Linda Moore

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Linda Moore (born Linda J. Tweedie, February 24, 1954)[http://www.olympic.ca/en/athletes/linda-moore/ Canadian Olympic committee profiles], accessed March 15, 2010 is a Canadian world champion curler. From 1989 until 2014, she was a member of the TSN curling coverage team along with Vic Rauter and Ray Turnbull (replaced by Russ Howard in 2010).

Career

Moore was born in Vancouver. While enrolled as Masters of Business Administration student at the University of British Columbia, Moore, a laid-off schoolteacher{{cite news|title=Moore studies her options|date=March 3, 1985|page=46|newspaper=Winnipeg Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121405419/the-winnipeg-sun/|access-date=March 22, 2023}} skipped the British Columbia team to the 1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts championship and went on to win the world championship that year.[http://sports123.com/cur/ww.html "Curling – Women: World Championships"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000625/http://sports123.com/cur/ww.html |date=2018-09-29 }}, retrieved on March 27, 2008 As skip of the defending champion Team Canada, she lost in the finals of the 1986 Scott Tournament of Hearts to Marilyn Darte after going 10-1 through the roundrobin. Moore was selected as skip on the tournament's all-star team.

Moore's rink defeated Connie Laliberte in the finals of the Canadian Olympic trials in 1987 and she skipped the Canadian team that finished first at the demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

In 1989, she succeeded Vera Pezer as a member of TSN's curling broadcast team. She also served as executive director of Curl BC for 19 years.{{cite news|url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/tsn-curling-analyst-retires-from-broadcasting/1003374253/|title=TSN Curling Analyst Retires from Broadcasting|date=December 1, 2014|work=Broadcaster|accessdate=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141202160804/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/tsn-curling-analyst-retires-from-broadcasting/1003374253/|archive-date=December 2, 2014|url-status=dead}} On December 1, 2014, TSN announced that Moore had retired from broadcasting, citing an unspecified chronic health condition.