Manitoba Organization: Fort Garry Curling Club

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In the early 1920s, the employees of the Canadian National Railway depot operated a curling league known as the Depot Curling League, that curled out of the Terminal Curling Club on Mayfair Avenue. Employees of the Fort Rouge Shops and Transcona Shops felt they would like to own their own building. In 1926, a committee was formed and Dick Johnston was designated as the Building Chairman for the club that was built with six sheets located at 31 Main Street at the end of Mayfair which opened in 1927.

On 1 December 1979, that club burnt to the ground. Through the efforts of many club members, the club was rebuilt on the same location. When plans were formulated for the new Norwood bridge, the club received an expropriation notice and the club built a new facility at 696 Archibald Street in St. Boniface which opened in the fall of 1997.

On the ice, Fort Garry was home to Betty Duguid, who skipped a team to the Canadian Ladies Curling Championship in 1967.

Presidents

Period	President
1927-1928	William Harley “Bill” Hain (1891-1970)
1928-1929	John “Jack” Brant Kerby (1893-1947)
1929-1930	James Ross Black (1894-1947)
1930-1931	William Frederick Bemister (1879-1949)
1931-1932	Norris Charles Hooper (1879-1951)
1932-1933	Harry Rodrick Low (1891-1952)
1933-1934	Harold Robert Hultman (?-1981)
1934-1935	Thomas Henry Wilson (?-1971)
1935-1936	Charles Fraser “Charlie” MacDonald (1898-1986)
1936-1937	Richard Arthur “Dick” Johnston (1895-1994)
1937-1938	Dr. Irvin Offero “Doc” Fryer (1885-1987)
1938-1939	Selwyn Elmer Dick (1891-1941)
1939-1940	Harry Alexander Tomkins (1903-1975)
1940-1941	James Taylor Finnie (1894-1962)
1941-1942	William Vernon “Verne” Parr (1905-1977)
1942-1943	Gerald Garratt “Gerry” Eskine (1894-1971)
1943-1944	Clifford Franklin “Cliff” McMillan (1896-1974)
1944-1945	John Francis Bird (1889-1963)
1945-1946	Roy Harris Powers (1897-1981)
1946-1947	Gladstone Pickup “Glad” Shearer (1908-1997)
1947-1948	Guy Sumner Steinhoff (1911-2006)
1948-1949	Alexander Miles “Alex” Pepper (1903-1980)
1949-1950	Wilfred Oliver Hodgert (1895-1979)
1950-1951	Robert “Bob” Watson (1906-1974)
1951-1952	Victor Bell “Vic" Newman (1895-1981)
1952-1953	John Leslie “Les” McKibbin (1895-1988)
1953-1954	Clarence William Campbell (1899-1968)
1954-1955	John Davidson (?-1990)
1955-1956	Cliff Johnston
1956-1957	William S. Street (?-1982)
1957-1958	Ernest James Frederick Colley (1902-1975)
1958-1959	Colin “Stuart” McDonald (1905-1980)
1959-1960	Garnet Hughes Bailey (1914-1983)
1960-1961	Victor Norman “Dinty” Moore (1905-1987)
1961-1962	Gordon Douglas Caslake (1897-1983)
1962-1963	George VanWynsberg (?-2016)
1963-1964	Ernest Albert “Ernie” Delf (1928-2004)
1964-1965	Charles Donald (1927-1997)
1965-1966	John Scott “Jack” Nichol (1908-1989)
1966-1967	Ross Ewen MacKinnon (1921-1991)
1966-1968	Glen M. Lawson (1925-2014)
1968-1969	David Vincent Gottfred (1936-2012)
1969-1970	Harold E. McBride (1918-1982)
1970-1971	Carl Arthur Anderson (1936-2008)
1971-1972	Kenneth Allan “Ken” Delf (1934-2015)
1972-1973	Thomas Patrick Dooley (1916-2010)
1973-1974	John DeJong (1931-2017)
1974-1975	Ronald J. Lloyd
1975-1976	William Joseph “Joe” Harby (1924-1983)
1976-1977	Gordon Currie
1977-1978	Roy Alex Gorkoff (1932-2015)
1978-1979	William Verne Mooney (1921-2003)
1979-1980	Alvin Joseph “Al” Spencer (1927-1997)
1980-1981	Frederick Ernest “Fred” Bradley (1924-2018)
1981-1982	Sam Peter Gravel (?-2013)
1982-1983	Duncan Fordyce (1931-2002)
1983-1984	Paul Gorkoff
1984-1985	Stanley William “Stan” Duke (1933-2006)
1985-1986	Wayne J. Rutkowski (?-2012)
1986-1987	?
1987-1988	Hugh Heudebourck
1988-1989	Gerald “Gerry” Markovich (1931-2013)
1989-1990	Allan Sharpe
1990-1991	Allen “Keith” King (1939-2020)
1991-1992	Donald Gray
1992-1993	Randy Williams
1993-1994	George Daniel Loochuk (1931-2006)
1994-1995	Robert “Bob” Bates
1995-1996	Robert “Bob” Keele
1996-1997	Robert Allan Baldwinson (1951-2022)
1997-1998	Robin Light
1998-1999	Ian Davidson
1999-2000	Rod MacKay
2000-2001	Ron Copeland
2001-2002	Fred Heinemann
2002-2003	Lori Lang
2003-2004	Kurt Sachse
2004-2005	Case Komada
2005-2006	Ian Ferley
2006-2007	Carmen Kardoes
2007-2008	Rod MacKay
2008-2009	Garry Kaban
2009-2010	?
2010-2011	?
2011-2012	Kurt Sachse
2012-2013	Wayne Martin (?-2022)
2013-2014	?
2014-2015	?
2015-2016	Jason Shymanski
2016-2017	?
2017-2018	?
2018-2019	Steve Gilmore
2019-2022	Darren Needham
2022-2023	Jamie Rudnicki

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This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 April 2023