The Fort William 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 the Downtown Fort William neighbourhood of

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population ...

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. The club hosted the Canadian men's curling championship in

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and the Canadian women's curling championship in

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. It is also the home club of World Men's curling champions

Al Hackner Allan A. Hackner (born July 18, 1954), nicknamed "the Iceman", is a retired Canadian Hall of Fame curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was born in Nipigon, Ontario. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion skip. He is of Ojibwa descent and is ...

Rick Lang Richard P. "Rick" Lang (born December 12, 1953) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He is a two-time World champion and three-time Brier champion representing Northern Ontario. He currently serves as a performance consultant for Curl ...

, Bob Nicol,

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Ian Tetley Ian J. Tetley (born August 14, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Oakville, Ontario. He is a three-time Brier and World Champion. Career Tetley is originally from Thunder Bay, in Northern Ontario, which gets a separate team at the Brier. In 1985, h ...

, and Pat Perroud.

History

The Fort William Curling Club was established in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) on September 18, 1891, on property leased by Peter and

John McKellar John McKellar (June 10, 1833 – February 3, 1900) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He was the first mayor of Fort William, Ontario (later part of Thunder Bay), serving from 1892 to 1898. He was born in Mosa Townsh ...

. It was originally part of the

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. The rink was destroyed by fire twice, in 1892 and 1908. The current facility, with

artificial ice An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...

, opened on March 10, 1951, as the Fort William Curling and Athletic Club. The club is adjacent to the

Fort William Gardens The Fort William Gardens is a multi-purpose arena, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1951. History The Gardens opened on March 6, 1951. The Fort William Canadians defeated the Fort William Hurricanes by a 4–2 score in the first ga ...

Notable members

''Only events representing the Fort William Curling Club are listed.'' *John McKellar – Mayor of Fort William (1892–1898) *

Robert Pow Robert Barclay "Bart" Pow (July 7, 1883 – April 25, 1958) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Fort William from 1933 to 1936. He was born in Emerson, Manitoba and was educated in Manitoba. He began work at the N ...

– 1932 Olympic champion; mayor of Fort William (1933–1936) * Tom Tod – 1958 Canadian Schoolboys champion; 1970 Macdonald Brier participant * Neil McLeod – 1958 Canadian Schoolboys champion * Patrick Moran – 1958 Canadian Schoolboys champion * David Allin – 1958 Canadian Schoolboys champion * Darwin Wark – 1959 Macdonald Brier participant * Dennis Stephen – 1959 Macdonald Brier participant * Leslie Sutton – 1959 Macdonald Brier participant * John Jones – 1959 Macdonald Brier participant * James Carson – 1970 Macdonald Brier participant * J. Carl Whitfield – 1970 Macdonald Brier participant * Bill Hallinan – 1970 Macdonald Brier participant *

Bill Tetley William Ross Tetley (July 11, 1933 – June 9, 2003) was a Canadian curler. He was the skip of the 1975 Brier Champion team, representing Northern Ontario. The team later went on to finish third at the World Championships of that year. He is the f ...

–

1975 Macdonald Brier The 1975 Tim Hortons Brier, Macdonald Brier, the Canada, Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 2 to 8, 1975 at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The total attendance for the week was 20,672. This w ...

champion; 1975 World Men's bronze medallist *

– 1975 Macdonald Brier,

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

, and 1985 Labatt Brier champion; 1975 World Men's bronze medallist;

1976 Macdonald Brier The 1976 Macdonald Brier was held March 7–13 in Regina, Saskatchewan at the Regina Exhibition Stadium Regina Exhibition Stadium, also known as Regina Stadium and Queen City Gardens, was an indoor arena at Evraz Place in Regina, Saskatchewa ...

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, and

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participant;

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

and 1981 Labatt Brier runner-up; 1981 Canadian Mixed champion;

and 1985 World Men's champion;

1993 Labatt Brier The 1993 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 6 to 14 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. The finals featured the all star Team Ontario, consisting of skip Russ Howard, his brother Glenn at t ...

bronze medallist; 2006 Canadian Senior champion; 2007 World Senior silver medallist * Bill Hodgson, Jr. – 1975 Macdonald Brier champion; 1975 World Men's bronze medallist * Peter Hnatiw – 1975 Macdonald Brier champion; 1975 World Men's bronze medallist * Bob Nicol – 1976 Macdonald Brier participant; 1980 and 1981 Labatt Brier runner-up; 1982 Labatt Brier champion; 1982 World Men's champion * Al Fiskar, Jr. – 1976 Macdonald Brier participant * Warren Butters – 1976 Macdonald Brier participant *

– 1980 and 1981 Labatt Brier runner-up; 1982 and 1985 Labatt Brier champion; 1982 and 1985 World Men's champion; 1988,

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, 1995 Labatt Brier, and 2001 Nokia Brier participant; 2006 Canadian Senior champion; 2007 World Senior silver medallist *

– 1980 and 1981 Labatt Brier runner-up; 1982 Labatt Brier champion; 1982 World Men's champion;

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 ...

participant * Anne Provo – 1981 Canadian Mixed champion; 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts participant * Bert Provo – 1981 Canadian Mixed champion *

Lorraine Lang Lorraine Lang (born October 8, 1956, Port Arthur, Ontario as Lorraine Edwards) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lang is a two-time Tournament of Hearts champion and World Champion. Curling career In 1981, Lang won ...

– 1981 Canadian Mixed champion; 1983,

2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, February 25, 2006 – March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's province ...

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, and

2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 21 to March 1 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. Teams Round-Robin Standings Quebec was awar ...

participant; 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist;

2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 6–13, 2009 at Rexall Place in Edmonton. The event is also known and advertised as ''Roar of the Rings''. The winner of the men's and women's events represented Canada at the 2010 Winter ...

bronze medallist * Marlene Delorenzi – 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts participant *

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– 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts participant *

– 1985 Labatt Brier champion; 1985 World Men's champion * Pat Perroud – 1985 Labatt Brier champion; 1985 World Men's champion * Larry Pineau – 1987 Labatt Brier participant * Jack Kallos – 1987 Labatt Brier participant * Brian Snell – 1987 Labatt Brier participant * Jim Adams – 1988 and 1989 Labatt Brier participant * Doug Smith – 1988 Labatt Brier participant * Bill Adams – 1989 Labatt Brier participant * John Salo – 1989 Labatt Brier participant * Jason Repay – 1991 Canadian Junior champion; 1992 World Junior bronze medallist * Aaron Skillen – 1991 Canadian Junior champion; 1992 World Junior bronze medallist; 1995 Labatt Brier participant *

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– 1991 Canadian Junior champion; 1992 World Junior bronze medallist *

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– 1991 Canadian Junior champion; 1992 World Junior bronze medallist *

Heather Houston Heather E. Houston (born February 4, 1959)''Ottawa Citizen, 1 Feb 1988, pg B8, "Rookie skip wins" (Houston was 28) is a Canadian curler and world champion. She is from Red Rock, Ontario and curls out of the Fort William Curling Club i ...

– 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist *

Diane Adams Diane Adams, née Wolanicki (born c. 1965) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is a , and a two-time (, ). In 1994, she was inducted into Canadian Curling Hall of Fame together with all of the Heather Houston H ...

– 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist * Diane Pushkar – 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist *

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– 1991 Labatt Brier and

2003 Nokia Brier The 2003 Nokia Brier was held at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from March 1–9. The defending champion, Randy Ferbey and his team from Alberta were the winners, winning their third Brier in a row. At the Worlds they went on ...

participant; 1993 Labatt Brier bronze medallist * Ross Tetley – 1991 Labatt Brier participant; 1993 Labatt Brier bronze medallist * Art Lappalainen – 1991, 1995 Labatt Brier, and 2003 Nokia Brier participant; 1993 Labatt Brier bronze medallist *

Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess (born January 30, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a member of the Northern Ontario team at the 2001 Nokia Brier. He currently coaches the Dallas Burgess Junior team. Burgess was a member of the Al H ...

– 2001 Nokia Brier participant *

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– 2001 Nokia Brier participant *

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– 2001 Nokia Brier participant * Mike Desilets – 2003 Nokia Brier participant * Tim Lindsay – 2003 Nokia Brier participant *

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curling, curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the Curling at the 2003 Winter Universiade, 2003 Winter Univ ...

– 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, 2007, 2009,

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, and

2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 15 to 23 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The winning team was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Women's Curli ...

participant;

2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The event was described as having a weaker field than normal, as ...

bronze medallist; 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials bronze medallist; 2010 Canada Cup participant;

2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 20 to 28 at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The winning team represented Canada at the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Uni ...

silver medallist;

2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings for sponsorship reasons) were held from December 2 to 10 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario. The winners of the men's and women's event ...

participant *

Tara George Tara George ( Coulterman; born September 15, 1973, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a Canadian curling, curler from Thunder Bay. She formerly played third for the Krista McCarville rink. George joined up with McCarville in 2005, when she ...

– 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, 2007, and 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant; 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials bronze medallist; 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist * Tiffany Stubbings – 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts and 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant * Al Laine – 2006 Canadian Senior champion; 2007 World Senior silver medallist * Brian Adams – 2006 Canadian Senior champion; 2007 World Senior silver medallist *

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– 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist *

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– 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist * Michael Makela – 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist *

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– 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist *

Kari Lavoie Kari Lavoie (born Kari MacLean on December 25, 1977 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. Lavoie joined the team in 2007 replacing Tiffany Stubbings. Her resume until that point included winning three Northern Ontario Junior champions ...

– 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant; 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials bronze medallist; 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist; 2010 Canada Cup participant * Ashley Sippala – 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist; 2010 Canada Cup participant; 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts silver medallist; 2017 and 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant; 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials participant * Sarah Potts – 2010 Canada Cup participant; 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts silver medallist; 2017 and 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant; 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials participant *

Jeff Currie Jeff Currie (born c. 1976) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He is a former Canadian Junior champion. He currently curls for the Eveleth, Minnesota-based Joe Polo rink on the World Curling Tour. During his junior career, Currie w ...

–

2014 Tim Hortons Brier The 2014 Tim Hortons Brier was held from March 1 to 9 at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. Unlike previous years, the winner of the 2014 Brier automatically qualified for the 2015 Brier as Team Canada, similarly to the S ...

participant *

Mike McCarville Mike Jeffrey McCarville is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He currently plays third on Team Trevor Bonot. Career McCarville played lead for Team Northern Ontario, skipped by Joe Scharf, at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships ...

– 2014 Tim Hortons Brier participant *

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– 2014 Tim Hortons Brier participant *

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– 2014 Tim Hortons Brier participant

Events

The Fort William Curling Club has hosted several Canadian national curling championships. In

, the club co-hosted the

Macdonald Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

, the Canadian men's curling championship, at the Fort William Gardens. The club also hosted the 1966

Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. The winners of the tournament will represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship. In mixed curling, the positions on a team must a ...

and the Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship in

. In

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, the Fort William and Port Arthur Curling Clubs co-hosted the

Canadian Junior Curling Championships The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 21 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament. The even ...

in Thunder Bay. The Fort William Curling Club also hosted the

Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship The Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship is the national championship for Wheelchair curling in Canada. The event has been held since 2004. Winners References External links

* {{Season of Champions Canadian Wheelchair Curling Champi ...

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, where a team from the club, skipped by Carl Levesque, represented

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. The following year, the club hosted the 2013 The Dominion Curling Club Championship, the

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for club-level curlers. In

, the club hosted the

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. The club has also hosted several Northern Ontario provincial curling championships. It hosted the men's provincial championship in

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and in

. The club also hosted the 2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which was the first time that the Northern Ontario women's provincial champions received a direct berth into the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts and represented Northern Ontario separately from

Provincial champions

Presidents

Notes

References

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External links

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