Eldon Coombe is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 curler from Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Coombe is a native of Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

. He began curling at age 15.

Coombe and his Ottawa Curling Club

Ottawa Curling Club

The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858...

 rink of third Keith Forgues, Second Jim Patrick and Lead Barry Provost "dominated the curling scene from the mid 60s to the mid 70s".http://www.ottawasportshalloffame.com/Inductees/tabid/1604/language/en-US/Default.aspx The pinnacle of their career came in 1972 when the won the Ontario British Consols

TSC Stores Tankard

The Dominion Tankard is the Southern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier. Listed below are the list of Ontario's representatives at the Brier that year. Brier champions indicated in bold. From 1927 to 1931, the Toronto area...

 trophy, defeating Bob Woods of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 9-8 at the Earl Armstrong Arena

Earl Armstrong Arena

The Earl Armstrong Arena is primarily used as an ice hockey arena and is home to the Gloucester Rangers Jr. A team. It is located in the former Ottawa suburb of Gloucester, Ontario at 2020 Ogilvy Road, adjacent to Gloucester High School. During the annual summer Gloucester Fair, the arena is used...

 in nearby Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester is a suburb of and within the City of Ottawa. Gloucester Township was established in 1792 and originally included lands east of the Rideau River from the Ottawa River south to Manotick. It was incorporated as a township in 1850 and became a city in 1981...

. This earned them the right to play at the 1972 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship. They were the first rink from the Ottawa area to do so. At the 1972 Brier, they finished with a 6-4 record, tied for fourth place with Saskatchewan.

Coombe still curls today at the Ottawa Curling Club. In 2005 he won the provincial master's championship (curlers over 60 years old).http://www.ontcurl.com/competitions/past-champions.aspx?id=365

Coombe was a survey technician.