Manitoba Organization: Fort Garry Curling Club

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In the early 1920s, the employees of the Canadian National Railway depot operated a curling league known as the Depot Curling League, that curled out of the Terminal Curling Club on Mayfair Avenue. Employees of the Fort Rouge Shops and Transcona Shops felt they would like to own their own building. In 1926, a committee was formed and Dick Johnston was designated as the Building Chairman for the club that was built with six sheets located at 31 Main Street at the end of Mayfair which opened in 1927.

On 1 December 1979, that club burnt to the ground. Through the efforts of many club members, the club was rebuilt on the same location. When plans were formulated for the new Norwood bridge, the club received an expropriation notice and the club built a new facility at 696 Archibald Street in St. Boniface which opened in the fall of 1997.

On the ice, Fort Garry was home to Betty Duguid, who skipped a team to the Canadian Ladies Curling Championship in 1967.

Presidents

Period

President

1927-1928

William Harley “Bill” Hain (1891-1970)

1928-1929

John “Jack” Brant Kerby (1893-1947)

1929-1930

James Ross Black (1894-1947)

1930-1931 

William Frederick Bemister (1879-1949)

1931-1932

Norris Charles Hooper (1879-1951)

1932-1933

Harry Rodrick Low (1891-1952)

1933-1934

Harold Robert Hultman (?-1981)

1934-1935

Thomas Henry Wilson (?-1971)

1935-1936

Charles Fraser “Charlie” MacDonald (1898-1986)

1936-1937

Richard Arthur “Dick” Johnston (1895-1994)

1937-1938

Dr. Irvin Offero “Doc” Fryer (1885-1987)

1938-1939

Selwyn Elmer Dick (1891-1941)

1939-1940

Harry Alexander Tomkins (1903-1975)

1940-1941

James Taylor Finnie (1894-1962)

1941-1942

William Vernon “Verne” Parr (1905-1977)

1942-1943

Gerald Garratt “Gerry” Eskine (1894-1971)

1943-1944

Clifford Franklin “Cliff” McMillan (1896-1974)

1944-1945

John Francis Bird (1889-1963)

1945-1946

Roy Harris Powers (1897-1981)

1946-1947

Gladstone Pickup “Glad” Shearer (1908-1997)

1947-1948

Guy Sumner Steinhoff (1911-2006)

1948-1949

Alexander Miles “Alex” Pepper (1903-1980)

1949-1950

Wilfred Oliver Hodgert (1895-1979)

1950-1951

Robert “Bob” Watson (1906-1974)

1951-1952

Victor Bell “Vic" Newman (1895-1981)

1952-1953

John Leslie “Les” McKibbin (1895-1988)

1953-1954

Clarence William Campbell (1899-1968)

1954-1955

John Davidson (?-1990)

1955-1956

Cliff Johnston

1956-1957

William S. Street (?-1982)

1957-1958

Ernest James Frederick Colley (1902-1975)

1958-1959

Colin “Stuart” McDonald (1905-1980)

1959-1960

Garnet Hughes Bailey (1914-1983)

1960-1961

Victor Norman “Dinty” Moore (1905-1987)

1961-1962

Gordon Douglas Caslake (1897-1983)

1962-1963

George VanWynsberg (?-2016)

1963-1964

Ernest Albert “Ernie” Delf (1928-2004)

1964-1965

Charles Donald (1927-1997)

1965-1966

John Scott “Jack” Nichol (1908-1989)

1966-1967

Ross Ewen MacKinnon (1921-1991)

1966-1968

Glen M. Lawson (1925-2014)

1968-1969

David Vincent Gottfred (1936-2012)

1969-1970

Harold E. McBride (1918-1982)

1970-1971

Carl Arthur Anderson (1936-2008)

1971-1972

Kenneth Allan “Ken” Delf (1934-2015)

1972-1973

Thomas Patrick Dooley (1916-2010)

1973-1974

John DeJong (1931-2017)

1974-1975

Ronald J. Lloyd

1975-1976

William Joseph “Joe” Harby (1924-1983)

1976-1977

Gordon Currie

1977-1978

Roy Alex Gorkoff (1932-2015)

1978-1979

William Verne Mooney (1921-2003)

1979-1980

Alvin Joseph “Al” Spencer (1927-1997)

1980-1981

Frederick Ernest “Fred” Bradley (1924-2018)

1981-1982

Sam Peter Gravel (?-2013)

1982-1983

Duncan Fordyce (1931-2002)

1983-1984

Paul Gorkoff

1984-1985

Stanley William “Stan” Duke (1933-2006)

1985-1986

Wayne J. Rutkowski (?-2012)

1986-1987

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1987-1988

Hugh Heudebourck

1988-1989

Gerald “Gerry” Markovich (1931-2013)

1989-1990

Allan Sharpe

1990-1991

Allen “Keith” King (1939-2020)

1991-1992

Donald Gray

1992-1993

Randy Williams

1993-1994

George Daniel Loochuk (1931-2006)

1994-1995

Robert “Bob” Bates

1995-1996

Robert “Bob” Keele

1996-1997

Robert Allan Baldwinson (1951-2022)

1997-1998

Robin Light

1998-1999

Ian Davidson

1999-2000

Rod MacKay

2000-2001

Ron Copeland

2001-2002

Fred Heinemann

2002-2003

Lori Lang

2003-2004

Kurt Sachse

2004-2005

Case Komada

2005-2006

Ian Ferley

2006-2007

Carmen Kardoes

2007-2008

Rod MacKay

2008-2009

Garry Kaban

2009-2010

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2010-2011

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2011-2012

Kurt Sachse

2012-2013

Wayne Martin (?-2022)

2013-2014

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2014-2015

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2015-2016

Jason Shymanski

2016-2017

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2017-2018

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2018-2019

Steve Gilmore

2019-2022

Darren Needham

2022-2023

Jamie Rudnicki

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This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 April 2023