Hugh Millikin

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Hugh Millikin (born July 4, 1957 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an Australian curler originally from Ottawa, Canada.

In 1986, while still residing in the Canadian province of Ontario, Millikin played second position for Dave Van Dine's Canadian Mixed Curling Championship team.

Millikin would later move to Australia and has skipped the Australian team to eight Pacific Curling Championships titles (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2006). Millikin has also participated in nine World Curling Championships. The teams top placements have been sixth place in both 1992 and 1993. Millikin also went to the 1992 Winter Olympics skipping the Australian team to a seventh place finish in the demonstration event.

Millikin and his team regularly travel back to his hometown Ottawa to practice and to participate in local curling tournaments. Their team coach is Earle Morris, father of John Morris.

[edit] Current team mates

The entire Australian curling team consists of ex-patriate Canadians except Ricky Tasker who is from Scotland. Millikin skips the Australian team, but throws third stones.