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The Granite Curling Club was established in 1880, founded by David Young, who served as its first President. Curling began in 1881 in a makeshift facility on Lombard Street with high wood walls and a canvas roof. In 1883, they rented three sheets on Market Street known as the City Rink. In 1887, they moved to the Royal Rink with four sheets at the rear of the McIntyre Block on Main Street.
In 1893, as curling started to flourish in Winnipeg, the club constructed a six-sheet facility at the corner of Hargrave Street and Ellice Avenue where they spent 19 years.
In 1911, the club purchased land where the present club stands on Mostyn Place located on the north side of the Assiniboine River just west of Osborne Street. Construction of the tudor-frame clubhouse designed by James Chisholm and built by Thomas Kelly began in 1912 and the nine-sheet facility was ready for curling for the 1913-1914 season. Although it had some financial and structure issues to overcome, it continues to operate in the same location.
When the Manitoba Curling Association was formed in 1888, the Granite or “Mother Club” as it is affectionately called, was one of two Winnipeg clubs of the seven original clubs that formed it.
The curlers that have represented the club have had many successes over the years. In the men's competition, teams skipped by Howard Wood (1930, 1940), Jim Congalton (1932), Terry Braunstein (1965), Don Duguid (1970, 1971), and Vic Peters (1992) have won the Brier emblematic of the Canadian Men's Curling Championship. Of note is the Duguid teams that went on to win the World Men's Curling Championship. In the Junior Men's Competition, the team skipped by Bob Ursel won the 1984 Canadian Juniors and completed their domination in 1985 with a World Junior Crown. In 2001, Barry Fry skipped a team to the Canadian Masters Championship.
Period
President
1881-1882
David Young (1848-1887)
1882-1883
Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)
1883-1884
Thomas Renwick
1884-1885
Alexander “Sandy” Brown (1842-1922)
1885-1886
Lyman Melvin Jones (1843-1917)
1886-1888
Alexander “Sandy” Macdonald (1843-1928)
1888-1889
John Brown Mather (c1847-1892)
1889-1890
Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)
1890-1891
William Wallace McMillan (1852-1928)
1891-1892
William Georgeson (1859-?)
1892-1893
Henry Norlande Ruttan (1848-1925)
1893-1894
Thomas Black (1856-1914)
1894-1896
Mark Fortune (1847-1912)
1896-1897
James Scroggie (1859-1948)
1897-1898
George Francis Bryan (1850-1919)
1898-1899
James Scroggie (1859-1948)
1899-1901
Alexander “Sandy” Macdonald (1843-1928)
1901-1902
George Francis Bryan (1850-1919)
1902-1904
William Henry Rourke (1853-1930)
1904-1905
George Jackson Laird (1859-1940)
1905-1907
Richard Deans Waugh (1868-1938)
1907-1908
Joseph Lemon (1862-1925)
1908-1909
Thomas J. Lowe (1873-1942)
1909-1910
Andrew Boak Alexander (1872-1937)
1910-1912
William Tier (1869-1939)
1912-1914
Colin Campbell “Cam” Chisholm (1883-1936)
1914-1916
William Pembroke “Billy” McDougall (1881-1921)
1916-1919
Andrew Wilson (1863-1923)
1919-1920
Robert Murray McGowan (1865-1921)
1920-1921
Andrew Wilson (1863-1923)
1921-1922
Alex Stewart
1922-1923
Francis Lee “Frank” Kenny (1866-1925)
1923-1924
Edward H. Smith
1924-1925
David Wesley “Wes” Griffith (1879-1943)
1925-1926
Thomas Leon “Pat” Cavanagh (1884-1936)
1927-1927
Donald Stuart McKellar (1897-1981)
1927-1928
William James Brown Logan (1881-1931)
1928-1929
Oscar Thompson Dudley (1894-1944)
1929-1930
John Alexen Erzinger (1884-1949)
1930-1931
Thomas Cull (1870-1942)
1931-1932
Robert Alexander Gillespie (1881-1965)
1932-1933
William T. Hetherington
1933-1934
John C. Staples
1934-1935
John Wilfred Argue (1886-1961)
1935-1936
Norman Wilfred Warner (1887-1964)
1936-1937
Alexander Telford Liddle (1876-1956)
1937-1938
Wellington Russell Gorrell (1886-1961)
1938-1940
Stephen Cornell Trewhitt (1889-1975)
1940-1941
William Lyall Wallace (1898-1975)
1941-1942
George Crawford Goodrick (1904-1970)
1942-1943
Peter Leitch (1887-1947)
1943-1944
William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)
1944-1945
Ross Graham Manahan (c1888-1960)
1945-1947
Ernest John Sowerby (1896-1985)
1947-1948
William Herman Brett (1887-1964)
1948-1949
Ignatius Anthony “Tony” Mahon (1894-1971)
1949-1950
Clinton Charles Adams (1901-1964)
1950-1951
James Gordon James (1913-1983)
1950-1951
Gordon Cecil Dow (1906-1991)
1951-1952
Ward Brian Williams (1892-1973)
1952-1953
George Allen (1890-1962)
1953-1954
George Horace Weldon (1914-1986)
1954-1955
Albert Edward “Al” Derrett (1908-1980)
1955-1957
Osborne Blake Parkinson (1887-1970)
1957-1958
Ward Wood McVey (1900-1967)
1958-1959
Charles Louis Morgan Jones (1905-1973)
1959-1960
Robert “Bob” MacFarlane (1909-1964)
1960-1961
Gordon Blaine McTavish (1927-2019)
1961-1962
John Edward Donaldson “Don” Rowand (1899-1986)
1962-1963
David Bruce Wallace Forrester (1918-2001)
1963-1964
Philip Del Bigio (1908-1999)
1964-1965
William C. “Bill” Nairn (1912-1986)
1965-1966
Lorne William Parker (1923-1993)
1966-1967
John Alexander Iverach (1917-1992)
1967-1968
Easson Miller (1910-1990)
1968-1969
Sydney John “Syd” Parsons (1925-2015)
1969-1970
Lloyd Stanley Borland (1906-1995)
1970-1971
James William “Jimmy” Doig (1914-1993)
1971-1972
Edward Graham “Ted” Derrett (1934-1996)
1972-1973
Michael David “Mike” Rattray (1931-2022)
1973-1974
John Francis “Frank” Bird (1912-1990)
1974-1976
Harold Ffolliott Gyles (1927-2010)
1976-1977
John Clare Burns
1977-1978
Peter Rattray
1978-1980
William Reynar “Bill” Ross (1921-1997)
1980-1981
J. Kenneth “Ken” Esdale (1943-2023)
1981-1982
John Westwood “Jack” Beech (1917-1990)
1982-1983
Raymond Charles “Ray” Turnbull (1939-2017)
1983-1984
Winston F. Smith
1984-1986
George William Walker (1930-2013)
1986-1987
J. Charles Scott
1987-1988
John David “Jack” Borthwick (1930-2017)
1988-1989
J. T. “Jim” Wood
1989-1990
Gord Fisher
1990-1991
Ian Staniloff
1991-1993
Bill Robertson
1993-1994
Barry Greenberg
1994-1996
J. Keith Auld
1996-1997
R. L. Clark
1997-1998
Don Duguid
1998-2000
Al Karlenzig
2000-2002
Ted Spencer
2002-2003
Doug Holmes
2003-2004
Mike Moore
2004-2005
Jamie Hay
2005-2006
Gary Gumprich
2006-2007
Derek Hay
2007-2009
Eric James Guy (?-2023)
2009-2012
Frank Clark
2012-2014
Pat Bourassa
2014-2016
2016-2018
Warren Reimer
2018-2020
Dawn Klatt
2020-2022
Luc Dauriac
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Granite Curling Club (22 Granite Way, Winnipeg)
The Granite Curling Club, 22 Mostyn Place, Winnipeg by Sheila Grover
Manitoba History, Number 14, Autumn 1987
“Granites ready for Golden Jubilee,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 December 1931, page 23.
“Granite Club is 60 years,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1941, page 1.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 January 2024
