The Selkirk and District Curling Club was first organized in 1893, with a two-sheet rink which was believed to be located on Eveline Street in Selkirk. A new curling rink was built of Fox Avenue with four sheets in 1910. In 1937, a new four-sheet rink was built again on Fox Avenue. In 1961, construction began on the present facility with six sheets of artificial ice, located at 381 Jemima Street. A major renovation took place in 1982 when a permanent lounge was built upstairs.
Period
President
1893
Richard La Touche Tupper (1845-1904)
1894-1896
Harry William Nelson
1895
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1896
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1897
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1898
Lynds Smith Vaughan (1848-1937)
1899
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1900
John James Erskine (1863-1915)
1901
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1902
Melville Sutherland (1872-1940)
1903
Thomas John Jones (1863-1942)
1904
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1905
Mitchell Moncrieff (1875-1943)
1906
A. D. Ferguson
1907
C. C. Stewart
1908
W. A. Maynard
1909
?
1910
Melville Sutherland (1872-1940)
1911
Horatio Clarence “Horace” Norquay (1869-1953)
1912
James D. Tomkins
1913
Dr. Atkinson
1914
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1915
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1916
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1917
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1918
?
1919
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1920
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1921
Roderick Corrigal (1870-1933)
1922
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1923
Harold William Newton (1864-1944)
1924
Peter H. Sutherland (1871-1950)
1925-1926
George Douglas Simpson (1883-1978)
1927-1928
James Cyril Hawes (1892-1961)
1929
W. A. Mann
1930-1931
Robert Alexander S. MacLaren (1880-1958)
1932
Frederick Schofield (1883-1969)
1933
William Berrisford (1899-1948)
1934
George Bonter
1935
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1935-1936
Donald Roy McLeod (1886-1976)
1937-1938
Stefan “Steve” Oliver (1904-1984)
1939
Andrew Smith
1940
Colin Napolean Martin (1878-1949)
1941
Walter William Polden (1883-1970)
1942
P. Bjarnson
1943-1945
Runolfur Henrickson (1888-1964)
1946-1947
Edward Oliver (1907-1991)
1948-1949
Charles William Tovell (1906-1985)
1950-1951
Samuel Lawrence Bedson Rowley (1900-1985)
1952
Henry Pauley (?-1986)
1953
Roderick Archibald Corrigal (1908-1982)
1954
Fred Donald McAulay (1891-1971)
1955
Thomas “Tom” Russnak
1956-1957
William “Bill” McDiarmid
1958
John “Emerson” Moar (1922-1987)
1959
William “Bill” McDiarmid
1960
Thomas “Tom Russnak
1961
Kenneth A. “Ken” Kurbis (1932-2001)
1961-1963
John Veitch (?-1994)
1964
Douglas “Doug” Grant
1965
John “Emerson” Moar (1922-1987)
1966-1967
Cecil McDonald (1917-2011)
1968
Thomas “Tom” Russnak (1922-1987)
1969
Frank Leon Hooker (1926-1999)
1970
Robert Mervin “Bob” Leclair (1927-2008)
1971-1972
Dave Allan
1973
Jon Lynn Newton (1937-2022)
1974
Bob Benediktson
1975
Harry Gowerluk (1929-2013)
1976
Paul Henrikson (1924-1992)
1977-1979
Kirk Gillespie (1939-2023)
1979-1981
Donald “Don” Kerr
1981-1983
Garry Dola
1983-1985
Robert William “Rob” Cox (1955-2015)
1985-1987
Bob Benediktson
1987-1989
Garry Dola
1989-1991
Aubrey Sanderson
1991-1993
Tom Watson
1993-1995
Rick Riding
1995-1997
Gerry Arcand
1997-1999
Garry Dola
1999-2001
Doug Bell
2001-2003
Wayne Kotowich
2003-2005
Cliff Russel Hnatiuk (1946-2019)
2005-2007
Wayne Kotowich
2007-2009
George Hacking
2009-2013
Tom Want
2013-2015
Andy Rowney
2015-2019
Kathleen McCallum
2019-2022
Tom Matheson
2022-2025
Scott Szydlik
“New Selkirk Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 November, 1893, page 4.
“The Selkirk Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 November 1895, page 4.
“Selkirk Curlers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 December 1898, page 3.
“Selkirk Curling Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 November 1899, page 3.
“Selkirk Curling Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 November 1900, page 3.
“Curling,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 April 1903, page 11.
“Selkirk curlers meet,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 October 1905, page 5.
“Curling,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 November 1906, page 6.
“Selkirk curlers meet,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 October 1907, page 6.
“Selkirk curlers meet and prepare for coming season,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 November 1908, page 4.
“New rink for Selkirk,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 September 1910, page 6.
“Selkirk Club reorganizes,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 October 1911, page 8.
“Selkirk curlers meet,” Manitoba Free Press, 9 November 1912, page 24.
“Curlers elect officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 April 1913, page 17.
“Selkirk rink enter novelty,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 November 1924, page 14.
“Selkirk curlers to hold novelty spiel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 December 1925, page 22.
“Selkirk Curling Club holds annual meeting,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 May 1927, page 23.
“Selkirk Curling Club,” Selkirk Weekly Record, 13 December 1928, page 1.
“Selkirk Curlers are jolly hosts,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 April 1932, page 22.
“Selkirk Club curlers close,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 April 1934, page 13.
“Selkirk Club curlers hold annual meeting,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 April 1935, page 12.
“Selkirk Club makes plans,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 April 1937, page 17.
“Selkirk curlers elect,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 1939, page 19.
“Plans discussed by Selkirk curlers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 November 1940, page 15.
“Selkirk curlers elect officers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 April 1941, page 15.
“Selkirk curlers elect P. Bjarnason,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 April 1942, page 16.
“Selkirk Curling Club meets,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 June 1946, page 13.
“Selkirk Club holds windup,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23, April 1949, page 18.
“Sam Rowley will head curling club next year,” Selkirk Enterprise, 4 May 1950, page 8.
“Pauley heads Selkirk Curling Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 May 1952, page 3.
“Selkirk curlers elect officers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1955, page 27.
“McDiarmid heads Selkirk curlers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1956, page 42.
“Emerson Moar new President Selkirk curlers,” Selkirk Enterprise, 7 May 1958, page 1.
“Selkirk district to erect new 6 sheet curling club,” Selkirk Enterprise, 29 March 1961, page 1.
“Ken Kurbis heads Selkirk Curling Club,” Selkirk Enterprise, 29 March 1961, page 1.
“Selkirk Curling Club official opening Saturday,” Selkirk Enterprise, 10 January 1962, page 1.
“Selkirk Curling Club set for a big season,” Selkirk Enterprise, 9 October 1974, page 4.
“Tankard comes to town for 100th birthday,” Selkirk Journal, 9 February 1993, page 42.
“Steering committee on top of biggest party in town,” Selkirk Journal, 9 February 1993, page 32.
City of Selkirk Museum Website - History of Curling Part 1 and 2.
MCA 1988 Yearbook- Selkirk Curling Club, page 89.
Selkirk Curling Club Past Presidents Plaque
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 March 2025
