Manitoba Organization: Pembina Curling Club

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In May 1947, a group of Fort Garry citizens lead by Art Elders met to discuss formation of a curling club. They decided to build a four-sheet club located at 1341 Pembina Highway. Curling began in the fall of 1947, with Art Elders elected as the club's first President. The club affiliated with the Manitoba Curling Association that same year. It was not until 1952 that the complete building was finished. In 1958, the club built a new six-sheet rink at the same location on Pembina Highway. In 1965, the club was rebuilt but set it back in the property.

The Pembina Curling Club was home to Mike Riley who skipped a team to the 1984 Canadian Men’s Curling Championship.

Presidents

Period

President

1947-1948

Arthur Thomas “Art” Elders (1901-1971)

1948-1949

Alexander “Alex” Mitchell (1916-1968)

1949-1950

Francis Richard “Frank” Griffith (1910-1987)

1950-1951

Albert Brown “Bunt” Masson (1910-1989)

1951-1952

Harold E. Curry (1894-1979)

1952-1953

Ronald Keith Stewart-Hay (1909-1962)

1953-1954

G. W. Dewar

1954-1955

Howard Ellwood Rogers (1901-1993)

1955-1956

Robert Warren “Rod” Lynch (1916-1996)

1956-1957

Arthur Edward “Ted” Erb (1914-2003)

1957-1958

Maunders Ralph “Mun” McNeil (1909-1993)

1958-1959

Robert Edward “Bob” Congdon (1923-2007)

1959-1960

Robert Black “Bob” Shepherd (1908-1974)

1960-1961

Harold St. George Stubbs (1912-2005)

1961-1962

Leon “Leo” Dusessoy (1905-1975)

1962-1963

Gerard Joseph “Gerry” Mercier (1919-1991)

1963-1964

Arthur Henderson “Art” Johnston (1896-1983)

1964-1965

Walter Frederick “Wally” Hancock (1908-1983)

1965-1966

John Robert “Bob” Bentham (1911-1996)

1966-1967

Edwin Hugh “Ed” Cooper (1920-2000)

1966-1968

Alexander James “Jim” Wills (1901-1969)

1968-1969

Charles Edgar “Charlie” Hunt (1911-1992)

1969-1970

William John “Bill” Mason (1920-2001)

1970-1971

Clair Herbert Gregory (1928-2021)

1971-1972

Wilfred William “Wilf” McTavish (1920-2015)

1972-1973

Samuel William “Bill” Baxter (1923-2002)

1973-1974

Cameron “Cam” Reid (?-2002)

1974-1975

Allen Sheridan “Al” Dale (1930-1982)

1975-1976

Cecil “Cec” McIntosh (1929-2009)

1976-1977

Albert Van Walleghem

1977-1978

George “Ralph” Hotel (1924-2021)

1978-1979

Al Armstrong

1979-1980

Wayne McDonald (1937-2000)

1980-1981

Laurie Cleutinx

1981-1982

Joseph “Joe” Sawchuk (1921-2011)

1982-1983

Harold Erwin Gutknecht (1926-2015)

1983-1984

Ken Orr

1984-1985

Lorne Molinski

1985-1986

Wendell Shaw

1986-1987

Jim Pyper

1987-1988

Oscar Huyghebaert

1988-1989

Dewar McKinnon

1989-1990

Dan Vande Vyvere

1990-1991

C. Doug Dent (1952-2004)

1991-1992

Robert “Bob” English (1928-2020)

1992-1993

Howard Doerksen

1993-1994

Bob Cox

1994-1995

Greg Van Walleghem

1995-1996

Kerry McLennan

1996-1997

Neil Okumura

1997-1998

Graeme Sims

1998-1999

Len Herbach

1999-2000

Wilfred “Wilf” Hayward (1946-2016)

2000-2001

Jack F. Bland

2001-2002

Bruce Elliott

2002-2003

Tom Fehr

2003-2004

Dennis Lylyk

2004-2005

Brian DeRiviere

2005-2006

Clark Campbell

2006-2007

Jim Griffiths

2007-2008

Robert “Bob” Arthur

2008-2009

Jess Franklin

2009-2010

John Norget

2010-2011

David Bay

2011-2012

Tavis King

2012-2013

Rick Sproule

2013-2014

Rob Duncan

2014-2015

Vic Bellay

2015-2016

Jim Coleman

2016-2017

Sid Greenstone

2017-2018

Kelly Lauber

2018-2019

Terry Vopni

2019-2020

Lynn Coleman

2020-2022

Gord Mackay

2022-2023

Scott Ross

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This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 October 2022