The club was founded in 1888-1889.
Period
President
1888-1889
?
1889-1890
Harvey Cathcart Simpson (1862-1928)
1890-1891
William James Wilcox (1855-1934)
1891-1895
?
1895-1897
Harvey Cathcart Simpson (1862-1928)
1897-1898
William James Wilcox (1855-1934)
1898-1899
Edward Arthur Christopher Hosmer (1853-1921)
1899-1901
James Findlay Frame (1841-1923)
1901-1902
Henry James Pugh (1857-1942)
1902-1903
Richard Langtry (1866-1954)
1903-1905
William Alexander Bridgett (1867-1959)
1905-1907
John Caldwell (1860-1925)
1907-1910
?
1910-1911
William Leverington
1911-1912
John Francis Spooner (1865-1926)
1912-1917
?
1917-1918
John Francis Spooner (1865-1926)
1918-1920
?
1920-1922
James E. Rothnie (1887-1937)
1922-1923
William Alexander Bridgett (1867-1959)
1923-1925
Alex McIntyre
1925-1927
Benjamin John McCormick (1882-1959)
1927-1929
Thomas Albert Carscadden (1875-1960)
1929-1931
George Clingan (1868-1944)
1931-1932
?
1932-1934
Richard Norman Roddy (1885-1951)
1934-1936
Wallace Robert Gibson (1891-1973)
1936-1937
Ralph Glass (1896-1951)
1937-1938
?
1938-1939
H. H. Allan
1939-1942
Earle Alexander Megaffin (1896-1967)
1942-1943
William Frederick “Fred” Bridgett (1907-1986)
1943-1944
Robert James Cook (1893-1983)
1944-1945
Henry Robert
1945-1946
Earle Alexander Megaffin (1896-1967)
1946-1947
John Dorion Sills (1905-1982)
1947-1948
D. J. Reid
1948-1949
Douglas Arnold “Doug” Gray (1908-1974)
1949-1950
James Hewitt (1906-1990)
1950-1951
Duncan “Hector” Stewart (1912-1999)
1951-1952
Roy Brown
1952-1953
Cecil Gordon Perlette (1916-1977)
1953-1954
Orville Stephen Fowler (1916-1977)
1954-1955
Ross Taylor
1955-1956
William James Duncan (1909-1986)
1956-1957
William Talmage Carefoot (1920-1999)
1957-1958
William James Duncan (1909-1986)
1958-1959
Bruce Taylor
1959-1960
Glen Hubert Fowler (1927-2002)
1960-1961
Harland Metcalfe
1961-1962
Colin Harry Fowler (1918-1984)
1962-1963
Jack L. Templeton
1963-1964
Leslie Howard Shoemaker (1914-1992)
1964-1965
Ronald J. Wright (1919-2000)
1965-1966
John William Cockbill (1928-1976)
1966-1967
Lawrence Carl “Larry” Heintz (1932-1983)
1967-1968
Henry Polk
1968-1969
Marcel Chacun
1969-1970
Morris Smeltz
1970-1971
Edgar David “Ed” Dickson (1923-2001)
1971-1972
Frederick Alexander “Fred” Ritchie (1920-2008)
1972-1973
Hugh A. Larkin (1930-2015)
1973-1974
Glen McKinnon
1974-1975
Keith Alexander Kinnaird (1928-2005)
1975-1976
Don Andrews
1976-1977
John Alexander Cruickshank (1916-2015)
1977-1978
James Owen “Jim” Moffatt (1916-2015)
1978-1979
Murray Duncan
1979-1980
Brian Fowler
1980-1981
Rick Smith
1981-1982
Jon “Murray” Wooldridge (1947-2017)
1982-1983
Grant Gardiner
1983-1984
Jack Sidney Day (1907-1998)
1984-1985
Henry Polk
1985-1986
Jim Cruise
1986-1987
Merv Simpson
1987-1988
Pete Schneider
1988-1989
Barry Wayne Doole (1952-2023)
1989-1990
Dwight Shepherd
1990-1991
Murray Routledge
1991-1992
Ron Ritchie
1992-1993
Dwayne Renard
1993-1994
Brian Renard
1994-1995
Barry Hayward
1995-1996
Kevin Gabrielle
1996-1997
Mark Allen Blelloch (1962-2019)
1997-1998
Dwayne Barkley
1998-1999
Neil Lewis
1999-2000
Bob Heaman
2000-2003
Kerry Smeltz
2003-2005
Darwin Walker
2005-2007
Clayton Wood
2007-2014
Cory Barkley
2014-2018
Jay Kinnaird
2018-2020
Steve Warkentin
2020-2024
Erin Barkley
2024-
Tyler Strachan
“Clubs re-organize,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 December 1895, page 5.
“Virden Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 April 1899, page 3.
“Virden officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 November 1903, page 5.
“Curling,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 November 1906, page 12.
“Virden curlers,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 November 1911, page 7.
“Virden Curling Club selects officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 December 1917, page 6.
“Virden bonspiel to be held on February 18,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 December 1923, page 18.
“Virden Curling Club has successful season,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 May, 1925, page 22.
“Virden curlers are ready for season,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 November 1925, page 17.
“Virden Curling Club skips are selected,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 November 1926, page 15.
“Virden Curling Club officials are elected,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 April 1927, page 34.
“Virden curlers arrange bonspiel,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 November 1929. page 60.
“Virden Curling Club re-elects officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 19 April 1930, page 43.
“Virden Curling Club plans active season,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 December 1934, page 13.
“Gibson heads Virden curlers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 March 1935, page 29.
“Megaffin will head Virden Curling Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 April 1939, page 17.
“Elect officers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 1948, page 22.
“Virden curlers elect Hewitt,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 November 1949, page 18.
“H. Stewart heads Virden curlers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 November 1950, page 17.
“Virden,” Brandon Daily Sun, 21 March 1952, page 26.
“Virden Curling Club meeting,” Brandon Daily Sun, 18 April 1953, page 6.
“Duncan Virden Curling Club new President,” Brandon Daily Sun, 27 April 1955, page 6.
“New curling rink well under way,” Hamiota Echo, 30 April 1958, page 7.
“Virden curlers elect officers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 1958, page 44.
“Virden opens curling rink,” Brandon Daily Sun, 15 December 1958, page 11.
“Using wood blocks on open air rink,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 1959, page 19.
“Virden Curling Club elects Glen Fowler,” Brandon Daily Sun, 27 April 1959, page 5.
“Virden curlers hold meeting,” Brandon Sun, 25 April 1962, page 7.
“Rural spot,” Brandon Sun, 14 April 1965, page 11.
“Rural roundup,” Brandon Sun, 6 May, 1967, page 14.
“Virden news,” Brandon Sun, 4 May 1970, page 9.
“Larkin heads Virden curlers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 May 1972, page 51.
“Glen McKinnon new President,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1973, page 7.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 January 2026
