The Westmount Golf and Country Club is a private sports and
country club located in
Kitchener, Ontario
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, Canada. Its grounds span the municipal boundary with
Waterloo
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* Waterloo, Belgium, where the battle took place.
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. The club features
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
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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 ...
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tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
facilities.
The club was founded in 1929 by members of the
Grand River Golf Club. The club was officially opened in 1931, and its golf course architect was
Stanley Thompson. The curling facility was opened in 1963 and a tennis facility in 1977.
Golf
Major golf tournaments held at the Westmount have included the
Canadian Open Golf Championship in 1957, the
Canadian Ladies Open and Closed Championship in 1965, the
Canadian Amateur Golf Championship in 1969, the
Labatt's International Golf Classic for the C.P.G.A. in 1981, and the
1990 du Maurier Classic.
Curling
The Westmount Club has been home to many provincial champions:
*1995 Master (60+) Women: Betty MacMillan, Leile Walter, Marjorie McCauley, Marlene Olender
*2008 Bantam (U16) Boys: Mike Flemming, Brett Dekoning, Dave Mathers, Ian Romansky
*2010
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(Men's):
Jake Walker,
Craig Van Ymeren
Craig Van Ymeren (born March 10, 1989 in Aylmer, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays second on Team Travis Fanset.
Career
Van Ymeren played third for the Jake Walker rink that won the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
in ...
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Matthew Mapletoft
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National champions)
*2010 Bantam (U16) Girls: Kendall Haymes,
Margot Flemming
Margot Flemming (born December 9, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She currently plays third on Team Kerry Galusha.
Career
While in juniors, Flemming played third for Kendall Haymes. Despite not winning a pro ...
, Cassie Savage, Megan Arnold
*2010 Tim Hortons Colts (Men's):
Mark Kean
Mark Kean (born June 22, 1988 in Innerkip, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Woodstock, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Ottawa.
Career
Kean's junior career involved winning the provincial junior mixed title in 2009. Kean made ...
, Andrew Flemming, Edward Cyr, Terry Arnold
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2014 Travelers Curling Club Championship (Women's): Kerry Lackie, Lisa McLean, Halyna Tepylo, Cynthia Roth (National champions)
*2017 & 2018 Ontario U21 Men's Curling Champions:
Matthew Hall, Jeffery Wanless, Joseph Hart, David Hart
The Club hosted the
2007 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2007 Forbes Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held November 11–18, 2006 at the Westmount Golf and Country Club in Kitchener, Ontario. New Brunswick would win the event, only the province's second Mixed title. They were skipped by Terry ...
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References
Westmount Golf and Country Club - The ClubUniversity of Waterloo Library - Special Collections & ArchivesOntario Curling Association - Westmount Golf & Country Club
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Sports organizations established in 1929
Curling clubs in Ontario
Golf clubs and courses in Ontario
Sport in Kitchener, Ontario
Sports venues in Kitchener, Ontario
1929 establishments in Ontario