Granite Curling Club (Winnipeg)
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The Granite Curling Club, located in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, is the oldest curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 club in Western Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It has produced many national and world champions. The original Granite Curling Club dates back to 1880. Its current downtown location was built in 1912. It is often considered to be the "St. Andrews
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the world . It is based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, and is regarded as the worldwide "Home of Golf"...

" of curling because of its contribution to the sport in curling's most dominant region.

One of the early presidents was John B Mather
John B Mather
John B Mather was the son of Scottish immigrants and became a Canadian businessman and politician.Mather's early introduction to business was as an employee of Frank Smith, a leading grocer in Toronto. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1881 and established himself as a leading Winnipeg wholesaler...

. He assumed that position in 1887.

Provincial Champions

Year Name Brier Championships World Championships
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

2003 John Bubbs
1998 Dale Duguid
Dale Duguid
Dale Duguid is an Australian visual effects supervisor and producer who is credited on multiple features and TV series. After a career spanning production design, art direction, directing & screenwriting, Dale established a viable visual effects industry for long form production within Australia...

1997 Vic Peters
Vic Peters
Vic Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba and originally from Steinbach, Manitoba. He is a three time Manitoba curling champion, and one time national champion having won the 1992 Labatt Brier...

Runner-Up
1997 Labatt Brier
The 1997 Labatt Brier was held March 8-15 at the CAI Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. Kevin Martin of Alberta defeated Vic Peters of Manitoba in the final.-Standings:-Playoffs:-Final:-References:*...

1993 Vic Peters
Vic Peters
Vic Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba and originally from Steinbach, Manitoba. He is a three time Manitoba curling champion, and one time national champion having won the 1992 Labatt Brier...

1992 Vic Peters
Vic Peters
Vic Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba and originally from Steinbach, Manitoba. He is a three time Manitoba curling champion, and one time national champion having won the 1992 Labatt Brier...

Champions
1992 Labatt Brier
The 1992 Labatt Brier was held March 8-15 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. Vic Peters of Manitoba defeated Russ Howard of Ontario through extra ends in the final.-Standings:-Playoffs:-Final:March 15, 1992-References:*...

Bronze
1975 Rod Hunter
1973 Danny Fink
1971 Don Duguid
Don Duguid
Donald G. Duguid is a Canadian champion curler. A three-time winner of the Canadian Brier and two-time World Curling Championships champion, Duguid won the Brier in 1965, 1970 and 1971, and the Worlds in 1970 and 1971...

Champions Gold
1970 Don Duguid
Don Duguid
Donald G. Duguid is a Canadian champion curler. A three-time winner of the Canadian Brier and two-time World Curling Championships champion, Duguid won the Brier in 1965, 1970 and 1971, and the Worlds in 1970 and 1971...

Champions Gold
1965 Terry Braunstein Champions Silver
1958 Terry Braunstein
1957 Howard Wood, Jr.
1948 George Sangster
1945 Howard Wood, Sr.
1940 Howard Wood, Sr. Champions
1932 Jim Congalton Champions
1930 Howard Wood, Sr. Champions
1927 Gordon Hudson
Gordon Hudson (curler)
Gordon M. Hudson was a Canadian curler. He was a two-time Brier champion.Hudson was the first skip to win two Briers, which he won back to back in 1928 and 1929. Hudson grew up in Kenora, Ontario, and participated in many Manitoba Curling Association Bonspiels. In 1916, his family moved to Winnipeg...

1925 Howard Wood, Sr.
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