Manitoba Organization: Valour Road Curling Club

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The Valour Road Legion Curling Club was formed in 1948, with five sheets of ice located at 280 Burnell Street just north of Portage Avenue in Winnipeg. In 1958, it was renamed the Valour Road Curling Club. Over the years, as the popularity of curling in that area declined, it ran into financial difficulty and resorted to private ownership. In 2006, it was sold to the Thistle Curling Club who took over the building and the Valour Road Curling Club was dissolved.

The Valour Road Curling Club was home to Lloyd Gunnlaugson who won three consecutive Canadian Senior Men's Curling Championships from 1982 to 1984.

Presidents

Period	President
1948-1949	George “Earl” Ramsay (1893-1974)
1949-1950	George Allan (1894-1962)
1950-1951	Thomas Harry Williams (1888-1965)
1951-1952	Ernest Joseph William Akins (1903-1977)
1952-1953	Walter Alexander Marquis (1894-1966)
1953-1954	James Melville Wood (1904-1983)
1954-1955	Walter Cragg Marat (1896-1978)
1955-1956	Robert John “Jack” Timms (1917-1965)
1956-1957	Edward Theodor “Ted” Armstrong (1906-1993)
1957-1958	Peter Austin McCallum (1910-1975)
1958-1959	George Lawrence
1959-1960	C. Wesley White (1913-1992)
1960-1961	Robert J. “Bob” Picken (1932-2019)
1961-1962	Herbert “Bert” Young (1906-1984)
1962-1963	Roy Percival Nordlinger (1925-2001)
1963-1964	Arthur “Art” Simpson (1904-1983)
1964-1965	Reginald Frederick “Reg” Doherty (1931-1997)
1965-1966	Stanley Clark McFadden (1927-1994)
1966-1967	Brian Edward Akins (1933-2022)
1966-1968	Lloyd Harold “Gunner” Gunnlaugson (1928-1988)
1968-1969	Christopher Hugh “Bud” Newton (1931-2018)
1969-1970	William “Bill” Millar
1970-1971	Thomas Inglis “Tom” Bell (1921-1991)
1971-1972	Kenneth G. “Ken” Warren
1972-1973	Wayne Thorpe
1973-1974	Allan R. “Al” Smeall (1927-1990)
1974-1975	James Lewis Beckstead (1916-2007)
1975-1977	Clifford Frederick Schmidt (1942-2015)
1977-1978	Stu Bennett
1978-1979	Robert Minaker
1979-1980	Leon E. Tonnellier (1932-2009)
1980-1981	Darryl Gunnlaugson
1981-1982	George Newbury
1982-1983	Craig White
1983-1984	Ed Tonnellier
1984-1985	Al Stanish
1985-1986	Bill Timms
1986-1987	Arthur Lloyd “Art” Tadman (?-2018)
1987-1988	Robert “Bob” McKenzie
1988-1989	Bob Askew
1989-1990	John Cunningham
1990-1991	Gerry Jacobucci
1991-1993	Rick Fourneaux
1993-1994	Don Robson
1994-1995	Glen McIsaac
1995-1996	Eric Goodman
1996-1997	Rose Neufeld
1997-1999	Gord Boyer
1999-2000	Joan Halowski
2000-2001	Randy Dutiaume
2001-2002	Craig White
2002-2003	Clare Hadewich
2003-2007	Graham Grimes

Presidents (Ladies)

Period	President
1948-1949	Jennie Elizabeth Lalonde Vint (1899-2000)
1949-1950	Mona Estelle Dewart Emerson (1895-1983)
1950-1951	Clara Christiansen Hansen (1912-2009)
1951-1952	Laura Amelia Macklem Clark (1895-1976)
1952-1953	Margaret Kathleen “Kay” Jennings Akins (1903-2003)
1953-1954	Hedwig “Sadie” Eckart McVicar (?-1974)
1954-1955	E. W. Simpson
1955-1956	J. Johannesson
1956-1957	Ellen Gunhild Rosen Storey (1913-2008)
1957-1958	Bertie Wilma Belgert Bowyer (1910-2007)
1958-1959	Alice Margaret Clark Black (1916-1993)
1959-1960	Veta Viola Harriot Reddaway Beckstead (1914-1997)
1960-1961	Beryl Ann Watkins Harding (1923-2011)
1961-1962	Margaret Evelyn Herriot Bryden (1911-1974)
1962-1963	Gwendolyn Margaret “Gwen” Walker (1928-2004)
1963-1964	Mary Lillian Robertson Shippam (1912-1990)
1964-1965	Marie Geraldine Brehaut (1905-1996)
1965-1966	Mary Spencer Findlay Pollard (?-1994)
1966-1967	Rose Mae Grainger Armstrong (1912-1984)
1967-1968	Harriet Pearl Clark McCaw (1919-1997)
1968-1969	Audrey Munro Fogg
1969-1970	Clara “Maud” Proctor Mattick (1920-1992)
1970-1971	Georgina Potter Reddie Brown (1914-2006)
1971-1972	Lillian Mary Harper Hill (1925-1982)
1972-1973	Beryl Eleanor Hibner Larsson (1927-2012)
1973-1974	Marie “Eileen” Murphy Pennycook (1930-2020)
1974-1975	Beryl Patricia Titheridge Guy (1991-2001)
1975-1976	Margaret Jane “Peggy” Gillender Dubinski (1924-2012)
1976-1977	Ruby Mary Hughes McCrae (1917-1983)
1977-1978	Sonia Luba Beyak Hosfield (?-2020)
1978-1979	Helen Janet Couper Guest (1926-2010)
1979-1980	Grace Murphy Stephen (1919-2003)
1980-1981	Yvonne Jenora Matthews Tonnellier (1935-2021)
1981-1982	Mabel Mary Massie Jones (1911-1989)
1982-1983	Jean Forsythe
1983-1984	Marj Houston
1984-1985	Margaret Thomson
1985-1987	Muriel Georgina Mae Greenwood Burdon (1924-2011)
1987-1988	Rannveig “Ranny” Eyford Midford (1921-2006)
1988-1989	Harriet Pearl Clark McCaw (1919-1997)

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Valour Road Curling Club / Thistle Curling Club (280 Burnell Street, Winnipeg)

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This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 December 2022