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The Fort Rouge Curling Club was founded in 1919. The original five-sheet club was built on land provided by the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company at 475 Kylemore Avenue at Osborne Street in Fort Rouge.
In the late 1950s, the building was demolished to make way for a grocery store for the area. In the curling season 1958-1959 the club rented ice at the Granite Curling Club. In December 1959, their brand new six-sheet facility, located at 750 Daly Street, was opened.
Known as “The Home of Friendly Curling,” the club has hosted many teams that have brought prosperity to it. Billy Walsh won two Canadian Men's Championships in 1952 and 1956, Orest Meleschuk won the 1972 Brier and went on to win the World Men's Championship. Connie Laliberte skipped her team to three Canadian Women's Championships in 1984, 1992, and 1995. Her 1984 team went on to win a World Women's Championship. In 1995 Chris Galbraith skipped his Junior Men's Team to the Canadian Junior Men's Championship.
Period
President
1919-1921
Sydney Ashton Campbell (1876-1960)
1921-1922
Robert Thoms
1922-1923
Angus More (1876-1951)
1923-1924
Frederick Andrew William “Fred” MacLean (1878-1948)
1924-1925
Ernest Charles Stacey (1875-1962)
1925-1926
William Clark Allan (1878-1952)
1926-1927
A. P. Jamieson
1927-1928
John H. “Jack” Perry
1928-1929
James J. McLennan
1929-1930
James Johnston (1888-1965)
1930-1931
Benjamin Studley Bailey (1881-1951)
1931-1932
James A. Fraser
1932-1933
Walter Youngman (1883-1984)
1933-1934
Hugh MacKenzie (1875-1937)
1934-1935
J. B. Jack
1935-1936
Herbert Percey “Herb” Side (1880-1963)
1936-1937
Leo H. Mitchell (?-1964)
1937-1938
Chris Stevens
1938-1939
Joseph Spencer Miller (1883-1965)
1939-1940
James Coutts (1882-1971)
1940-1941
Thomas William Bone (1880-1944)
1941-1942
James “Ross” Woods (1892-1950)
1942-1945
George William Charles Wildeman (1890-1947)
1945-1946
Thomas Cecil “Cece” Bone (1908-1980)
1946-1947
Harry Gitchell Scott (1900-1974)
1947-1948
Ron A. Anderson
1948-1949
James M. Wilson
1949-1950
Erskine Donaldson Struthers (1899-1970)
1950-1951
Harry Gordon Marsden (1905-1963)
1951-1952
John Grimshaw (1912-1962)
1952-1953
Barney A. Dillon (?-1980)
1953-1954
Joseph Henry “Harry” Walsh (1910-1981)
1954-1955
Thomas Merlin Ritchie (1898-1991)
1955-1956
James Gordon “Jim” DeWolfe (1916-1980)
1956-1957
Andrew “Andy” McWilliams (1916-1995)
1957-1958
Richard “Dick” Ferguson (1911-1986)
1958-1960
William James “Billy” Walsh (1917-1971)
1960-1961
Allan David “Al” Langlois (1915-2005)
1961-1962
Stuart Allan “Stu” Duncan (1929-1986)
1962-1963
Montague Sayce “Monty” Martin (1914-1973)
1963-1964
Robert Sangster
1964-1965
James “Spence” Shiach (1918-2015)
1965-1966
Gordon Earl Rogers (1919-2003)
1966-1968
John “Jack” Cook (1886-1973)
1968-1969
Ken Hilton
1969-1970
John Christopher “Jack” Smith (1925-2011)
1970-1971
Harold Gilbert “Hal” Pullin (1919-2005)
1971-1972
William Archibald “Archie” Hardie (1915-1975)
1972-1973
Henry “Claude” Reid (1914-2009)
1973-1974
Jim Campbell
1974-1975
Wayne Morrison
1975-1976
Frederick “Roger” Dennis (1940-2021)
1976-1977
James Torrence “Jim” Barrie (1915-2009)
1977-1978
Patrick G. “Pat” Hailley
1978-1979
Lloyd Clifford Finnen (1924-2003)
1979-1980
Paul M. Pelletier
1980-1981
William Henry “Bill” Scott (1929-2012)
1981-1982
Tom Gill
1982-1983
Roger McNeill
1983-1984
Reginald William “Reg” Malanchuk (1946-2015)
1984-1985
Frank Leo Paquette (1933-2023)
1985-1986
Ingi Ingaldson
1986-1987
Gerald Hobson
1987-1988
Brian Donald Penston (1952-2015)
1988-1989
Duncan McAulay (1932-2002)
1989-1990
John Gray
1990-1991
Donald Frederick “Don” Shiach
1991-1992
Donald Edward “Don” Wiles (1948-2022)
1992-1993
Thomas W. “Tom” Clasper
1993-1994
Robert “Bob” Boughey
1994-1995
Robert Lamont “Bob” Roe (1946-2014)
1995-1996
Pat Carson
1996-1997
Gord Cole
1997-1998
Darryl Hogg
1998-1999
Ken McLean
1999-2000
Don Biebrick
2000-2001
Jeff Hodge
2001-2002
Clark Norman
2002-2003
Mike Wattis
2003-2004
Doug Griffin
2004-2005
Leonard “Slade” Willison (1940-2020)
2005-2006
Phil Pines
2006-2007
Ernie Wilson
2007-2008
Daniel Bernard “Dan” Hildebrand (1951-2011)
2008-2011
Craig Jones
2011-2013
Don MacDonell
2013-2015
Ray Bow
2015-2017
Mike Stasenski
2017-2018
Jim Macgregor
2018-2019
Keith Johnston
2019-2020
Brad McLean
2020-2022
Cameron “Cam” Barth
2022-2023
Erik Wallace
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Rouge Curling Clubhouse (750 Daly Street, Winnipeg)
Obituary [Frank Leo Paquette], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 April 2023.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 April 2023