Brandon Curling Club

The Brandon Curling Club is a curling club located in Brandon, Manitoba, 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 . 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 Keystone Centre 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, , , and won the title, and finished 6-5 at the 1987 Labatt Brier. Rob Fowler, Allan Lyburn, Richard Daneault and Derek Samagalski won the 2012 Safeway Championship and would go on to win a bronze medal at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier.

Women's[]

The Brandon Curling Club has won the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts six times: 1968 (, , , ), 1971 (Mabel Mitchell, Mildred Murray, , June Clark), 1972 (, Mabel Mitchell, , ), 1993 (Maureen Bonar, Lois Fowler, , ), 1996 (Maureen Bonar, , Allyson Bell, Lois Fowler), and 1998 (Lois Fwoler, , , ).

Juniors[]

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial junior men's championship in 1960 (, , , ), 1998 (Mike McEwen, , , ) and 2001 (Mike McEwen, Denni Neufeld, , Nolan Thiessen).

The club also won the 1998 provincial junior women's championship with Lisa Roy, , and .

Seniors[]

Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial senior men's championship in 1979 (, , , ), 1993 (, , , ) and 2004 (, , , ).

The club won the provincial women's senior championship in 1970 (, , , ), 1983 (, , , ), 1984 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Midred Murray, June Clark), 1985 (, , , ), 1987 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Mildred Murray, June Clark), 2001 (, , , ), 2005 (Linsa Van Daele, Betty Couling, Evelyn Clegg, Jean Ungarian), 2009 (Lois Fowler, , , ), 2010 (Linda Van Daele, Betty Couling, , ) and 2013 (Lois Fowler, Gwen Wooley, Lori Manning, ).

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 (, , , ), 1998 (Rob Fowler, Lois Fowler, , ), 2003 (Mike McEwen, , , ), 2004 (, Jill Officer, , ), 2005 (Terry McNamee, , Brendan Taylor, Tanya Robins) and 2012 (Terry McNamee, Kerri Einarson, , )

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.