Manitoba Organization: Strathcona Curling Club

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The Strathcona Free Press Curling Club was formed in 1908. Soon after the club became known as just Strathcona. The club purchased property on Furby Place just north of Portage Avenue between Furby and Langside. The original five-sheet facility was used for 59 years; however, the need for extensive repairs and the prohibitive cost to build a new structure lead to the decision to move to the new Highlander complex on Ferry Road in St. James for the 1968-1969 season. With a declining membership, a decision was made to fold the club at the conclusion of the 1981-1982 curling season.

The Strathcona with its red “S” symbol that adorned their curling sweaters was known as “The Home of Champions”. Teams from the Strathcona won seven Canadian Men's Championships. Lead by Ken Watson with three in 1936, 1939 and 1942, Gordon Hudson who won the Brier back to back in 1928 and 1929, Bob Gourley in 1931, and Leo Johnson in 1934. Leo Johnson also won the first Canadian Senior Men's Championship played in 1965.

Presidents

Period	President
1908-1909	George Henry Saults (1861-1955)
1909-1910	Walter Frederick Payne (1863-1930)
1910-1912	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)
1912-1913	Thomas Henry Verner (1862-1930)
1913-1914	Richard Langtry (1866-1954)
1914-1915	Howard John McDermid (1885-1920)
1915-1916	Robert John “Bob” Gourley (1878-1976)
1916-1917	Joseph A. Martin
1917-1918	John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965)
1918-1920	John Edward Robertson (1872-1940)
1920-1921	Aaron Grey (1865-1962)
1921-1923	Herbert Franklin Christie (1879-1962)
1923-1924	William Wight “Bill” Robson (1865-1946)
1924-1925	William Frederick Loron Orris (1875-1947)
1925-1927	Gordon Milford Hudson (1894-1959)
1927-1928	James Andrew Wilson (1868-1936)
1928-1929	Clifford Ross “Cliff” Hudson (1895-1960)
1929-1930	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)
1930-1931	James Nesmith “Ness” Wise (1896-1978)
1931-1932	Herbert  A. Scott
1932-1933	Arnold  Ernest Lockerbie (1886-1965)
1933-1934	Alexander “Alex” Burgess (1878-1948)
1934-1935	Leo Einar Johnson (1901-1976)
1935-1936	Robert John McInnis (1879-1947)
1936-1937	Meredith Macdonald Perry (1887-1943)
1937-1938	Edward Ross Kennedy (1896-1953)
1938-1939	Matthew Duncan (1884-1955)
1939-1940	Glynn Lloyd Cousley (1894-1969)
1940-1941	William Sutherland
1941-1942	John “Jack” Dutton (1888-1961)
1942-1943	George Allan Wilson (1898-1973)
1943-1944	Lincoln Gudjon Johnson (1899-1970)
1944-1945	James Kenneth “Ken” Watson (1904-1986)
1945-1946	Ambrose Clifford Wise (1897-1975)
1946-1947	Hallor Marino Frederickson (1906-1992)
1947-1948	Spencer Cox Guest (1886-1971)
1948-1949	George Douglas Iliffe (1901-1967)
1949-1950	William Lindsay Ferguson (1906-1991)
1950-1951	John Lawrence “Lorne” Stewart (1909-1968)
1951-1952	George L. Fraser
1952-1953	James Stuart
1953-1954	Cecil Roy Forsyth (1899-1998)
1954-1955	Richard Rodney “Rod” Goodwin (1903-1984)
1955-1956	Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson (1907-1972)
1956-1957	William Lyle [Decker] Dyker (1915-1994)
1957-1958	Marshall Harvey Hall (1902-1964)
1958-1959	Allister Findlay McDiarmid (1919-1991)
1959-1960	James Donaldson McGregor (?-1969)
1960-1961	Bruce MacLean Hudson (1928-2016)
1961-1962	William Karl Ziprick (?-1991)
1962-1963	John Arnold “Arnie” Barr (1924-2019)
1963-1964	William Lyle Henry (1918-2010)
1964-1965	Raymond Lloyd Orris (1916-1985)
1965-1966	Robert Bayne “Bobby” Goodwin
1966-1967	Gordon Kenneth “Ken” Little (1929-2013)
1966-1968	Boris Hryhorczuk
1968-1969	Vernon E. Nelson
1969-1970	Bruce D. Campbell
1970-1971	Alexander Kitchener “Al” Mattick (1919-2011)
1971-1972	George Harold Laudrum (1923-1994)
1972-1973	John “Jack” Callum (1936-2021)
1973-1974	Clifford Graham Palmer
1974-1975	Richard Shead
1975-1976	Robert W. Binding
1976-1977	Art Bilodeau
1977-1978	Brian Kent
1978-1979	Garry Whalen
1979-1980	John McLeod
1980-1981	B. E. Wood
1981-1982	Sydney John Lentle (1924-2015)

Sources:

“Strathcona's history one of quality,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 July 1968, page 48.

This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 August 2023