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Calgary Curling Club

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Calgary Curling Club
Location720 3 Street NW
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N9[1]
Information
Established1888
Club typeDedicated ice
Curling Canada regionSo. Alberta
Sheets of ice8
Websitehttp://www.calgarycurlingclub.com/

The Calgary Curling Club is a curling club located in Calgary, Alberta.

History

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The Calgary Curling Club was founded in 1888 and opened its first rink in 1892. It then moved venues to Victoria Park in 1909, and moved from there to its current location in 1953.[2] The club won the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship.[3]

Notable members

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Curlers Corner

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The Curlers Corner equipment shop is located inside of the Calgary Curling Club.[4] The club hosts the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, a former women's Grand Slam event on the World Curling Tour sponsored by the Curlers Corner equipment shop, every year.

Provincial champions

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The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years:

Women's

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The club has won the women's provincial championships once:[5]

Junior Women's

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Senior women

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Master Women's

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  • 1995: Peggy Bogart, Jean Smith, Flo Markin Alice Lavery[8]
  • 2000: Phyl Raymond, Toni Ironside, Vida Roseboom, Jackie Ogryzio
  • 2003: Cordella Schwengler, Toni Ironside, Amy Sawby, Jackie Ogryzlo
  • 2004: Sandy Turner, Marilyn Toews, Ioline Meier, Betty Clarke
  • 2005: Mary Lynn Oates, Sandy Turner, Marilyn Toews, Betty Clarke
  • 2007: Linda Wagner, Sandy Turner, Marilyn Toews, Betty Clarke (Canadian Masters Curling Championships winners)
  • 2008: Mary Lynn Oates, Heather Paul-Scott, Sylvia Babich, Linda Pratt (Canadian Masters Curling Championships winners; shared with Inglewood Curling Club)
  • 2009: Sandy Turner, Linda Wagner, Mairlyn Toews, Judy Carr
  • 2010: Sandy Turner, Judy Carr, Marilyn Toews, Betty Clarke
  • 2013: Linda Wagner, Sandy Turner, Judy Carr, Marilyn Toews
  • 2015: Linda Wagner, Sandy Turner, Judy Carr, Marilyn Toews
  • 2016: Susan Seitz, Jill Hodgins Ukrainec, Barb McDonald, Jane Bleaney
  • 2017: Diane Foster, Shelly Bildfell, Jill Hodgins Ukrainec, Donna McLeod

Men's

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The club has won the men's provincial championships 14 times:[9]

U18 men's

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Junior men's

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  • 1957: Alf Scheiman, Bill Reeves, Tom Hilton, Ivor Warnick[11]
  • 1968: Ron Kelly, Burnie Cox, George Mader, Jim Sopher

Senior men's

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  • 1970: R. M. Otterson, Bob Manahan, Shirley Salt, Bill Leew[12]
  • 1972: Slim Otterson, Dunc Grant, Shirley Salt, Fred Blight
  • 1982: Ray Tull, Bud Purkiss, Ian Sherrington, Tom Hugh
  • 1985: Bill Clark, Lee Green, Bob Marshall, John Mayer
  • 1988: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, John Mayer (Canadian Senior Curling Championships winners)
  • 1989: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, John Mayer
  • 1991: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Herb Pearson, Jim Pringle

Masters men's

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  • 1994: Bill Clark, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss, Dan Schmaltz[13]
  • 1996: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss
  • 1997: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss
  • 1998: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss
  • 2001: Bill Clark, Herb Pearson, Will Sanders, Dan Schmaltz
  • 2003: Maurice Patridge, Jim Strain, Paul Nickell, Jim Lees
  • 2006: Art Assman, Lloyd Heller, Guenther Theophile, John Kennedy

Mixed

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Wheelchair

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References

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  1. ^ "Calgary Curling Club – Location".
  2. ^ "History". Calgary Curling Club. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  3. ^ "Alberta Women and British Columbia Men win Travelers gold". Curling Canada.
  4. ^ "Calgary's Curling Shop". Curler's Corner.
  5. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Women" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  6. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Junior Women" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  7. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Senior Women" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  8. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Master Women" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  9. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Men" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  10. ^ "Past Provincial Champions – Under 18 Men's" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  11. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Junior Men" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  12. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Senior Men" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  13. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Master Men" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  14. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Mixed" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  15. ^ "Past Provincial Champions - Wheelchair" (PDF). Alberta Curling Federation. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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