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Fort William Curling Club

Fort William Curling Club

Curling club in Thunder Bay, Ontario

The Fort William Curling Club is a curling club located in the Downtown Fort William neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The club hosted the Canadian men's curling championship in 1960 and the Canadian women's curling championship in 1969. It is also the home club of World Men's curling champions Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy, Ian Tetley, and Pat Perroud.

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History

The Fort William Curling Club was established in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) on September 18, 1891, on property leased by Peter and John McKellar. It was originally part of the Manitoba Curling Association. The rink was destroyed by fire twice, in 1892 and 1908. The current facility, with artificial ice, opened on March 10, 1951, as the Fort William Curling and Athletic Club.[3] The club is adjacent to the Fort William Gardens.[4]

Notable members

Only events representing the Fort William Curling Club are listed.

Events

The Fort William Curling Club has hosted several Canadian national curling championships. In 1960, the club co-hosted the Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, at the Fort William Gardens.[3] The club also hosted the 1966 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship[45] and the Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship in 1969.[46] In 2006, the Fort William and Port Arthur Curling Clubs co-hosted the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Thunder Bay.[47] The Fort William Curling Club also hosted the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship in 2012, where a team from the club, skipped by Carl Levesque, represented Northern Ontario.[48] The following year, the club hosted the 2013 The Dominion Curling Club Championship, the Canadian championships for club-level curlers.[49] In 2017, the club hosted the U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships.[50]

The club has also hosted several Northern Ontario provincial curling championships. It hosted the men's provincial championship in 2011[51] and in 2017.[52] The club also hosted the 2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which was the first time that the Northern Ontario women's provincial champions received a direct berth into the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts and represented Northern Ontario separately from Ontario.[53]

Provincial champions

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Presidents

  • 1923–1927: C. McEwan
  • 1941–1942: J. Cassidy
  • 1942–1944: Ira Gerry
  • 1947–1948: R.H. Smith
  • 1948–1950: George Charlesbois
  • 1950–1952: George Breckman
  • 1953–1957: Len Cameron
  • 1957–1959: Dick Symes
  • 1959–1961: Tom Fry
  • 1961–1963: Ted Childs
  • 1963: David Stevens
  • 1963–1965: Jim Andros
  • 1965–1967: Godon Holt
  • 1967–1968: Jack Taylor
  • 1968–1970: Jack Kallos Sr.
  • 1970–1972: Peter Good
  • 1972–1974: Fred Bullough
  • 1974–1976: Bob Morrison
  • 1976–1978: Ed Howe
  • 1978–1980: Tom Crane
  • 1980–1982: Rob Sinclair
  • 1982–1984: Ron Babcock
  • 1984–1986: Peter McCallum
  • 1986–1988: Fred Coulson
  • 1988–1990: Bill Charlebois
  • 1990–1992: Ed Wakewich
  • 1992–1994: Ron Campbell
  • 1994–1996: Ellie Stecky
  • 1996–1998: Alf Childs III
  • 1998–2000: Morris Stoyka
  • 2000–2002: Paul Finlay
  • 2002–2004: Terry Douglas
  • 2004–2006: Kris Woznesensky
  • 2006–2008: Jack Kallos Jr.
  • 2008–2009: Rob Chicorli
  • 2009–2011: Sam Barbisan
  • 2011–2013: Rose Steadwell
  • 2013–2015: Dave Kawahara
  • 2015–2017: Stan Nemec
  • 2017–2019: Rick Sutton
  • 2019–2021: Denise Hardy[93]
  • 2021-2023: Ken Kopechanski
  • 2023-present: Kevan Stranges[94]

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Notes

  1. From 2007 to 2014, the winners of the Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts did not qualify directly for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Instead, they received a berth into the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  2. The winners of the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship do not directly qualify for the World Wheelchair Curling Championship.[75]

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