I only wish I knew ANY of those names, Thor. (Apart from Joe Davis, who was world snooker champion for much of the 20th century and died almost fifty years ago, so I presume not the same person.)
And I believe all our decent curlers are Scottish (nod to Graham).
I saw a couple of snowy footie games in Newcastle in the 70s. They used an orange ball then, too, and every so often the game was halted to allow ground staff to clear the white lines with boards on sticks. Good times!