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In 1921, George Thomas Koester, Donald Henderson “Dan” Bain, and Herbert Torrence Hazelton met to discuss the possibility of forming another golf course in Winnipeg. On November 1921, a final decision was made to move forward with development and to name the club “Niakwa” meaning “Winding River”. They selected a site east of St. Annes Road and south of Fermor Avenue, the formal address of which is 620 Niakwa Road.
Internationally renowned Canadian golf architect Stanley Thompson (1883-1953) arrived in Winnipeg in November 1922. He used the Seine River which winds its way through the property and the ravines to create a championship caliber golf course.
The club opened for play in 1923.
Period
President
1923-1935
Herbert Torrence Hazelton [Hazleton] (1868-1939)
1936-1939
Donald Henderson “Dan” Bain (1874-1962)
1940-1943
Dr. Thomas Digby Wheeler (1892-1955)
1944-1947
Henry Manning “Harry” White (1888-1969)
1948-1949
H. John “Jack” Crabtree
1950-1952
Gordon Lawson (1904-1995)
1953-1954
Cyril Mottson Thompson (1889-1971)
1955-1956
Arthur Robert “Bob” Tanner (1912-1969)
1957-1958
George Alexander Bodie (1911-1976)
1959-1960
George William “Bill” Perdue (1911-1988)
1961
Gordon Bailey Wainwright (1924-1999)
1962-1963
James Maynard Davis (1914-1993)
1964-1965
John Bryan Cheyne (1912-1995)
1966-1967
Raymond Arthur Moscarella (1917-1988)
1968-1969
Charles Edwin Jenion (1917-1994)
1970-1971
Hugh W. McAdams
1972-1973
Joseph Findlay McAdam “Joe” Baron (1930-2009)
1974-1975
Robert Alan “Bob” Stafford (1935-2024)
1976-1977
Gordon Charles Keatch (1924-2019)
1978-1979
Ron Hutchinson
1980-1981
Ken Von Platen
1982-1983
Donald Duncan
1984-1985
Kenneth C. Kinsley
1986
Grant McNichol
1987-1988
Donald R. Keatch
1989-1990
J. Koslowsky
1991-1992
Earl Amos Booker
1993-1994
R. Emery
1995-1996
B. Whitaker
1997-1998
D. Cook
1999-2000
D. Hutton
2001-2002
M. Stasiuk
2003-2004
K. Hooke
2005-2006
B. King
2007-2008
Alan Kowalec
2009-2010
Robert Sproule
2011-2012
Karl Loepp
2013-2014
K. Albo
2015-2016
B. Lafreniere
2017-2018
B. Contant
2019-2021
B. Mehmel
2022-2023
C. Young
2024-?
Darren Downey
“Niakwa Country Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 April 1925, page 10.
“Hazleton New Niakwa leader,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 March 1926, page 14.
“Niakwa Country Club ready for coming season,” Manitoba Free Press, 19 March 1926, page 16.
“Niakwa Country Club elect new directors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1935, page 12.
“D. H. Bain President Niakwa Country Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 February 1936, page 10.
“Niakwa enjoyed fine season,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 December 1937, page 28.
“Obituary - H. T. Hazleton,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 September 1939, page 26.
“H. T. Hazleton, 71, Winnipeg builder succumbs,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 September 1939, page 21.
“Dr Digby Wheeler is elected Niakwa President,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 1940, page 15.
“Tee Topics - by Alex Sandy Wise,” Winnipeg Free Press 8 July 1944, page 15.
“White is elected Niakwa President,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 February 1945, page 16.
“White named Niakwa prexy,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 February 1946, page 13.
“Crabtree heads Niakwa Golfers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 February 1948, page 18.
“Crabtree heads Niakwa Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 1949, page 15.
“Gordon Lawson Niakwa President,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 February 1950, page 19.
“C. M. Thompson Niakwa chief,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 January 1953, page 24.
“C. M. Thompson re-elected Niakwa chief,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 January 1954, page 20.
“Tanner heads Niakwa golfers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 February 1955, page 30.
“Tanner heads Niakwans,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 January 1956, page 22.
“Bodie again heads Niakwa,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 March 1958, page 28.
“J. Davis heads Niakwa golfers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 February 1963, page 17.
“Ray Moscarella,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 February 1966, page 20.
“Niakwa executive,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1967, page 50.
“Election of directors Niakwa Country Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 March 1969, page 11.
“C. E. Jenion,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21, February 1968, page 43.
“Election of Directors Niakwa Country Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 February 1970, page 62.
“Niakwa Country Club one of Stanley Thompson's great works,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 2016, page 56.
Manitoba Links - A Kaleidoscopic History of Golf by J. Alan Hackett.
Niakwa Country Club website.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 December 2024
