Canadian Senior Curling Championships

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Canadian Senior Curling Championships
Established1965 (men)
1973 (women)
2021 host citySault Ste. Marie
2021 arenaCommunity First Curling Centre
Current champions (2021)
Men Alberta
Women Saskatchewan
Current edition

The Canadian Senior Curling Championships are an annual bonspiel held to determine the national champions in senior curling for Canada. Seniors are defined as being people over the age of 50. The championship teams play at the World Senior Curling Championships the following year.

The event's first committee was established in October 1964.[1] Frank Sargent was an original member of the senior championship committee, and believed the event would attract former Brier competitors and give seniors place to compete which had not existed.[2] The inaugural Canadian Seniors Curling Championship was hosted in Port Arthur in March 1965. It used a minimum age of 55 for competitors, and had the Seagram Company as its title sponsor.[3]

Past champions[]

Men[]

Year Team Winning skip Host
1965  Manitoba Leo Johnson Port Arthur, Ontario
1966  Ontario Winnipeg, Manitoba
1967  New Brunswick Montreal, Quebec
1968  Saskatchewan Edmonton, Alberta
1969  Ontario Hamilton, Ontario
1970  British Columbia Kamloops, British Columbia
1971  Prince Edward Island Halifax, Nova Scotia
1972  Quebec Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
1973  Manitoba Sudbury, Ontario
1974  British Columbia Saint John, New Brunswick
1975  Prince Edward Island Calgary, Alberta
1976  Prince Edward Island Ottawa, Ontario
1977  Saskatchewan Winnipeg, Manitoba
1978  Saskatchewan St. Thomas, Ontario
1979  Alberta Noranda, Quebec
1980  Saskatchewan Saint John, New Brunswick
1981  Quebec Nanaimo, British Columbia
1982  Manitoba Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1983  Manitoba Sarnia, Ontario
1984  Manitoba St. John's, Newfoundland
1985  Saskatchewan Yorkton, Saskatchewan
1986  Ontario Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
1987  Manitoba Prince George, British Columbia
1988  Alberta Peterborough, Ontario
1989  Ontario Kenora, Ontario
1990  Manitoba Jim Ursel Whitehorse, Yukon
1991  Manitoba Jim Ursel Victoria, British Columbia
1992  Ontario Nipawin, Saskatchewan
1993  Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
1994  New Brunswick Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1995  Ontario Saint John, New Brunswick
1996  Ontario Medicine Hat, Alberta
1997  Ontario Thornhill, Ontario
1998  Saskatchewan Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1999  British Columbia Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000  Ontario Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2001  Manitoba Calgary, Alberta
2002  Manitoba St. Thomas, Ontario
2003  Alberta Lethbridge, Alberta
2004  Newfoundland and Labrador Vernon, British Columbia
2005  Alberta Les Rogers East St. Paul, Manitoba
2006  Northern Ontario Al Hackner Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2007  Alberta Pat Ryan Trois-Rivières, Quebec
2008  Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
2009  Ontario Bruce Delaney Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2010  Alberta Mark Johnson Ottawa, Ontario
2011  Manitoba Kelly Robertson Digby, Nova Scotia
2012  Alberta Rob Armitage Abbotsford, British Columbia
2013  New Brunswick Wayne Tallon Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2014  Nova Scotia Alan O'Leary Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2015  Manitoba Randy Neufeld Edmonton, Alberta
2016  Ontario Bryan Cochrane Digby, Nova Scotia
2017  Alberta Wade White Fredericton, New Brunswick
2018  Ontario Bryan Cochrane Stratford, Ontario
2019  Saskatchewan Bruce Korte Chilliwack, British Columbia
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2021  Alberta Wade White Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Women[]

Year Team Winning skip Host
1973  British Columbia Ottawa, Ontario
1974  British Columbia Halifax, Nova Scotia
1975  British Columbia Swift Current, Saskatchewan
1976  Alberta Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1977  British Columbia Peace River, Alberta
1978  Alberta St. John's, Newfoundland
1979  British Columbia Vernon, British Columbia
1980  British Columbia Fredericton, New Brunswick
1981  Alberta Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982  Nova Scotia Montreal, Quebec
1983  Manitoba Guelph, Ontario
1984  Saskatchewan Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985  Saskatchewan Yorkton, Saskatchewan
1986  Saskatchewan Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
1987  Nova Scotia Prince George, British Columbia
1988  Ontario Peterborough, Ontario
1989  Saskatchewan Emily Farnham Kenora, Ontario
1990  Ontario Whitehorse, Yukon
1991  Northern Ontario Victoria, British Columbia
1992  Saskatchewan Sheila Rowan Nipawin, Saskatchewan
1993  Ontario Edmonton, Alberta
1994  Alberta Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1995  Northern Ontario Saint John, New Brunswick
1996  Ontario Medicine Hat, Alberta
1997  Quebec Thornhill, Ontario
1998  Ontario Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1999  Quebec Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000  Quebec Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2001  Ontario Calgary, Alberta
2002  Ontario St. Thomas, Ontario
2003  Saskatchewan Nancy Kerr Lethbridge, Alberta
2004  Ontario Vernon, British Columbia
2005  Ontario East St. Paul, Manitoba
2006  Ontario Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2007  Alberta Trois-Rivières, Quebec
2008  British Columbia Pat Sanders Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
2009  Nova Scotia Colleen Pinkney Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2010  British Columbia Christine Jurgenson Ottawa, Ontario
2011  New Brunswick Heidi Hanlon Digby, Nova Scotia
2012  Alberta Cathy King Abbotsford, British Columbia
2013  Nova Scotia Colleen Pinkney Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2014  Manitoba Lois Fowler Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2015  Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
2016  Nova Scotia Colleen Jones Digby, Nova Scotia
2017  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Fredericton, New Brunswick
2018  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Stratford, Ontario
2019  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Chilliwack, British Columbia
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2021  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

References[]

  1. ^ "The National Seniors Curling Championship for the Seagram Stone". Miniota Herald. Miniota, Manitoba. October 1, 1964. p. 1.icon of an open green padlock
  2. ^ Harper, Scotty (March 22, 1965). "'Greybeards' Match Rocks". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 24.icon of an open green padlock
  3. ^ Harper, Scotty (March 4, 1965). "Sargent Named Head Of Canadian Curlers". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 42.icon of an open green padlock

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