The Calgary Curling Club is a

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club located in

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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

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Notable members

* Cheryl Bernard * Cori Morris * Crystal Webster

Curlers Corner

The Curlers Corner equipment shop is located inside of the Calgary Curling Club. The club hosts the

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, a former women's Grand Slam event on the

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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, Myrna McKay, Betty McCracken ( 1981 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship winners, 1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship silver medallists; team also credited as from the North Hill Curling Club).

Junior Women's

*1971: Shelby McKenzie, Marlene Pargeter, Arlene Hrdlicka, Debbie Goliss (

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winners) *1976: Jill Silverthrone, Janice Marchand, Rita Leonard, Kathy Campbell *1979: Sandra Knights, Wanda McMurdo, Tracy Sloan, Dianne Kadonga *1998: Bronwen Saunders, 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: Cordella Schwengler, Marjorie Stewart, Marjorie Kushnir, Nora Eaves *1994: Cordella Schwengler, Marjorie Stewart, Marjorie Kushnir, Nora Eaves (

winners) *1998: Cordella Schwengler, Marjorie 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 *2023: Atina Ford-Johnston, Shannon Morris, Sheri Pickering, Cori Morris *2024: Atina Ford-Johnston, Shannon Morris, Sheri Pickering, Cori Morris (

winners)

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 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

The club has won the men's provincial championships 14 times: *1935: Robert Alexander, Howard Palmer, Cyril Glover, Walter McLaws *1939:

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, Jacob Curliss, Ernest Irving, St. Clair Webb *1941: Howard Palmer, Jack Lebeau, Arthur Gooder, Clare Webb (

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champions) *1947: Howard Palmer, Robert Munro, I. O. Chubb,

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*1960: Stu Beagle, 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,

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, Don Jarrett *1966: Ron Northcott, George Fink,

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gold medallists) *1967: Ron Northcott, George Fink,

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and

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gold medallists) *1969: Ron Northcott,

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, Shane Wylie *1984:

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, John Ferguson, Neil Houston, Brent Syme

U18 men's

*2004:

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, 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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, Vi Salt (

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

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, Tim Krassman, Susan Wright (

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winners)

Wheelchair

*2012: Bruno Yizek, Jack Smart, Anne Hibberd, Martin Purvis *2013: Bruno Yizek, Jack Smart, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd *2014: Jack Smart, Bruno Yizek, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd *2016: Jack Smart, Bruno Yizek, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd

References

External links

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