Craig Savill

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Craig Edward Savill
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Craig (far right) and team Howard
Team G. Howard
Alternate Steve Bice
Lead Craig Savill
Second Brent Laing
Third Richard Hart
Skip Glenn Howard
Club Coldwater & District Curling Club,
Coldwater, Ontario
Medal record
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold 1998 Thunder Bay
Gold 1999 Östersund
World Curling Championships
Gold 2007 Edmonton

Craig Edward Savill (born October 25, 1978 in Lahr, West Germany) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for the current World Champion Glenn Howard rink.

Savill's father was stationed at CFB Lahr in Germany, and Savill was born there. However, Savill grew up and still lives in Ottawa. He must commute to play with his current team. He curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club in club play, but officially his team is from the Coldwater & District Curling Club in Coldwater, Ontario. Before playing with Howard, Savill won two Canadian Junior Curling Championships and two World Junior Curling Championships (1998, 1999) as John Morris's third. In 2001 he moved to the position of second, still with John Morris. The team went to the 2002 Nokia Brier, and lost in the final to Alberta, skipped by Randy Ferbey. A couple of years later, Morris moved to Alberta and Savill joined Howard's team. With Howard, Savill, second Brent Laing and third Richard Hart lost in the 2006 Tim Hortons Brier to Quebec skipped by fellow Ottawa Curling Club member Jean-Michel Ménard. The following year, at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier they would finally be victorious defeating 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist Brad Gushue in the Brier final. They then went on to win the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship defeating Germany in the final.

Savill is a Real Estate Appraiser for Savill Appraisal Services.