop playing because of bad knees and a car accident in 2003. Armstrong began curling at eight, and by the age of 22 he made his first Brier, playing second for British Columbia, skipped by Jack Tucker. Armstrong skipped British Columbia in the following Brier, placing third with a 6–4 record.
Armstrong wouldn"t make another Brier for 9 years, when he played third for Bernie Sparkes at the 1983 Labatt Brier.
They made it back to the Brier in 1987, where they lost in the final to Ontario"s Russian Howard. Armstrong played in his last Brier in 1992.
Armstrong skipped the British Columbia team to a 5–6 finish. In 1990, he was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.
In 2007 he was invited to rejoin the sport as an advisor to Team Canada"s wheelchair curling program by Gerry Peckham, an ex-teammate and Canadian Curling Association"s High Performance Director.
He skipped British Columbia to National Championship titles in 2008 and 2009, and in 2009 skipped Canada to their first World Wheelchair Curling Championship gold medal, a success he repeated at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, and the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Prague. Armstrong traveled as skip with Team Canada to Chuncheon, South of Korea for the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, but returned to Canada the day before the tournament began after receiving an 18-month ban for failing a doping test. administered the previous December.