The Calgary Curling Club is a

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

club located in

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

History

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. The club won the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship.

Notable members

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Crystal Webster Crystal Webster (born as Crystal Rumberg on February 26, 1975, in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. Career Juniors Webster made her national curling debut at the 1994 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. This ...

Curlers Corner

The Curlers Corner equipment shop is located inside of the Calgary Curling Club. The club hosts the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, a former women's

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event on the

World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from J ...

sponsored by the Curlers Corner equipment shop, every year.

Provincial champions

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

Women's

The club has won the women's provincial championships once: *1981 Susan Seitz, Judy Erickson,

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1981 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship The 1981 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship, (nicknamed "The Lassie"), the Canadian women's curling championship was from February 21 to 28, 1981 at Memorial Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland. It was the final year before Scot ...

winners, 1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship silver medalists; team also credited as from the North Hill Curling Club).

Junior Women's

*1971: Shelby McKenzie,

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, Debbie Goliss (

Canadian Junior Curling Championships The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 21 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament. The even ...

winners) *1976: Jill Silverthrone, Janice Marchand, Rita Leonard, Kathy Campbell *1979: Sandra Knights, Wanda McMurdo, Tracy Sloan, Dianne Kadonga *1998:

Bronwen Saunders Bronwen Webster (born Bronwen Saunders; August 2, 1978) is a Canadian curler from Alberta. Career Webster won her provincial junior championship earning her a right to represent Alberta at the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Her tea ...

, Jennifer Vejprava, Tara Runquist, Erika Hildebrand *1999: Kyla MacLachlan, Chantel Paradis, Sara Gartner, Lyndsey Wegmann *2002: Jennifer Vejprava, Erika Hildebrand, Kristen Moore, Susan Loftus *2008: Maria Bushell, Jenn Liner, Jody Keim, Heather Rogers *2010: Nadine Chyz, Rebecca Pattison, Kristina Hadden, Kimberly Anderson

Senior women

*1979: Alice Crawford, Peggy Bogart, Jean Cherry, Margaret Clarke *1981: Bea Mayer, Eileen Cyr, Leah Nate, Alice Vejprava (

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winners) *1982: Jean Hugh, Evelyn Robertson, Shirley Morrison, Isobel Henderson *1983: Bea Mayer, Marg Scott, Leah Nate, Phyllis Barry *1984: Bea Mayer, Marg Scott, Leah Nate, Alice Vejprava *1993:

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, Marjorie Kushnir,

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*1994:

, Marjorie Kushnir,

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winners) *1998: Cordella Schwengler, Marj Stewart, Marilyn Bratton, Nora Eaves *1999: Sandra Turner, Cordella Schwengler, Marilyn Toews, Arlene Breckenridge *2001: Susan Seitz, Heather Loat, Darlene Breckenridge, Sharen McLean *2008: Sandy Turner, Linda Wagner, Marilyn Toews, Judy Carr *2009: Peggy Harper, Judy Pendergast, Deb Pendergast, Cheryl Meek

Master Women's

*1995: Peggy Bogart, Jean Smith, Flo Markin Alice Lavery *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 The Canadian Masters Curling Championships are an annual curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and s ...

winners) *2008: Mary Lynn Oates, Heather Paul-Scott, Sylvia Babich, Linda Pratt (

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

The club has won the men's provincial championships 14 times: *1935: Robert Alexander,

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, Cyril Glover, Walter McLaws *1939:

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, Jacob Curliss,

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, St. Clair Webb *1941:

, Jack Lebeau,

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champions) *1947:

, Robert Munro, I. O. Chubb,

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*1960:

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, Jimmy Shields, Ron Baker, Fred Storey *1963: Jimmy Shields, Ron Northcott, Ron Baker, Fred Storey *1964: Ron Northcott, Mike Chernoff, Ron Baker, Fred Storey *1965: Nick Laschuk, Slim Otterson, Ken Hamilton, Don Jarrett *1966: Ron Northcott,

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, Fred Storey (

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and 1966 Scotch Cup gold medallists) *1967: Ron Northcott,

, Fred Storey *1968: Ron Northcott, Jimmy Shields,

, Fred Storey ( 1968 Macdonald Brier and

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gold medallists) *1969: Ron Northcott, Dave Gerlach,

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and 1969 Air Canada Silver Broom gold medallists) *1976: Wayne Sokolosky,

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, John Cottam, Shane Wylie *1984:

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, John Ferguson,

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Brent Syme Brent A. Syme (born October 23, 1956) is a Canadian curler. He is a and a 1986 Labatt Brier champion. He played at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, Canadian men's team won bronze medal. Syme retired from compe ...

U18 men's

*2004:

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Brock Virtue Brock Virtue (born September 21, 1986) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays third on Team Charley Thomas. He is a former Canadian and World Junior Curling Champion. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, raised in from Regina, Saskatchewan, Virtue' ...

, Matthew Ng, Camerson Rustad

Junior men's

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

Senior men's

*1970: R. M. Otterson, Bob Manahan, Shirley Salt, Bill Leew *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,

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winners) *1989: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, John Mayer *1991: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Herb Pearson, Jim Pringle

Masters men's

*1994: Bill Clark, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss, Dan Schmaltz *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

*1965:

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Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. The winners of the tournament will represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship. In mixed curling, the positions on a team must ...

winners) *1996: Lee Green, Kay Berreth, Shirley Salt, Donna Clark *2008:

Dean Ross Dean Ross (born c. 1963) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. He was the first man to represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships. In 2007, Ross and teammates Susan O'Connor, Tim Krassman and Susan Wright represen ...

Susan O'Connor Susan O'Connor (born May 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is an Olympic silver medallist. Career In 2000, O'Connor played third for Kevin Koe at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. The team, which also included Greg ...

, Tim Krassman, Susan Wright ( 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship winners)

Wheelchair

*2012:

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, Jack Smart, Anne Hibberd, Martin Purvis *2013:

, Jack Smart, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd *2014: Jack Smart,

, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd *2016: Jack Smart,

, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd

References

External links

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