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The Thistle Curling Club was formed in 1887. Alexander Brown lead the formation group and served as the club's first President. He had been involved with the Granite Curling Club, including a term as President, and was one of the partners in the firm Brown and Rutherford. The Thistle began in the Granite's old club on Market Avenue, then moved to the Brydon skating rink on Princess Avenue. Then it was back to Market Avenue, before building their own rink in 1892 on Alexander Avenue East.
In 1912-1913, the club moved to a new building with seven sheets on McDonald Avenue. The club ran into financial difficulties and had to abandon the building. They rented ice at the Auditorium Rink for a number of years. In 1921, the club built on Minto Street with five sheets of ice.
In June 2006, the club was victim of an arson and the building and contents were completed destroyed. With the insurance money the club received, they made a deal to purchase the Valour Road Curling Club at 280 Burnell Street and renamed it the Thistle Curling Club.
There has been 16 members of the Thistle that have gone on to serve as President of the Manitoba Curling Association.
In early 2023, the Club announced that it would merge with the Deer Lodge Curling Club and sell its building.
Period
President
1887-1888
Alexander “Sandy” Brown (1842-1922)
1888-1891
George Huestis Campbell (1855-1928)
1891-1893
F. W. Thomson
1893-1897
Walter Frederick Payne (1863-1930)
1897-1899
Malcolm Campbell (1858-1939)
1899-1901
Daniel David Wood (1859-1925)
1901-1903
Charles James Jamieson (1854-1940)
1903-1905
William Gibbs “Gib” White (1859-1922)
1905-1906
James Robert Gowler (1858-1920)
1906-1907
William Alexander “Bill” Carson (1861-1920)
1907-1909
Dougald Archibald McArthur (1862-1938)
1909-1910
Peter Douglas Lyall (1878-1945)
1910-1911
William Edwin Ellerby (1868-1931)
1911-1912
W. H. Sutton
1912-1915
Eli Joel “Mac” Rochon (1856-1937)
1915-1916
John E. Lenfesty (?-1939)
1916-1917
John Alexander Kennedy
1917-1920
John Peter O’Hare (1876-1964)
1920-1923
Joseph Ferguson Davidson (1883-1961)
1923-1924
Robert Lister Barker (1886-1943)
1924-1925
Edward Howard Cail (1877-1960)
1925-1926
Joseph Emanuel Gallant (1882-1963)
1926-1927
Maxwell William Noble McElheran (1874-1939)
1927-1928
Henry Francis Reed Baker (1879-1957)
1928-1929
James Walker (1879-1955)
1929-1930
Clarence Garfield Keith (1881-1964)
1930-1931
Francis Dennis Cassin (1883-1937)
1931-1932
Fee Warren
1932-1933
James Reid
1933-1934
Neil William Sullivan (1890-1973)
1934-1935
Albert Henry "Harry" Wells (1878-1949)
1935-1936
Sydney Malcolm "Sam" Cottam (?-1958)
1936-1937
William D."Bill" McLaren (1878-1953)
1937-1938
George James Ritchie (1878-1954)
1938-1939
Ansell Wells McKennie (1881-1950)
1939-1940
Joseph William Alderson (1889-1980)
1940-1941
Maxwell Mason McElheran (1900-1995)
1941-1942
Harry George Palmer (1891-1957)
1942-1943
Samuel James Patterson (1888-1968)
1943-1944
Harmon Wilfred Saunders (1892-1965)
1944-1945
Luke Kirby Johnson (1897-1965)
1945-1946
Arthur Thomas Elders (1901-1971)
1946-1947
Calder Campbell "Kelly" Daun (1912-1998)
1947-1948
William Aitken "Scotty" Laing (1893-1961)
1948-1949
Douglas Clyde Atkins (1893-1960)
1949-1950
James Hugh Lambie (1901-1980)
1950-1951
Gorell Charles “Gary” Stack (1906-1980)
1951-1952
Blair Donaldson “Buck” Hay (1912-1972)
1952-1953
Jan Johannes “John” Van Hellemond (1909-2002)
1953-1954
David “Dave” Anderson (1905-1990)
1954-1955
Charles Harold Levers (1903-1966)
1955-1956
Ernest "Ernie" Daun (1915-2000)
1956-1957
Charles Harold Scrymgeour (1914-2000)
1957-1958
Thomas James Whiteside (1920-1981)
1958-1959
Stanley Barr (1905-1973)
1959-1960
Frederick Howard “Fred” Lay (1927-1998)
1960-1961
Lloyd Elton Coffey (1906-1992)
1961-1962
Edward Owen “Slim” Davis (1921-1986)
1962-1963
James Archibald “Jimmy” Dunn (1898-1979)
1963-1964
Edgar Thomas “Ed” Elliott (1910-2002)
1964-1965
Leonard Graham “Len” Norrie (1916-1980)
1965-1966
John Stephen “Jack” Carmichael (1913-2007)
1966-1967
James Arthur “Jim” Sproule (1921-2010)
1966-1968
Norman Herbert “Norm” Williamson (1915-1993)
1968-1969
John Douglas Osborn (1909-1974)
1969-1970
Lloyd George English (1919-1991)
1970-1971
Dave Parker
1971-1972
Harry Pickering (1911-2006)
1972-1973
John William Cessford (1915-1973)
1973-1974
William Raymond “Ray” Will (1929-1993)
1974-1975
Norman Froom (1924-2008)
1975-1976
Norman Robinson
1976-1977
A. Lorne “Red” Paterson (1921-1998)
1977-1978
Charlie Brown
1978-1979
Alvin “Al” Leland Owen (1935-2017)
1979-1980
Malcolm John Kenneth MacLeod (1926-2019)
1980-1981
Brian Prodaniuk
1981-1982
Melvin John Henuset (1942-2013)
1982-1983
Harvey D. Swain (1947-2019)
1983-1984
Lorne S. Brooks
1984-1985
Thomas Frederick “Fred” Sutton (1947-2021)
1985-1986
E. Ross Kennedy
1986-1987
F. Ross Taylor (1912-2006)
1987-1988
Steven Louden Daun (1945-2019)
1988-1989
W. Bruce McAuley (1943-2013)
1989-1990
Stanley Topolniski (1931-2017)
1990-1991
Perry Blair
1991-1992
Rene Lapp
1992-1993
Ken Meakin
1993-1994
Bob Stremich
1994-1995
Dale Tallas
1995-1996
Kelly Williamson
1996-1997
Lloyd Hornsby
1997-1998
Earle Clyde Dickinson (1946-2017)
1998-2000
Don Pellow
2000-2001
Keith Lietiphin
2001-2002
Brian Williamson
2002-2003
Brian Gawley
2003-2004
Jim Woolison
2004-2005
William “Bill” Reinisch (1944-2015)
2005-2006
Lori Boudreau
2006-2007
Thomas Frederick “Fred” Sutton (1947-2021)
2007-2008
Shelley Smith
2008-2009
Kelly Williamson
2009-2010
Lloyd Hornsby
2010-2011
Don Pellow
2011-2015
Trevor De Ryck
2015-2018
Trevor Feltham
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Valour Road Curling Club / Thistle Curling Club (280 Burnell Street, Winnipeg)
“Thistle Curling Club to merge with Deer Lodge CC, sell its current building,” CBC News, 1 March 2023.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
