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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.
Period
President
1919-1920
James McLellan
1920-1921
William Nathaniel Selkind Douglas McKay (1885-1972)
1921-1922
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1922-1923
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1923-1924
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1924-1925
James McLellan
1925-1926
Henry Charles “Harry” Tait (1874-1948)
1926-1927
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1927-1928
Douglas McKay (1885-1972)
1928-1933
Charles Edwin Nye (1888-1974)
1933-1934
Dr. Earl Way Stewart (?-1970)
1934-1935
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1935-1936
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1936-1937
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1937-1938
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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
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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” Spence (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 John “Bob” Matthewson (1908-1991)
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
Clifford Matthew “Cliff” Nichol (1929-2023)
1977-1978
Tom Senior
1978-1979
Heinz Zurstegge (1937-2006)
1979-1980
William Fraser “Bill” Sutherland (1934-2017)
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
James “Jim” Livingston
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
James William “Jim” Tomko (1941-2023)
1993-1994
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1994-1995
Randy Klassen
1995-1996
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1996-1997
Cliff Bochen
1997-1998
Denis Laliberte
1998-1999
Lewis Wasel
1999-2000
Neil Wawrykow
2000-2001
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2001-2002
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2002-2003
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2003-2004
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2004-2005
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2005-2006
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2006-2007
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2007-2008
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2008-2009
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2009-2010
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2010-2011
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2011-2012
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2012-2013
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2013-2014
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2014-2015
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2015-2016
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2016-2017
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: West Kildonan Curling Club (210 Enniskillen Avenue, Winnipeg)
“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: 4 January 2024
