Ottawa Curling Club
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The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic 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 located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown
Bytown
Bytown is the former name of Ottawa, Canada's capital city. It was founded on on September 26, 1826, incorporated as a town on January 1, 1850, and superseded by the incorporation of the City of Ottawa on January 1, 1855. The founding was marked by a sod turning, and a letter from Governor General...

 Curling Club
. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal
Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal , also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its...

 until 1858. It subsequently moved to different locations around the city until finally settling at its current location on O'Connor in 1916. In 1931 the Club was expanded to the current capacity of 5 curling sheets. Artificial ice was also installed at that time. In 1998 and 1999, former club member John Morris
John Morris (curler)
John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...

 won the Junior Men's World Curling Championship
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...

. The Ottawa Curling Club is one of two clubs in Downtown Ottawa, the other is the Rideau Curling Club
Rideau Curling Club
The Rideau Curling Club is a curling facility and organization located in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 1888, the Rideau Curling Club maintains a rivalry with the Ottawa Curling Club.-History:...

, which maintains a rivalry with the Ottawa.

History

The By Town Curling Club was established in 1851 under the presidency of lumber businessman Allan Gilmour. Its earliest facility was a rudimentary shed located near Lisgar Street adjoining the Rideau Canal. Canal water was used to construct the single ice sheet. The club constructed a new rink on Albert Street east of O'Connor in 1867, expanding play to two sheets. In 1878, the club spent $510 to move the building structure to a property near Wellington Street west of Kent on the former Vittoria Street which is today federal property in the Supreme Court district. The rink structure was replaced by a brick building which opened in December 1906. In 1914, the club lost the land due to a significant federal government expropriation.

The club's present location was opened on December 1916 when premises on O'Connor Street were provided through a gift by James Manuel, a wealthy local businessman, curler and club president. In 1927, the club was threatened with eviction by Toronto General Trust which represented Manuel's estate at that time. The club maintained that the terms of agreement with Manuel that it had rightful control of the property as long as the facilities were maintained for curling. In the following year, the courts ruled that the club had no formal claim to the property due to the club's unincorporated status at that time, combined with the lack of a written will or agreement regarding Manuel's wishes. The club therefore was required to purchase the property from the estate.

Formal incorporation of the Ottawa Curling Club Limited was completed in 1929. Artificial ice and expansion from four to five lanes followed in 1931.

Presidents

  1. 1851-1895: Col. Allan Gilmour
  2. 1895-1914: John Manuel
  3. 1914-1917: James Manuel
  4. 1918-1921: William Manuel
  5. 1922-1936: George F. Henderson, KC
    Queen's Counsel
    Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...

  6. 1936-1942: Hugh Carson
  7. 1942-1950: Darcy Finn
  8. 1950-1952: Olin Beach
  9. 1952-1955: W.E. Hodgins
  10. 1955-1958: Ted Moffat
  11. 1958-1961: B. Brocklesby
  12. 1961-1963: Howard Grills
  13. 1964-1966: Alan Brown
  14. 1966-1968: Gordie Perry
  15. 1968-1970: Harold Scrim
  16. 1970-1972: Bill Davis
  17. 1972-1974: E. Macdonald
  18. 1974-1976: Don MacKinnon
  19. 1976-1978: Dick Rich
  20. 1978-1980: Dave Smith
  21. 1980-1982: Stan Grover
  22. 1982-1984: Ted Root
  23. 1984-1986: Pat Craig
  24. 1986-1988: Bob York
  25. 1988-1990: Rod Matheson
  26. 1990-1992: Sandra Chisholm
  27. 1992-1994: Brad Shinn
  28. 1994-1996: Steve Mitchell
  29. 1996-1998: Eric Johannsen
  30. 1998-2000: Barbara Brown
  31. 2000-2002: Terry Clark
  32. 2002-2004: Gord Perry
  33. 2004-2006: Gayle Greene
  34. 2006-2008: Gord Critch
  35. 2008-2010: Geoff Colley

Leagues

The Ottawa Curling Club has a number of different curling leagues that participate at the club. Some are club leagues, while others (like the teachers league or the Rainbow Rockers Curling League
Gay community
The gay community, or LGBT community, is a loosely defined grouping of LGBT and LGBT-supportive people, organizations and subcultures, united by a common culture and civil rights movements. These communities generally celebrate pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality...

) are rentals. Official leagues at the club are the Monday Ladder (open). Business Women (Tuesday), Open Cash (Wednesday), Business Men (Thursday), Mixed
Mixed curling
Mixed curling, also known as Coed curling, is the sport of curling, when played by men and women together. Some community and school level curling is mixed, while most top-level curling championships are divided into men's and women's divisions. A normal mixed team consists of 2 men and 2 women...

 (Friday), Saturday Men, Sunday Open, Daytime League, Little rocks/bantam and the University/College League.

Cash League

The cash league which runs Wednesday evenings is the league with the highest calibre of curling. Some of the top curlers in the world curl in the cash league at the Ottawa Curling Club. Winners of games receive money, which can vary depending on the level the teams involved are at. The league is open, so there are both men's and women's teams.

University / College League

For the 2006-07 season, the Ottawa Curling Club introduced a league on Sunday nights for students in the Ottawa area to participate. No university in the city currently has a curling team, so this league was created to facilitate interest in curling from students in Ottawa. At the end of the year, the first championship was played between Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...

 and the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

 with Carleton winning 6-4.

Club Champions

The club championship is held annually. It is a playoff round featuring the top teams from each of the leagues at the club.

Current famous curlers

  • Jenn Hanna
    Jenn Hanna
    Jennifer Ann Hanna is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts.-Personal life:...

     - 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts
    2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts
    The 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from February 19 to 27 2005. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the...

     runner-up, current World Curling Tour
    World Curling Tour
    The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....

     participant
  • Earle Morris
    Earle Morris
    Earle Morris is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. He is the only curler to play for three different provinces at the Brier. Currently he is the coach of the Jennifer Jones rink and the Australian national team...

     - 1985 Ontario men's champion (represented the R.C.N. Curling Club); 1982 Quebec champion; 1980 Manitoba champion, invented the Stabilizer curling broom, coach of the Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n curling team skipped by Hugh Millikin
    Hugh Millikin
    Hugh Ronald Alexander Millikin is an Australian curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario.-Career:...

    )
  • Jean-Michel Ménard
    Jean-Michel Ménard
    Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...

     - 2006 Brier Champion and World Championships runner-up
  • Eldon Coombe
    Eldon Coombe
    Eldon Coombe is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Canada. Coombe is a native of Kingston, Ontario. He began curling at age 15.Coombe and his Ottawa Curling Club rink of third Keith Forgues, Second Jim Patrick and Lead Barry Provost "dominated the curling scene from the mid 60s to the mid 70s"...

    , 1972 provincial champion
  • Craig Savill
    Craig Savill
    Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for former World Champion Glenn Howard rink....

     - 2007 Brier and World Champion lead for Glenn Howard
    Glenn Howard
    Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...

  • Rachel Homan
    Rachel Homan
    Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian curler from Orleans, Ontario. Homan is a former Canadian Junior Champion.-Career:...

     - Four time provincial bantam champion, 2006 Canada Games
    Canada Games
    The Canada Games is a high-level multi-sport event with a National Artists Program held every two years in Canada, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. Athletes are strictly amateur only, and represent their province or territory.The Games were first held in 1967...

     gold medalist, 2010 Canadian Junior champion.
  • Andrew Mikkelsen - 1996 Canadian Junior Champion
  • Gilles Allaire - 2004 Northern Ontario Mixed Champion
  • Chris Gardner
    Chris Gardner (curler)
    Chris Gardner is a Canadian curler.Gardner skipped his bantam mixed team to a provincial championship in 2002, and the following year he won the provincial junior mixed title....

      - former provincial bantam and junior mixed champion
  • Stephanie Hanna - 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts runner-up (with sister Jenn)
  • Matt Paul - 2005 Canada Cup of Curling participant
  • Michael Raby - former World Deaf Curling Champion
  • Neil Sinclair - 2007 Canada Games silver medalist
  • Robyn Mattie - 2003 Canadian Junior Runner-up
  • Emma Miskew
    Emma Miskew
    Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

     - Four time provincial bantam champion, 2006 Canada Games
    Canada Games
    The Canada Games is a high-level multi-sport event with a National Artists Program held every two years in Canada, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. Athletes are strictly amateur only, and represent their province or territory.The Games were first held in 1967...

     gold medalist, 2010 Canadian Junior Champion (third for Rachel Homan)


Source: 2006-07 Ottawa Curling Club Directory. See also Hall of Fame

Famous past members

  • Sir Sanford Fleming, inventor of standard time
    Standard time
    Standard time is the result of synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time rather than using the local meridian as in local mean time or solar time. Historically, this helped in the process of weather forecasting and train travel. The concept...

  • Alexander Mackenzie
    Alexander Mackenzie
    Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...

    , former Prime Minister of Canada
  • John Morris
    John Morris (curler)
    John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...

     & Brent Laing
    Brent Laing
    Brent Laing is a Canadian curler from Stayner, Ontario. He currently plays second for Glenn Howard....

    , 1998 & 1999 World Junior Champions
  • Brad Gushue
    Brad Gushue
    Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland...

     - Alternate for John Morris at the 1998 World Junior Championships (Member in name only)
  • Melanie Robillard
    Melanie Robillard
    Melanie Robillard is a curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.-Career:She curled for Jenn Hanna's team in 2000 as her lead. They would lose in the provincial junior finals that year. In 2002, Robillard skipped her own team to the provincial junior finals, but lost...

     - curled with Jenn Hanna
    Jenn Hanna
    Jennifer Ann Hanna is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts.-Personal life:...

     in 2000 and posed nude in a curling calendar in 2005
  • Markku Uusipaavalniemi
    Markku Uusipaavalniemi
    Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:...

     - skip of the 2006 Olympic silver medalist Finnish team
  • Hugh Millikin
    Hugh Millikin
    Hugh Ronald Alexander Millikin is an Australian curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario.-Career:...

     - skip of the Australian national team

Events

Each year, the Ottawa and Rideau Curling Clubs host the John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier
John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier
The John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier was an annual curling bonspiel held at the Ottawa and Rideau Curling Clubs in Ottawa, Canada. In odd years, the event was a qualifier for the men's Canada Cup of Curling while in even years the event is the women's qualifier...

. In 2003, both clubs hosted the Canadian Junior Curling Championships
Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 20 as of December 31 in the year prior to the tournament....

. The club also hosted the 2006 and 2007 Canadian Blind Curling Championships.

Provincial champions

Year Event Skip Third Second Lead Record at Nationals Record at Worlds
1972 Women's Juniors
Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships
The Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament. It is the provincial curling championship for curling teams aged 20 and under in Southern Ontario. The winning team represents Ontario at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships....

 
Judy Jamieson  Debbie Grant  Lynn Britt  Denise Allan  ? -
1972 British Consols  Eldon Coombe
Eldon Coombe
Eldon Coombe is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Canada. Coombe is a native of Kingston, Ontario. He began curling at age 15.Coombe and his Ottawa Curling Club rink of third Keith Forgues, Second Jim Patrick and Lead Barry Provost "dominated the curling scene from the mid 60s to the mid 70s"...

 
Keith Forgues  Jim Patrick  Barry Provost  4th (6-4) N/A
1979 Men's Masters Ted Root Ralph Smith Bob Martin Elwyn MacDonald N/A N/A
1985 Intermediate Men's Russ Taylor Bruce Lonsbery Al Reed Jack Casserly N/A N/A
1990 Men's Masters Ken Hart Roy James Cec Morris Rae Brown N/A N/A
1993 Silver Tankard Brad Shinn
Ian MacAulay
John Theriault
Bill Gamble
Dave Korim
Richard Groulx
Geoff Colley
Barry Conrad
N/A N/A
1993 Challenge Terry Clark Jack Casserly Wayne Lennon Ian MacAulay N/A N/A
1995 Men's Colts Ken Campbell John Galligan James Sutherland Steve O'Brien N/A N/A
1997 Men's Masters Rod Matheson Jack Ross Bob McKenzie Gord Cummings N/A N/A
1997 Senior Mixed Paul Engelbrecht Bonnie Matheson Rod Matheson Darlene Engelrecht N/A N/A
1997 Men's Juniors John Morris
John Morris (curler)
John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...

 
Craig Savill
Craig Savill
Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for former World Champion Glenn Howard rink....

 
Matt St. Louis  Mark Homan  2nd (10-6)
1998 Women's Juniors Jenn Hanna
Jenn Hanna
Jennifer Ann Hanna is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts.-Personal life:...

 
Amanda Vanderspank  Julie Colquhoun  Stephanie Hanna  2nd (10-3) -
1998 Men's Juniors John Morris
John Morris (curler)
John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...

 
Craig Savill
Craig Savill
Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for former World Champion Glenn Howard rink....

 
Andy Ormsby  Brent Laing
Brent Laing
Brent Laing is a Canadian curler from Stayner, Ontario. He currently plays second for Glenn Howard....

 
1st (12-3) 1st (11-0)
1999 Women's Trophy Laurie Shields Barb Wheatley Andrea Leganchuk Sandra Ribey N/A N/A
1999 Men's Juniors John Morris
John Morris (curler)
John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...

 
Craig Savill
Craig Savill
Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for former World Champion Glenn Howard rink....

 
Jason Young
Jason Young (curler)
Jason "Jay" Young is a Canadian curler from Wyoming, Ontario. Young is a former World Junior Curling champion.In 1999, Young joined the World Junior champion John Morris rink from the Ottawa Curling Club. He replaced Andy Ormsby in the second position...

 
Brent Laing
Brent Laing
Brent Laing is a Canadian curler from Stayner, Ontario. He currently plays second for Glenn Howard....

 
1st (11-4) 1st (10-1)
2000 Senior Mixed Reg Plaster Donna Lamoureux Randy Garland Dianne Sullivan N/A N/A
2002 Women's Trophy Eveline Shaw Laurie Shields Andrea Leganchuk Sue Kollar N/A N/A
2002 Women's Tankard Eveline Shaw
Joyce Potter
Laurie Shields
Muriel Potter
Margaret Pross
Janelle Sadler
Sue Kollar
Faye Linseman
N/A N/A
2003 Senior Mixed Randy Garland Eveline Shaw Roger Shaw Margaret Pross N/A N/A
2003 Senior Women's Joyce Potter  Muriel Potter  Janelle Sadler  Faye Linseman  3rd (9-3) -
2005 Men's Masters Rod Matheson Eldon Coombe
Eldon Coombe
Eldon Coombe is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Canada. Coombe is a native of Kingston, Ontario. He began curling at age 15.Coombe and his Ottawa Curling Club rink of third Keith Forgues, Second Jim Patrick and Lead Barry Provost "dominated the curling scene from the mid 60s to the mid 70s"...

 
Ron Brown Georges Bourgon 3rd (5-3) N/A
2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts  Jenn Hanna
Jenn Hanna
Jennifer Ann Hanna is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts.-Personal life:...

 
Pascale Letendre  Dawn Askin
Dawn Askin
Dawn Askin is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays lead for Jennifer Jones....

 
Stephanie Hanna  2nd (11-6) -
2009 Women's Juniors Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian curler from Orleans, Ontario. Homan is a former Canadian Junior Champion.-Career:...

 
Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.Kreviazuk has been the long time lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its second...

 
2nd (10-3) -
2010 Women's Juniors Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian curler from Orleans, Ontario. Homan is a former Canadian Junior Champion.-Career:...

 
Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Laura Crocker  Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.Kreviazuk has been the long time lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its second...

 
1st (13-0) 2nd (9-2)
2011 Men's Juniors Mathew Camm
Mathew Camm
Mathew Robert "Mat" Camm is a Canadian curler from Ottawa.Camm is originally from Rockland, Ontario. In 2007, Camm played lead for the Neil Sinclair rink which won the Ontario Bantam boy's championship...

 
Scott Howard  David Mathers  Andrew Hamilton  2nd (12-4) -
2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian curler from Orleans, Ontario. Homan is a former Canadian Junior Champion.-Career:...

 
Emma Miskew
Emma Miskew
Emma Kathryn Miskew is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for Rachel Homan.She is the long time third for Homan, joining the rink in 2001 at the age of 12. Miskew has been curling since she was six...

 
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk
Alison Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. She is the long time second for the Rachel Homan rink....

 
Lisa Weagle
Lisa Weagle
Lisa Weagle is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. Weagle is the lead on the team skipped by Rachel Homan out of the Ottawa Curling Club....

4th (9-5) -
2011 Men's Masters Layne Noble Rick Bachand Randy Garland Cal Hegge N/A

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