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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.
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)
“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
