Rob Armitage

Robert Benjamin Armitage ( Herlein; September 27, 1957 – November 28, 2022) but never won the event. His first trip was in 1979 playing for Roger Hovland, and his final provincial was in 2010. He underwent knee surgery in 2005 which resulted in him "winding down" his competitive men's career.

Armitage and his rink of Randy Ponich, Wilf Edgar and Keith Glover were Alberta Senior champions in 2012, and represented the province at the 2012 Canadian Senior Curling Championships. They went 10-1 after round robin play, finishing first over all. The rink beat Newfoundland and Labrador's Glenn Goss team in the final. They then went undefeated in winning the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships.

Before winning the Alberta seniors in 2012, Armitage had never won a provincial championship of any kind, having never gotten by the likes of "Ed Lukowich, Pat Ryan, Kevin Martin, Randy Ferbey, (or) Kevin Koe in provincial men's play.

Armitage last curled on the World Curling Tour in 2015-16. Armitage began curling on the Tour in 1999, starting out as a third for Lowell Peterman. Armitage skipped his own team from 2001, except for 4 events during the 2005-06 season where he played third for Chris Schille.

In 2018, Armitage won the Canadian Masters Curling Championships playing third for Mickey Pendergast.

In addition to his success at the Seniors and Masters levels, Armitage won a Canadian Cattlemen's curling championship in 1997. Armitage died from pancreatic cancer on November 28, 2022, at the age of 65.