Fort Rouge Curling Club
Fort Rouge Curling Club | |
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Location | 750 Daly St Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2N2 Canada 49°51′46″N 97°08′24″W / 49.8627°N 97.1401°W |
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Established | 1915 |
Club type | Dedicated ice |
Curling Canada region | Curl Manitoba |
Sheets of ice | Six |
Website | https://curlfortrouge.ca/ |
The Fort Rouge Curling Club is a curling club located in the Fort Rouge district of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
History
The Fort Rouge Curling Club joined the
Champions
Men's
The Rouge was the home club of the 1972 World Championship winning team of Orest Meleschuk, Dave Romano, John Hanesiak and Pat Hailley, a team most notable for the "Curse of LaBonte" incident. The club has produced two other Canadian championship rinks, in 1952 and 1956 (pre-dating the World Championships), both skipped by Billy Walsh. The 1952 Brier championship team included Al Langlois, Andy McWilliams and John Watson while the 1956 championship team included Langlois, Cy White and McWilliams. The club is also home to the 2016 men's provincial champion rink, consisting of Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak and Denni Neufeld.
Women's
The Rouge was also the home club of the
- 1958: Esther Poulton, May Graham, Mary Chalmers, Dorothy Starr
- 1984: Laliberte, More, Peters, Arnott
- 1989:
- 1992: Laliberte, Allen, Gauthier, Arnott
- 1994: Laliberte, Purdy, Gauthier, Arnott
- 1995: Laliberte, Purdy (replaced by Overton), Gauthier, Arnott
- 1999: Laliberte, Overton-Clapham, Debbie Jones-Walker, Arnott
- 2000: Overton-Clapham, Jill Staub, Jones-Walker, Arnott
- 2003: Barb Spencer, Darcy Robertson, Barb Enright, Faye Unrau
- 2006: Janet Harvey, Jill Thurston, Cherie-Ann Loder, Carey Burges
- 2009: Spencer, Robertson, Brette Richards, Barb Enright
- 2011: Overton-Clapham, Leslie Wilson, Raunora Westcott
- 2014: Lindsay Titheridge
Junior
Provincial junior championship rinks include:
- 1990 women's: Nancy Malanchuk, Raili Walker, Jill Ursel, Natalie Claude
- 1993 men's: Mike Mansell, Doug Pottinger, Jason Fuchs, Keith Marshall
- 1995 men's: Chris Galbraith, Scott Cripps, Brent Barrett, Bryan Galbraith (Canadian Champions, World Bronze Medallists)
- 2015 women's: Beth Peterson, Robyn Njegovan, Melissa Gordon, Breanne Yozenko
- 2016 women's: Abby Ackland, Robyn Njegovan, Melissa Gordon, Sara Oliver
Senior
Provincial senior championship rinks include:
- 1999 men's: Ron Westcott, Neil Andrews, Bob Boughey, Ron Toews
Masters
Provincial masters championship rinks include:
- 1987 men's: Colin Milne, Mike Prymak, Jack Stoneman, Claude Reid
- 1988 men's: Ken Hilton, Colin Milne, Bud Snarr, George Lowe
- 1993 men's: Lyle Henry, Colin Milne, Fraser Muldrew, Jim Penston
- 2010 men's: Ron Westcott, Bob Jenion, Bob Boughey, Gary Smith
- 2012 men's: Ron Westcott, Bob Jenion, Bob Boughey, Gary Smith
- 2014 men's: Ron Westcott, Ken Dusablon, Bob Boughey, Ron Toews
- 2015 men's: Ron Westcott, Ken Dusablon, Bob Boughey, Howard Restall (Canadian Champions)
Travelers Curling Club Championship
The Fort Rouge Curling Club won the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship, women's division. Members of the winning team were Tracy Andries, Crystal Kennedy, Dianne Christensen and April Klassen.
References
- ^ "Fort Rouge Curling Club - Home". curlfortrouge.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-27.