Bas Buckle

Bazel "Bas" Buckle (born ) is a Canadian curler from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. He is a two-time World Senior champion.

Buckle was born in Forteau, Dominion of Newfoundland. The team, which also consisted of Laura Phillips at third and Diane Boulanger at lead represented Newfoundland at the 1988 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, where they finished with a 5–6 record. Oke and Buckle won the provincial mixed championship again in 1989, this time with Cindy Crocker at third and Annette Osborne at lead. There, the team went win-less, losing all 11 of their matches.

Seniors Buckle did not win another provincial championship until 2002, when he skipped his team of Bob Freeman, Gerry Young and Harvey Holloway to a provincial senior (50+) championship. This earned the team a trip to Sweden to represent Canada at the 2004 World Senior Curling Championships. There, they went undefeated, and beat the United States (skipped by Bill Kind) in the gold medal game, 8–3.

Due to the rescheduling of the Canadian and World Senior Championships which resulted in the two events being held at the same time, the Buckle rink were invited to represent Canada again at the 2005 World Senior Curling Championships without having to play at the Canadian Seniors again. In group play, Buckle led the team to a 5–3 record, putting them in a four-way tie for second place. The team won their tiebreaker game against Germany, then beat Switzerland in the semis before facing off against the United States once again in the semi-final. They were successful again, defeating the David Russell-led rink 5–4.

Team Buckle won another provincial title in 2006. The team could not repeat their success at the 2006 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, going 4–7. Buckle won his final provincial seniors title in 2007 with new third Ken Thomas. At the 2007 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, they finished 4–7 again.

In 2008, Buckle broke his ankle and took some time off from curling.

Post seniors Buckle won a provincial masters (60+) title with Oke in 2020. He won the Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Club Championship in 2023, and represented the province at the 2023 Canadian Curling Club Championships, where he led his Corner Brook Curling Club team to an 0–6 record. At the event, he stated it would be his last national championship.

Personal life Buckle is a retired paper mill worker.