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The Brandon Curling Club is a
curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...
club located in
Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...
, Canada. The club is one of four in the city. The club was founded in 1889-90 at the corner of Victoria Ave and 18th St in Downtown Brandon. The club was moved further south in 1953 to the Provincial Exhibition Grounds. Three years later, a fire destroyed the rink, but it as re-built by Fall 1956. Two years later, artificial ice was installed, before fire destroyed the rink once again in 1964. Four months after the fire, it was once again rebuilt. The club was re-located to a different site at the exhibition grounds in 1969-70. The club was added to the
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arena in 1992, becoming an 8 sheet club in the process.


Provincial champions


Men's

Brandon Curling Club teams have won two men's provincial championships. In 1987, Brian Fowler,
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, Dale Wallace and Gary Poole won the title, and finished 6-5 at the
1987 Labatt Brier The 1987 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 15 at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton, Alberta. Russ Howard of Ontario defeated Bernie Sparkes of British Columbia to win his first Brier title. Teams ...
. Rob Fowler,
Allan Lyburn Allan Lyburn (born January 6, 1972) is a Scottish-Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. He does not curl competitively anymore. Career Prior to competing in Canada, Lyburn previously won the Scottish junior title with his brother William Ly ...
,
Richard Daneault Richard "Richie" Daneault (born December 24, 1976, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler who resides in Quebec City, Quebec. Career Daneault first went to the brier in 2008 as a second on the Kerry Burtnyk team. Daneault's next major vict ...
and
Derek Samagalski Derek Samagalski (born September 9, 1984) is a Canadian curler who currently resides in Carberry, Manitoba. Samagalski won a bronze medal at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier as lead, where he also won the first team all-star award for the position. ...
won the 2012 Safeway Championship and would go on to win a bronze medal at the
2012 Tim Hortons Brier The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to March 11 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This Brier marked the sixth time that Saskatoon hosted the Brier; the last time ...
.


Women's

The Brandon Curling Club has won the
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six times: 1968 ( Mabel Mitchell, Shirley Bray, Mildred Murray,
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), 1971 (Mabel Mitchell, Mildred Murray, Evelyn Bird, June Clark), 1972 (
Audrey Williamson Audrey Doreen Swayne Williamson (''later Mitchell'') (28 September 1926 – 29 April 2010)Flo Yeo, Dru Dickens), 1993 (
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,
Lois Fowler Lois Ellen Fowler ( Moffatt; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. Early life Lois Ellen Fowler was the daughter of James and Gladys Moffatt. She grew up in Carroll, Manitoba. The family moved t ...
,
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, Rhonda Fowler), 1996 (Maureen Bonar,
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, Allyson Bell, Lois Fowler), and 1998 (Lois Fwoler,
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, Shawon Fowler,
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).


Juniors

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial junior men's championship in 1960 (
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, Wes Hoffman, Jim Poole, Reid Lumbard), 1998 ( Mike McEwen,
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) and 2001 (Mike McEwen,
Denni Neufeld Dennison "Denni" Neufeld (born January 25, 1981) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Born in Steinbach, Manitoba, Neufeld won a gold medal for Manitoba at the 1999 Canada Games. In 2001 he joined Mike McEwen's team. After a few years ...
, Geordie Hargreaves,
Nolan Thiessen Nolan Thiessen (born November 6, 1980 in Pilot Mound, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler. Career Thiessen, in his debut at Canadian Juniors, lost the final of the 2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing lead for Mike McEwen. Thiessen ...
). The club also won the 1998 provincial junior women's championship with Lisa Roy, Amy Rafnkelsson, Jamie Coxworth and Kerry Maynes.


Seniors

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial senior men's championship in 1979 ( Eldon McLean, Clarence McFadyen, Harold McFadyen, Alf Poole), 1993 ( Frank Gudz, Norm Hemstad, Gene Cory, Davy Rudy) and 2004 ( Neil Andrews, Darryl Andrews,
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, Doug Carvey). The club won the provincial women's senior championship in 1970 ( Eva Loney, Eileen Marsden, Marge Flewitt, Isabel McAllum), 1983 ( Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Mildred Murray,
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), 1984 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Midred Murray, June Clark), 1985 ( Shirley Bray, Myrna Graham, Irene Fingas, Anne Mackay), 1987 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Mildred Murray, June Clark), 2001 ( Linda Van Daele, Joyce McDougall, Evelyn Clegg, Jean Ungarian), 2005 (Linsa Van Daele, Betty Couling, Evelyn Clegg, Jean Ungarian), 2009 (
Lois Fowler Lois Ellen Fowler ( Moffatt; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. Early life Lois Ellen Fowler was the daughter of James and Gladys Moffatt. She grew up in Carroll, Manitoba. The family moved t ...
, Gwen Wooley, Lori Manning, Lynn Sandercook), 2010 (Linda Van Daele, Betty Couling,
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, Liliane Fargey) and 2013 (Lois Fowler, Gwen Wooley, Lori Manning, Joan Robertson). Mabel Mitchell's 1983 rink also won the Canadian Senior Curling Championship for Manitoba.


Mixed

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial mixed championship in 1975 (
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, Shirley Bray,
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, Mary Adams), 1998 ( Rob Fowler,
Lois Fowler Lois Ellen Fowler ( Moffatt; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. Early life Lois Ellen Fowler was the daughter of James and Gladys Moffatt. She grew up in Carroll, Manitoba. The family moved t ...
, Mark Taylor,
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), 2003 ( Mike McEwen, Amber Dawson, Geordie Hargreaves, Kristen Williamson), 2004 ( Terry McNamee,
Jill Officer Jill Officer (born June 2, 1975) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer played second for the teams skipped by Jennifer Jones from 2003 to 2018 and while they were juniors. The team won a gold medal while representing Canada at ...
,
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, Tanya Robins), 2005 (Terry McNamee,
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, Brendan Taylor, Tanya Robins) and 2012 (Terry McNamee,
Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...
, Kyle Einarson, Stacey Fordyce)


Other

The club won the women's Dominion Curling Club Championship (now known as the Travelers Curling Club Championship) in 2013 with curlers Stacey Fordyce, Cristy Erickson, Stacey Irwin and Pam Gouldie. The club won the event again in 2017 with the same team.


References


Club historyCurl Manitoba past champions
Curling clubs in Canada Sport in Brandon, Manitoba Curling clubs established in the 19th century Sports clubs and teams established in 1889 1889 establishments in Manitoba