Manitoba Organization: West Kildonan Curling Club

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The club was established in 1919 with a three-sheet rink located in Old Kildonan, on Scotia Street near Nesbitt Hall. After 10 years, club participation dropped. From 1929 to 1938, the club was without a home and rented ice successively at the Thistle, Civic, and St. Johns clubs. In 1938, the club purchased land at 210 Enniskillen Avenue just off Main Street near the Seven Oaks Monument (an historic marker that was embodied in the club crest) and a new clubhouse was built with three sheets. By 1952, it had been expanded to five sheets by adding a sheet to each side. Artificial ice was installed in 1958.

A downturn in the popularity of curling, combined with financial concerns, caused the club to close its doors after the 2016-2017 season.

Presidents

Period	President
1919-1920	James McLellan
1920-1921	William Nathaniel Selkind Douglas McKay (1885-1972)
1921-1922	?
1922-1923	?
1923-1924	?
1924-1925	James McLellan
1925-1926	Henry Charles “Harry” Tait (1874-1948)
1926-1927	?
1927-1928	Douglas McKay (1885-1972)
1928-1933	Charles Edwin Nye (1888-1974)
1933-1934	Dr. Earl Way Stewart (?-1970)
1934-1935	?
1935-1936	?
1936-1937	?
1937-1938	?
1938-1940	Hilton Rosswell Grose (1890-1961)
1940-1941	William "Bill" Scorer (1883-1961)
1941-1942	John Albert McLean (1891-1943)
1942-1943	Percy Beadwell Alderson (1888-1946)
1943-1944	?
1944-1945	John James Douglas (1890-1960)
1945-1946	J. E. Wood
1946-1947	Cecil Joseph Henry “Cec” Lyon (1902-1968)
1947-1948	Harry Nelson Phizacklea (1895-1958)
1948-1949	Victor William George Siddall (1893-1971)
1949-1950	Thomas John "Jack" Spencer (1909-1989)
1950-1951	L.J. Mathew
1951-1952	James David "Jim" Earls (1899-1990)
1952-1953	William John "Bill" Sherk (1890-1975)
1953-1954	Lennart Tore "Len" Lindgren (1910-2002)
1954-1955	Kenneth Dougall "Ken" McKeen (1892-1959)
1955-1956	Robert J. "Bob" Matthewson
1956-1957	Robert Edward "Bob"Chamberlain (1912-2003)
1957-1958	Andrew "Andy" Greer (1922-1972)
1958-1959	George Lenard Gibson (1921-2006)
1959-1960	Floyd Ervin Nicholson (1902-1966)
1960-1961	Carl Ketchen (1907-1985)
1961-1962	Ernest H. Smith
1962-1963	Ernest Edward "Ernie" Shaw (1905-1985)
1963-1964	Leslie Gordon "Les" Bake (1923-2007)
1964-1965	Ernest Edward "Ernie" Shaw (1905-1985)
1965-1966	Norman Greer (1920-1996)
1966-1967	Wesley Albert "Wes" Owen (1921-1987)
1966-1968	Lindsay Matthews
1968-1969	Harold Roy Stankey (1927-1997)
1969-1970	Thomas "Brian" Hardy (1927-2015)
1970-1971	John Daniel Linney (1926-2016)
1971-1972	Charles Baker
1972-1973	Alan Ingram
1973-1974	William Montgomery "Monty" Westmacott (1921-1992)
1974-1975	Douglas Ingram
1975-1976	Ernie Lindgren (1941-2012)
1976-1977	Cliff Nichol
1977-1978	Tom Senior
1978-1979	Heinz Zurstegge (1937-2006)
1979-1980	Bill Sutherland
1980-1981	John Mirus
1981-1982	Ken Shostak
1982-1983	Scott Spring
1983-1984	Richard Leonard Dudek (1945-2016)
1984-1985	Robert Borden "Bob" Lacombe (1935-2021)
1985-1986	Gene Hnatiuk
1986-1987	?
1987-1988	Gordon Boitson (1940-2018)
1988-1989	Theodore "Ted" Ranick (1930-2020)
1989-1990	Ben Kaminski (1926-2011)
1990-1991	Ronald Paul "Ron" Mehmel (1951-2018)
1991-1992	Mitch Galagan
1992-1993	Jim Tomko
1993-1994	?
1994-1995	Randy Klassen
1995-1996	?
1996-1997	Cliff Bochen
1997-1998	Denis Laliberte
1998-1999	Lewis Wasel
1999-2000	Neil Wawrykow
2000-2001	?
2001-2002	?
2002-2003	?
2003-2004	?
2004-2005	?
2005-2006	?
2006-2007	?
2007-2008	?
2008-2009	?
2009-2010	?
2010-2011	?
2011-2012	?
2012-2013	?
2013-2014	?
2014-2015	?
2015-2016	?
2016-2017	?

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: West Kildonan Curling Club (210 Enniskillen Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“New curling rink planned,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 April 1938, page 13.

“Home to be proud of,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 November 1938, page 26.

“Curling with Scotty Harper,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 January 1941, page 18.

This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 November 2022