Manitoba Organization: Fort Rouge Curling Club

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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.

Presidents

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)

Sources:

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