• Source: Fort William Curling Club

    • The Fort William Curling Club is a curling club located in the Downtown Fort William neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The club hosted the Canadian men's curling championship in 1960 and the Canadian women's curling championship in 1969. It is also the home club of World Men's curling champions Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy, Ian Tetley, 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. It was originally part of the Manitoba Curling Association. The rink was destroyed by fire twice, in 1892 and 1908. The current facility, with artificial ice, opened on March 10, 1951, as the Fort William Curling and Athletic Club. The club is adjacent to the Fort William Gardens.


    Notable members


    Only events representing the Fort William Curling Club are listed.

    John McKellar – Mayor of Fort William (1892–1898)
    Robert Pow – 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 – 1975 Macdonald Brier champion; 1975 World Men's bronze medallist
    Rick Lang – 1975 Macdonald Brier, 1982, and 1985 Labatt Brier champion; 1975 World Men's bronze medallist; 1976 Macdonald Brier, 1988, 1991, and 1995 Labatt Brier participant; 1980 and 1981 Labatt Brier runner-up; 1981 Canadian Mixed champion; 1982 and 1985 World Men's champion; 1993 Labatt Brier 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
    Al Hackner – 1980 and 1981 Labatt Brier runner-up; 1982 and 1985 Labatt Brier champion; 1982 and 1985 World Men's champion; 1988, 1989, 1995 Labatt Brier, and 2001 Nokia Brier participant; 2006 Canadian Senior champion; 2007 World Senior silver medallist
    Bruce Kennedy – 1980 and 1981 Labatt Brier runner-up; 1982 Labatt Brier champion; 1982 World Men's champion; 1987 Labatt Brier participant
    Anne Provo – 1981 Canadian Mixed champion; 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts participant
    Bert Provo – 1981 Canadian Mixed champion
    Lorraine Lang – 1981 Canadian Mixed champion; 1983, 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, 2007, and 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant; 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist; 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials bronze medallist
    Marlene Delorenzi – 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts participant
    Valerie Adams – 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts participant
    Ian Tetley – 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
    Scott McCallum – 1991 Canadian Junior champion; 1992 World Junior bronze medallist
    Trevor Clifford – 1991 Canadian Junior champion; 1992 World Junior bronze medallist
    Heather Houston – 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist
    Diane Adams – 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist
    Diane Pushkar – 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist
    Scott Henderson – 1991 Labatt Brier and 2003 Nokia Brier 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 – 2001 Nokia Brier participant
    Joe Scharf – 2001 Nokia Brier participant
    Mike Assad – 2001 Nokia Brier participant
    Mike Desilets – 2003 Nokia Brier participant
    Tim Lindsay – 2003 Nokia Brier participant
    Krista McCarville – 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019, and 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant; 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts bronze medallist; 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials bronze medallist; 2010 Canada Cup participant; 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts silver medallist; 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials participant
    Tara George – 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
    Dylan Johnston – 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist
    Cody Johnston – 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist
    Michael Makela – 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist
    Mike Badiuk – 2009 Canadian Junior silver medallist
    Kari Lavoie – 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 – 2014 Tim Hortons Brier participant
    Mike McCarville – 2014 Tim Hortons Brier participant
    Colin Koivula – 2014 Tim Hortons Brier participant
    Jamie Childs – 2014 Tim Hortons Brier participant


    Events


    The Fort William Curling Club has hosted several Canadian national curling championships. In 1960, the club co-hosted the Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, at the Fort William Gardens. The club also hosted the 1966 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship and the Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship in 1969. In 2006, the Fort William and Port Arthur Curling Clubs co-hosted the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Thunder Bay. The Fort William Curling Club also hosted the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship in 2012, where a team from the club, skipped by Carl Levesque, represented Northern Ontario. The following year, the club hosted the 2013 The Dominion Curling Club Championship, the Canadian championships for club-level curlers. In 2017, the club hosted the U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships.
    The club has also hosted several Northern Ontario provincial curling championships. It hosted the men's provincial championship in 2011 and in 2017. 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 Ontario.


    Provincial champions




    Presidents


    1923–1927: C. McEwan
    1941–1942: J. Cassidy
    1942–1944: Ira Gerry
    1947–1948: R.H. Smith
    1948–1950: George Charlesbois
    1950–1952: George Breckman
    1953–1957: Len Cameron
    1957–1959: Dick Symes
    1959–1961: Tom Fry
    1961–1963: Ted Childs
    1963: David Stevens
    1963–1965: Jim Andros
    1965–1967: Godon Holt
    1967–1968: Jack Taylor
    1968–1970: Jack Kallos Sr.
    1970–1972: Peter Good
    1972–1974: Fred Bullough
    1974–1976: Bob Morrison
    1976–1978: Ed Howe
    1978–1980: Tom Crane
    1980–1982: Rob Sinclair
    1982–1984: Ron Babcock
    1984–1986: Peter McCallum
    1986–1988: Fred Coulson
    1988–1990: Bill Charlebois
    1990–1992: Ed Wakewich
    1992–1994: Ron Campbell
    1994–1996: Ellie Stecky
    1996–1998: Alf Childs III
    1998–2000: Morris Stoyka
    2000–2002: Paul Finlay
    2002–2004: Terry Douglas
    2004–2006: Kris Woznesensky
    2006–2008: Jack Kallos Jr.
    2008–2009: Rob Chicorli
    2009–2011: Sam Barbisan
    2011–2013: Rose Steadwell
    2013–2015: Dave Kawahara
    2015–2017: Stan Nemec
    2017–2019: Rick Sutton
    2019–2021: Denise Hardy
    2021-2023: Ken Kopechanski
    2023-present: Kevan Stranges


    Notes




    References




    External links


    Website

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