Manitoba Organization: Strathcona Curling Club

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The Strathcona Free Press Curling Club was formed in 1908. Soon after the club became known as just Strathcona. The club purchased property on Furby Place just north of Portage Avenue between Furby and Langside. The original five-sheet facility was used for 59 years; however, the need for extensive repairs and the prohibitive cost to build a new structure lead to the decision to move to the new Highlander complex on Ferry Road in St. James for the 1968-1969 season. With a declining membership, a decision was made to fold the club at the conclusion of the 1981-1982 curling season.

The Strathcona with its red “S” symbol that adorned their curling sweaters was known as “The Home of Champions”. Teams from the Strathcona won seven Canadian Men's Championships. Lead by Ken Watson with three in 1936, 1939 and 1942, Gordon Hudson who won the Brier back to back in 1928 and 1929, Bob Gourley in 1931, and Leo Johnson in 1934. Leo Johnson also won the first Canadian Senior Men's Championship played in 1965.

Presidents

Period

President

1908-1909

George Henry Saults (1861-1955)

1909-1910

Walter Frederick Payne (1863-1930)

1910-1912

John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)

1912-1913

Thomas Henry Verner (1862-1930)

1913-1914

Richard Langtry (1866-1954)

1914-1915

Howard John McDermid (1885-1920)

1915-1916

Robert John “Bob” Gourley (1878-1976)

1916-1917

Joseph A. Martin

1917-1918

John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965)

1918-1920

John Edward Robertson (1872-1940)

1920-1921

Aaron Grey (1865-1962)

1921-1923

Herbert Franklin Christie (1879-1962)

1923-1924

William Wight “Bill” Robson (1865-1946)

1924-1925

William Frederick Loron Orris (1875-1947)

1925-1927

Gordon Milford Hudson (1894-1959)

1927-1928

James Andrew Wilson (1868-1936)

1928-1929

Clifford Ross “Cliff” Hudson (1895-1960)

1929-1930

Errick French Willis (1896-1967)

1930-1931 

James Nesmith “Ness” Wise (1896-1978)

1931-1932

Herbert  A. Scott

1932-1933

Arnold  Ernest Lockerbie (1886-1965)

1933-1934

Alexander “Alex” Burgess (1878-1948)

1934-1935

Leo Einar Johnson (1901-1976)

1935-1936

Robert John McInnis (1879-1947)

1936-1937

Meredith Macdonald Perry (1887-1943)

1937-1938

Edward Ross Kennedy (1896-1953)

1938-1939

Matthew Duncan (1884-1955)

1939-1940

Glynn Lloyd Cousley (1894-1969)

1940-1941

William Sutherland

1941-1942

John “Jack” Dutton (1888-1961)

1942-1943

George Allan Wilson (1898-1973)

1943-1944

Lincoln Gudjon Johnson (1899-1970)

1944-1945

James Kenneth “Ken” Watson (1904-1986)

1945-1946

Ambrose Clifford Wise (1897-1975)

1946-1947

Hallor Marino Frederickson (1906-1992)

1947-1948

Spencer Cox Guest (1886-1971)

1948-1949

George Douglas Iliffe (1901-1967)

1949-1950

William Lindsay Ferguson (1906-1991)

1950-1951

John Lawrence “Lorne” Stewart (1909-1968)

1951-1952

George L. Fraser

1952-1953

James Stuart

1953-1954

Cecil Roy Forsyth (1899-1998)

1954-1955

Richard Rodney “Rod” Goodwin (1903-1984)

1955-1956

Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson (1907-1972)

1956-1957

William Lyle [Decker] Dyker (1915-1994)

1957-1958

Marshall Harvey Hall (1902-1964)

1958-1959

Allister Findlay McDiarmid (1919-1991)

1959-1960

James Donaldson McGregor (?-1969)

1960-1961

Bruce MacLean Hudson (1928-2016)

1961-1962

William Karl Ziprick (?-1991)

1962-1963

John Arnold “Arnie” Barr (1924-2019)

1963-1964

William Lyle Henry (1918-2010)

1964-1965

Raymond Lloyd Orris (1916-1985)

1965-1966

Robert Bayne “Bobby” Goodwin

1966-1967

Gordon Kenneth “Ken” Little (1929-2013)

1966-1968

Boris Hryhorczuk

1968-1969

Vernon E. Nelson

1969-1970

Bruce D. Campbell

1970-1971

Alexander Kitchener “Al” Mattick (1919-2011)

1971-1972

George Harold Laudrum (1923-1994)

1972-1973

John “Jack” Callum (1936-2021)

1973-1974

Clifford Graham Palmer

1974-1975

Richard Shead

1975-1976

Robert W. Binding

1976-1977

Art Bilodeau

1977-1978

Brian Kent

1978-1979

Garry Whalen

1979-1980

John McLeod

1980-1981

B. E. Wood

1981-1982

Sydney John Lentle (1924-2015)

Sources:

“Strathcona's history one of quality,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 July 1968, page 48.

This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 August 2023