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club located in

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, Canada. The club is one of four in the city. The club was founded in 1889-90 at the corner of Victoria Ave and 18th St in Downtown Brandon. The club was moved further south in 1953 to the Provincial Exhibition Grounds. Three years later, a fire destroyed the rink, but it as re-built by Fall 1956. Two years later, artificial ice was installed, before fire destroyed the rink once again in 1964. Four months after the fire, it was once again rebuilt. The club was re-located to a different site at the exhibition grounds in 1969-70. The club was added to the

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arena in 1992, becoming an 8 sheet club in the process.

Provincial champions

Men's

Brandon Curling Club teams have won two men's provincial championships. In 1987, Brian Fowler,

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, Dale Wallace and Gary Poole won the title, and finished 6-5 at the

1987 Labatt Brier The 1987 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 15 at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton, Alberta. Russ Howard of Ontario defeated Bernie Sparkes of British Columbia to win his first Brier title. Teams ...

. Rob Fowler, Allan Lyburn,

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and

Derek Samagalski Derek Samagalski (born September 9, 1984) is a Canadian curler who currently resides in Carberry, Manitoba. Career Samagalski gained notoriety when he won the 2012 Safeway Championship again as a lead on the Rob Fowler team to represent Mani ...

won the

2012 Safeway Championship The 2012 Safeway Championship, Manitoba's men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 8 to 12 at the Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Manitoba. The winning team of Rob Fowler, represented Manitoba at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in ...

and would go on to win a bronze medal at the

2012 Tim Hortons Brier The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to March 11 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This Brier marked the sixth time that Saskatoon hosted the Brier; the last tim ...

Women's

The Brandon Curling Club has won the

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six times: 1968 ( Mabel Mitchell, Shirley Bray,

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, June Clark), 1971 (Mabel Mitchell, Mildred Murray,

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, June Clark), 1972 (

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, Mabel Mitchell,

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), 1993 (

Maureen Bonar Maureen S. Bonar ( ); (born February 18, 1963 in Deloraine, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. Bonar is a four time provincial champion- twice as a skip. In 2009 Bonar was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame. ...

Lois Fowler Lois Ellen Fowler ( Moffatt; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. Early life Lois Ellen Moffatt, the daughter of James and Gladys Moffatt, grew up in Carroll, Manitoba. The family moved to Bran ...

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), 1996 (Maureen Bonar, Gerri Cooke, Allyson Bell, Lois Fowler), and 1998 (Lois Fwoler, Betty Couling, Shawon Fowler, Jocelyn Beever).

Juniors

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial junior men's championship in 1960 (

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, Wes Hoffman, Jim Poole, Reid Lumbard), 1998 ( Mike McEwen,

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, Bryce Granger,

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) and 2001 (Mike McEwen, Denni Neufeld, Geordie Hargreaves,

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). The club also won the 1998 provincial junior women's championship with Lisa Roy, Amy Rafnkelsson, Jamie Coxworth and Kerry Maynes.

Seniors

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial senior men's championship in 1979 ( Eldon McLean, Clarence McFadyen, Harold McFadyen, Alf Poole), 1993 ( Frank Gudz,

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, Gene Cory, Davy Rudy) and 2004 ( Neil Andrews, Darryl Andrews,

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, Doug Carvey). The club won the provincial women's senior championship in 1970 ( Eva Loney, Eileen Marsden, Marge Flewitt, Isabel McAllum), 1983 ( Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams,

, June Clark), 1984 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Midred Murray, June Clark), 1985 ( Shirley Bray, Myrna Graham, Irene Fingas, Anne Mackay), 1987 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Mildred Murray, June Clark), 2001 ( Linda Van Daele,

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, Evelyn Clegg, Jean Ungarian), 2005 (Linsa Van Daele, Betty Couling, Evelyn Clegg, Jean Ungarian), 2009 (

, Gwen Wooley, Lori Manning, Lynn Sandercook), 2010 (Linda Van Daele, Betty Couling,

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, Liliane Fargey) and 2013 (Lois Fowler, Gwen Wooley, Lori Manning, Joan Robertson). Mabel Mitchell's 1983 rink also won the Canadian Senior Curling Championship for Manitoba.

Mixed

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial mixed championship in 1975 (

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, Shirley Bray,

, Mary Adams), 1998 ( Rob Fowler,

, Mark Taylor, Sharon Fowler), 2003 ( Mike McEwen,

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, Geordie Hargreaves, Kristen Williamson), 2004 ( Terry McNamee,

Jill Officer Jill Officer (born June 2, 1975) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer played second for the teams skipped by Jennifer Jones from 2003 to 2018 and while they were juniors. The team won a gold medal while representing Canada at t ...

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, Tanya Robins), 2005 (Terry McNamee,

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, Brendan Taylor, Tanya Robins) and 2012 (Terry McNamee,

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...

, Kyle Einarson, Stacey Fordyce)

Other

The club won the women's Dominion Curling Club Championship (now known as the Travelers Curling Club Championship) in 2013 with curlers Stacey Fordyce, Cristy Erickson, Stacey Irwin and Pam Gouldie. The club won the event again in 2017 with the same team.

References

Club historyCurl Manitoba past champions
Curling clubs in Manitoba Sport in Brandon, Manitoba Curling clubs established in the 19th century Sports clubs and teams established in 1889 1889 establishments in Manitoba