{{short description|Canadian curler from Ottawa|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | Curling}} {{MedalCompetition | World Senior Curling Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Chelyabinsk | }} {{MedalBottom}}
'''Bruce Delaney''' (born 1953)<ref>{{cite news|title=Delaney wins Tankard berth; Moffatt and Taylor in playoff|date=December 11, 1979|page=24|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76812707/the-ottawa-citizen/|accessdate=May 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bruce Delaney's Ottawa rink favored [sic] to capture playdowns|date=February 22, 1975|page=13|newspaper=Owen Sound Sun Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-times/155907381/|accessdate=September 24, 2024}}</ref> is a Canadian curler from Ottawa.
Delaney has won the Ontario Silver Tankard several times (including 1976,<ref>{{cite news|title=Silver Tankard comes to Ottawa|date=March 29, 1976|page=16|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal/155907143/|accessdate=September 24, 2024}}</ref> 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2007, 2010), representing various clubs in Eastern Ontario, but usually representing the Navy Curling Club in Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://curl-on.ca/champions/ |title=CurlON Past Champions|access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref> He has won the annual City of Ottawa men's bonspiel Grand Aggregate Championship several times. Delaney was a competitive curler in Ontario in the 1970s and 1980s, but never made it to the Brier, Canada's national championship. He came the closest in 1986, when he lost the Labatt's Tankard provincial final against Russ Howard, playing third for Wayne Tallon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ottawa's Tallon misses Brier trip|date=February 10, 1986|page=B1|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76837121/the-ottawa-citizen/|accessdate=May 1, 2021}}</ref>
Delaney has found more success as a senior (50+) curler, and is a 3 time provincial senior champion. His Navy rink of George Mitchell, Duncan Jamieson, and Rick Bachand won titles in 2006, 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ontcurl.com/competitions/past-champions.aspx?id=357 |title=Past Champions |website=www.ontcurl.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728191055/http://www.ontcurl.com/competitions/past-champions.aspx?id=357 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They won 2009 Canadian Senior Curling Championships against Russ Howard, now representing New Brunswick. This qualified them to represent Canada at the 2010 World Senior Curling Championships.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delaney, Pinkney take senior curling championships|date=March 28, 2009|publisher=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/delaney-pinkney-take-senior-curling-championships-1.828205|accessdate=May 1, 2021}}</ref> At the World Seniors they took the Silver Medal, losing in the final to the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Canadian women win gold at senior curling worlds|date=April 24, 2010|publisher=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/canadian-women-win-gold-at-senior-curling-worlds-1.930921|accessdate=May 1, 2021}}</ref> He also won two Ontario Masters Championships (2016<ref>{{cite news|title=Local rinks reign supreme |date=January 12, 2016|publisher=Ottawa Sun|url=https://ottawasun.com/2016/01/12/local-rinks-reign-supreme/wcm/24fe203e-f547-457e-8e0c-e574586222d9|accessdate=April 27, 2023}}</ref> and 2018) losing the 2018 Canadian final to Ed Lukowich of Alberta.<ref>{{cite news|title=Silver sweepers|date=April 12, 2016|publisher=Truro News|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/truro-news/20160412/281698318907897|accessdate=April 27, 2023}}</ref>
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