Manitoba Organization: Fort Rouge Curling Club

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The Fort Rouge Curling Club was founded in 1919. The original five-sheet club was built on land provided by the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company at 475 Kylemore Avenue at Osborne Street in Fort Rouge.

In the late 1950s, the building was demolished to make way for a grocery store for the area. In the curling season 1958-1959 the club rented ice at the Granite Curling Club. In December 1959, their brand new six-sheet facility, located at 750 Daly Street, was opened.

Known as “The Home of Friendly Curling,” the club has hosted many teams that have brought prosperity to it. Billy Walsh won two Canadian Men's Championships in 1952 and 1956, Orest Meleschuk won the 1972 Brier and went on to win the World Men's Championship. Connie Laliberte skipped her team to three Canadian Women's Championships in 1984, 1992, and 1995. Her 1984 team went on to win a World Women's Championship. In 1995 Chris Galbraith skipped his Junior Men's Team to the Canadian Junior Men's Championship.

Presidents

Period

President

1919-1921

Sydney Ashton Campbell (1876-1960)

1921-1922

Robert Thoms

1922-1923

Angus More (1876-1951)

1923-1924

Frederick Andrew William “Fred” MacLean (1878-1948)

1924-1925

Ernest Charles Stacey (1875-1962)

1925-1926

William Clark Allan (1878-1952)

1926-1927

A. P. Jamieson

1927-1928

John H. “Jack” Perry

1928-1929

James J. McLennan

1929-1930

James Johnston (1888-1965)

1930-1931 

Benjamin Studley Bailey (1881-1951)

1931-1932

James A. Fraser

1932-1933

Walter Youngman (1883-1984)

1933-1934

Hugh MacKenzie (1875-1937)

1934-1935

J. B. Jack

1935-1936

Herbert Percey “Herb” Side (1880-1963)

1936-1937

Leo H. Mitchell (?-1964)

1937-1938

Chris Stevens

1938-1939

Joseph Spencer Miller (1883-1965)

1939-1940

James Coutts (1882-1971)

1940-1941

Thomas William Bone (1880-1944)

1941-1942

James “Ross” Woods (1892-1950)

1942-1945

George William Charles Wildeman (1890-1947)

1945-1946

Thomas Cecil “Cece” Bone (1908-1980)

1946-1947

Harry Gitchell Scott (1900-1974)

1947-1948

Ron A. Anderson

1948-1949

James M. Wilson

1949-1950

Erskine Donaldson Struthers (1899-1970)

1950-1951

Harry Gordon Marsden (1905-1963)

1951-1952

John Grimshaw (1912-1962)

1952-1953

Barney A. Dillon (?-1980)

1953-1954

Joseph Henry “Harry” Walsh (1910-1981)

1954-1955

Thomas Merlin Ritchie (1898-1991)

1955-1956

James Gordon “Jim” DeWolfe (1916-1980)

1956-1957

Andrew “Andy” McWilliams (1916-1995)

1957-1958

Richard “Dick” Ferguson (1911-1986)

1958-1960

William James “Billy” Walsh (1917-1971)

1960-1961

Allan David “Al” Langlois (1915-2005)

1961-1962

Stuart Allan “Stu” Duncan (1929-1986)

1962-1963

Montague Sayce “Monty” Martin (1914-1973)

1963-1964

Robert Sangster

1964-1965

James “Spence” Shiach (1918-2015)

1965-1966

Gordon Earl Rogers (1919-2003)

1966-1968

John “Jack” Cook (1886-1973)

1968-1969

Ken Hilton

1969-1970

John Christopher “Jack” Smith (1925-2011)

1970-1971

Harold Gilbert “Hal” Pullin (1919-2005)

1971-1972

William Archibald “Archie” Hardie (1915-1975)

1972-1973

Henry “Claude” Reid (1914-2009)

1973-1974

Jim Campbell

1974-1975

Wayne Morrison

1975-1976

Frederick “Roger” Dennis (1940-2021)

1976-1977

James Torrence “Jim” Barrie (1915-2009)

1977-1978

Patrick G. “Pat” Hailley

1978-1979

Lloyd Clifford  Finnen (1924-2003)

1979-1980

Paul M. Pelletier

1980-1981

William Henry “Bill” Scott (1929-2012)

1981-1982

Tom Gill

1982-1983

Roger McNeill

1983-1984

Reginald William “Reg” Malanchuk (1946-2015)

1984-1985

Frank Leo Paquette (1933-2023)

1985-1986

Ingi Ingaldson

1986-1987

Gerald Hobson

1987-1988

Brian Donald Penston (1952-2015)

1988-1989

Duncan McAulay (1932-2002)

1989-1990

John Gray

1990-1991

Donald Frederick “Don” Shiach

1991-1992

Donald Edward “Don” Wiles (1948-2022)

1992-1993

Thomas W. “Tom” Clasper

1993-1994

Robert “Bob” Boughey

1994-1995

Robert Lamont “Bob” Roe (1946-2014)

1995-1996

Pat Carson

1996-1997

Gord Cole

1997-1998

Darryl Hogg

1998-1999

Ken McLean

1999-2000

Don Biebrick

2000-2001

Jeff Hodge

2001-2002

Clark Norman

2002-2003

Mike Wattis

2003-2004

Doug Griffin

2004-2005

Leonard “Slade” Willison (1940-2020)

2005-2006

Phil Pines

2006-2007

Ernie Wilson

2007-2008

Daniel Bernard “Dan” Hildebrand (1951-2011)

2008-2011

Craig Jones

2011-2013

Don MacDonell

2013-2015

Ray Bow

2015-2017

Mike Stasenski

2017-2018

Jim Macgregor

2018-2019

Keith Johnston

2019-2020

Brad McLean

2020-2022

Cameron “Cam” Barth

2022-2023

Erik Wallace

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Rouge Curling Clubhouse (750 Daly Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Obituary [Frank Leo Paquette], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 April 2023.

This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 April 2023