Canadian Senior Curling Championships

Canadian Senior Curling Championships
Canadian Senior Curling Championships
Established	1965 (men); 1973 (women)
2023 host city	Vernon, British Columbia
2023 arena	Vernon Curling Club
Current champions (2023)
Men	Nova Scotia
Women	Ontario
Current edition
	2023 Canadian Senior Curling Championships

The Canadian Senior Curling Championships are an annual bonspiel held to determine the national champions in senior curling for Canada. Seniors are defined as being people over the age of 50. The championship teams play at the World Senior Curling Championships the following year.

The event's first committee was established in October 1964.^[1] Frank Sargent was an original member of the senior championship committee, and believed the event would attract former Brier competitors and give seniors a place to compete which had not existed.^[2] The inaugural Canadian Seniors Curling Championship was hosted in Port Arthur in March 1965. It used a minimum age of 55 for competitors, and had the Seagram Company as its title sponsor.^[3]

Past champions

Men

Year	Team	Winning skip	Host
1965	Manitoba	Leo Johnson	Port Arthur, Ontario
1966	Ontario	Jim Johnston	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1967	New Brunswick	Jim Murphy	Montreal, Quebec
1968	Saskatchewan	Don Wilson	Edmonton, Alberta
1969	Ontario	Alfie Phillips	Hamilton, Ontario
1970	British Columbia	Don MacRae	Kamloops, British Columbia
1971	Prince Edward Island	Wen MacDonald	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1972	Quebec	Ken Weldon	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
1973	Manitoba	Bill McTavish	Sudbury, Ontario
1974	British Columbia	George Beaudry	Saint John, New Brunswick
1975	Prince Edward Island	Wen MacDonald	Calgary, Alberta
1976	Prince Edward Island	Wen MacDonald	Ottawa, Ontario
1977	Saskatchewan	Morrie Thompson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1978	Saskatchewan	Art Knutson	St. Thomas, Ontario
1979	Alberta	Cliff Forry	Noranda, Quebec
1980	Saskatchewan	Terry McGeary	Saint John, New Brunswick
1981	Quebec	Jim Wilson	Nanaimo, British Columbia
1982	Manitoba	Lloyd Gunnlaugson	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1983	Manitoba	Lloyd Gunnlaugson	Sarnia, Ontario
1984	Manitoba	Lloyd Gunnlaugson	St. John's, Newfoundland
1985	Saskatchewan	Frank Scheirich	Yorkton, Saskatchewan
1986	Ontario	Earle Hushagen	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
1987	Manitoba	Norm Houck	Prince George, British Columbia
1988	Alberta	Bill Clark	Peterborough, Ontario
1989	Ontario	Jim Sharples	Kenora, Ontario
1990	Manitoba	Jim Ursel	Whitehorse, Yukon
1991	Manitoba	Jim Ursel	Victoria, British Columbia
1992	Ontario	Jim Sharples	Nipawin, Saskatchewan
1993	Alberta	Len Erickson	Edmonton, Alberta
1994	New Brunswick	David Sullivan	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1995	Ontario	Bill Dickie	Saint John, New Brunswick
1996	Ontario	Bob Turcotte	Medicine Hat, Alberta
1997	Ontario	Bob Turcotte	Thornhill, Ontario
1998	Saskatchewan	Gary Bryden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1999	British Columbia	Ken Watson	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000	Ontario	Bob Turcotte	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2001	Manitoba	Gary Ross	Calgary, Alberta
2002	Manitoba	Carl German	St. Thomas, Ontario
2003	Alberta	Tom Reed	Lethbridge, Alberta
2004	Newfoundland and Labrador	Bas Buckle	Vernon, British Columbia
2005	Alberta	Les Rogers	East St. Paul, Manitoba
2006	Northern Ontario	Al Hackner	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2007	Alberta	Pat Ryan	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
2008	Saskatchewan	Eugene Hritzuk	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
2009	Ontario	Bruce Delaney	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2010	Alberta	Mark Johnson	Ottawa, Ontario
2011	Manitoba	Kelly Robertson	Digby, Nova Scotia
2012	Alberta	Rob Armitage	Abbotsford, British Columbia
2013	New Brunswick	Wayne Tallon	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2014	Nova Scotia	Alan O'Leary	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2015	Manitoba	Randy Neufeld	Edmonton, Alberta
2016	Ontario	Bryan Cochrane	Digby, Nova Scotia
2017	Alberta	Wade White	Fredericton, New Brunswick
2018	Ontario	Bryan Cochrane	Stratford, Ontario
2019	Saskatchewan	Bruce Korte	Chilliwack, British Columbia
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada		Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2021	Alberta	Wade White	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
2022	Ontario	Howard Rajala	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
2023	Nova Scotia	Paul Flemming	Vernon, British Columbia

Province	Titles by province
Ontario	13
Manitoba	12
Alberta	10
Saskatchewan	8
British Columbia	3
New Brunswick	3
Prince Edward Island	3
Nova Scotia	2
Quebec	2
Newfoundland and Labrador	1
Northern Ontario	1

Women

Year	Team	Winning skip	Host
1973	British Columbia	Ada Calles	Ottawa, Ontario
1974	British Columbia	Flora Martin	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1975	British Columbia	Flora Martin	Swift Current, Saskatchewan
1976	Alberta	Hadie Manley	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1977	British Columbia	Vi Tapella	Peace River, Alberta
1978	Alberta	Hadie Manley	St. John's, Newfoundland
1979	British Columbia	Flora Martin	Vernon, British Columbia
1980	British Columbia	Flora Martin	Fredericton, New Brunswick
1981	Alberta	Bea Mayer	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982	Nova Scotia	Verda Kempton	Montreal, Quebec
1983	Manitoba	Mabel Mitchell	Guelph, Ontario
1984	Saskatchewan	Ev Krahn	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985	Saskatchewan	Ev Krahn	Yorkton, Saskatchewan
1986	Saskatchewan	Ev Krahn	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
1987	Nova Scotia	Verda Kempton	Prince George, British Columbia
1988	Ontario	Phyllis Nielsen	Peterborough, Ontario
1989	Saskatchewan	Emily Farnham	Kenora, Ontario
1990	Ontario	Jill Greenwood	Whitehorse, Yukon
1991	Northern Ontario	Eila Brown	Victoria, British Columbia
1992	Saskatchewan	Sheila Rowan	Nipawin, Saskatchewan
1993	Ontario	Jill Greenwood	Edmonton, Alberta
1994	Alberta	Cordella Schwengler	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1995	Northern Ontario	Sheila Ross	Saint John, New Brunswick
1996	Ontario	Jill Greenwood	Medicine Hat, Alberta
1997	Quebec	Agnès Charette	Thornhill, Ontario
1998	Ontario	Jill Greenwood	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1999	Quebec	Agnès Charette	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000	Quebec	Agnès Charette	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2001	Ontario	Anne Dunn	Calgary, Alberta
2002	Ontario	Anne Dunn	St. Thomas, Ontario
2003	Saskatchewan	Nancy Kerr	Lethbridge, Alberta
2004	Ontario	Anne Dunn	Vernon, British Columbia
2005	Ontario	Joyce Potter	East St. Paul, Manitoba
2006	Ontario	Anne Dunn	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2007	Alberta	Diane Foster	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
2008	British Columbia	Pat Sanders	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
2009	Nova Scotia	Colleen Pinkney	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2010	British Columbia	Christine Jurgenson	Ottawa, Ontario
2011	New Brunswick	Heidi Hanlon	Digby, Nova Scotia
2012	Alberta	Cathy King	Abbotsford, British Columbia
2013	Nova Scotia	Colleen Pinkney	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2014	Manitoba	Lois Fowler	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2015	Alberta	Terri Loblaw	Edmonton, Alberta
2016	Nova Scotia	Colleen Jones	Digby, Nova Scotia
2017	Saskatchewan	Sherry Anderson	Fredericton, New Brunswick
2018	Saskatchewan	Sherry Anderson	Stratford, Ontario
2019	Saskatchewan	Sherry Anderson	Chilliwack, British Columbia
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada		Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2021	Saskatchewan	Sherry Anderson	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
2022	Saskatchewan	Sherry Anderson	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
2023	Ontario	Susan Froud	Vernon, British Columbia

Province	Titles by province
Ontario	11
Saskatchewan	11
British Columbia	8
Alberta	7
Nova Scotia	5
Quebec	3
Manitoba	2
Northern Ontario	2
New Brunswick	1

References

^ "The National Seniors Curling Championship for the Seagram Stone". Miniota Herald. Miniota, Manitoba. October 1, 1964. p. 1.
^ Harper, Scotty (March 22, 1965). "'Greybeards' Match Rocks". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 24.
^ Harper, Scotty (March 4, 1965). "Sargent Named Head Of Canadian Curlers". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 42.

External links

Canadian Senior Curling Championships home

[1] "The National Seniors Curling Championship for the Seagram Stone". Miniota Herald. Miniota, Manitoba. October 1, 1964. p. 1.

[2] Harper, Scotty (March 22, 1965). "'Greybeards' Match Rocks". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 24.

[3] Harper, Scotty (March 4, 1965). "Sargent Named Head Of Canadian Curlers". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 42.

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