The Calgary 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

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

History

The Calgary Curling Club was founded in 1888 and opened its first rink in 1892. It then moved venues to

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in 1909, and moved from there to its current location in 1953. The club won the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship.

Notable members

Cheryl Bernard Cheryl Bernard (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final. Her fi ...

Crystal Webster Crystal Webster (born as Crystal Rumberg on February 26, 1975, in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. Career Juniors Webster made her national curling debut at the 1994 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. T ...

Curlers Corner

The Curlers Corner equipment shop is located inside of the Calgary Curling Club. The club hosts the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, a former women's

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event on the

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sponsored by the Curlers Corner equipment shop, every year.

Provincial champions

The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years:

Women's

The club has won the women's provincial championships once: *1981

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Judy Erickson Judy Erickson is a Canadian curler and curling coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach ...

, Myrna McKay,

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1981 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship The 1981 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship, (nicknamed "The Lassie"), the Canada, Canadian women's curling championship was from February 21 to 28, 1981 at Memorial Stadium (St. John's), Memorial Stadium ...

winners, 1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship silver medalists; team also credited as from the

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Junior Women's

*1971: Shelby McKenzie, Marlene Pargeter, Arlene Hrdlicka,

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winners) *1976: Jill Silverthrone, Janice Marchand, Rita Leonard, Kathy Campbell *1979: Sandra Knights, Wanda McMurdo, Tracy Sloan, Dianne Kadonga *1998:

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, Jennifer Vejprava, Tara Runquist, Erika Hildebrand *1999: Kyla MacLachlan, Chantel Paradis, Sara Gartner, Lyndsey Wegmann *2002: Jennifer Vejprava, Erika Hildebrand, Kristen Moore, Susan Loftus *2008: Maria Bushell, Jenn Liner, Jody Keim, Heather Rogers *2010: Nadine Chyz, Rebecca Pattison, Kristina Hadden, Kimberly Anderson

Senior women

*1979: Alice Crawford, Peggy Bogart, Jean Cherry, Margaret Clarke *1981: Bea Mayer,

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winners) *1982: Jean Hugh, Evelyn Robertson, Shirley Morrison, Isobel Henderson *1983: Bea Mayer, Marg Scott, Leah Nate, Phyllis Barry *1984: Bea Mayer, Marg Scott, Leah Nate, Alice Vejprava *1993:

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, Marjorie Stewart, Marjorie Kushnir, Nora Eaves *1994:

, Marjorie Stewart, Marjorie Kushnir, Nora Eaves (

winners) *1998: Cordella Schwengler, Marj Stewart, Marilyn Bratton, Nora Eaves *1999: Sandra Turner, Cordella Schwengler, Marilyn Toews, Arlene Breckenridge *2001:

, Heather Loat, Darlene Breckenridge, Sharen McLean *2008: Sandy Turner, Linda Wagner, Marilyn Toews, Judy Carr *2009: Peggy Harper, Judy Pendergast, Deb Pendergast, Cheryl Meek

Master Women's

*1995: Peggy Bogart, Jean Smith, Flo Markin Alice Lavery *2000: Phyl Raymond, Toni Ironside, Vida Roseboom, Jackie Ogryzio *2003: Cordella Schwengler, Toni Ironside, Amy Sawby, Jackie Ogryzlo *2004: Sandy Turner, Marilyn Toews, Ioline Meier, Betty Clarke *2005: Mary Lynn Oates, Sandy Turner, Marilyn Toews, Betty Clarke *2007: Linda Wagner, Sandy Turner, Marilyn Toews, Betty Clarke (

Canadian Masters Curling Championships The Canadian Masters Curling Championships are an annual 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 ...

winners) *2008: Mary Lynn Oates, Heather Paul-Scott, Sylvia Babich, Linda Pratt (

winners; shared with

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) *2009: Sandy Turner, Linda Wagner, Mairlyn Toews, Judy Carr *2010: Sandy Turner, Judy Carr, Marilyn Toews, Betty Clarke *2013: Linda Wagner, Sandy Turner, Judy Carr, Marilyn Toews *2015: Linda Wagner, Sandy Turner, Judy Carr, Marilyn Toews *2016:

, Jill Hodgins Ukrainec, Barb McDonald, Jane Bleaney *2017: Diane Foster, Shelly Bildfell, Jill Hodgins Ukrainec, Donna McLeod

Men's

The club has won the men's provincial championships 14 times: *1935: Robert Alexander, Howard Palmer, Cyril Glover,

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*1939: Howard Baker, Jacob Curliss,

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, St. Clair Webb *1941: Howard Palmer, Jack Lebeau, Arthur Gooder, Clare Webb (

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champions) *1947: Howard Palmer, Robert Munro,

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*1960: Stu Beagle, Jimmy Shields, Ron Baker,

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*1963: Jimmy Shields,

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, Ron Baker,

*1964:

, Mike Chernoff, Ron Baker,

*1965: Nick Laschuk, Slim Otterson, Ken Hamilton,

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*1966:

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( 1966 Macdonald Brier and 1966 Scotch Cup gold medallists) *1967:

*1968:

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and 1968 Air Canada Silver Broom gold medallists) *1969:

, Dave Gerlach,

( 1969 Macdonald Brier and 1969 Air Canada Silver Broom gold medallists) *1976:

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, Frank Morrisette, John Cottam,

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*1984:

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, John Ferguson,

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U18 men's

*2004:

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Brock Virtue Brock Virtue (born September 21, 1986) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays third on Team Charley Thomas. He is a former Canadian and World Junior Curling Champion. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, raised in from Regina, Saskatchewan, Virtue's ...

, Matthew Ng, Camerson Rustad

Junior men's

*1957: Alf Scheiman, Bill Reeves, Tom Hilton, Ivor Warnick *1968: Ron Kelly, Burnie Cox, George Mader, Jim Sopher

Senior men's

*1970: R. M. Otterson, Bob Manahan, Shirley Salt, Bill Leew *1972: Slim Otterson, Dunc Grant, Shirley Salt, Fred Blight *1982: Ray Tull, Bud Purkiss, Ian Sherrington, Tom Hugh *1985: Bill Clark, Lee Green, Bob Marshall, John Mayer *1988:

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, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, John Mayer (

winners) *1989: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, John Mayer *1991: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Herb Pearson, Jim Pringle

Masters men's

*1994: Bill Clark, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss, Dan Schmaltz *1996: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss *1997: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss *1998: Bill Clark, Cy Little, Murray MacDonald, Bud Purkiss *2001: Bill Clark, Herb Pearson, Will Sanders, Dan Schmaltz *2003: Maurice Patridge, Jim Strain, Paul Nickell, Jim Lees *2006: Art Assman, Lloyd Heller, Guenther Theophile, John Kennedy

Mixed

*1965:

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, Kay Berreth, Shirley Salt, Vi Salt ( Canadian Mixed Curling Championship winners) *1996: Lee Green, Kay Berreth, Shirley Salt, Donna Clark *2008: Dean Ross, Susan O'Connor, Tim Krassman, Susan Wright ( 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship winners)

Wheelchair

*2012:

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, Jack Smart, Anne Hibberd, Martin Purvis *2013:

, Jack Smart, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd *2014: Jack Smart,

, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd *2016: Jack Smart,

, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibberd

References

External links

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