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Canadian Senior Curling Championships

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Canadian Senior Curling Championships
Established1965 (men)
1973 (women)
2024 host cityMoncton, New Brunswick
2024 arenaCurl Moncton
Current champions (2024)
Men Saskatchewan
Women Alberta
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 a 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

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Men

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1964–1987

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Year Team Winning skip Host
1965[4]  Manitoba Leo Johnson Port Arthur, Ontario
1966[5]  Ontario Jim Johnston Winnipeg, Manitoba
1967[6]  New Brunswick Jim Murphy Montreal, Quebec
1968[7]  Saskatchewan Don Wilson Edmonton, Alberta
1969[8]  Ontario Alfie Phillips Hamilton, Ontario
1970[9]  British Columbia Don MacRae Kamloops, British Columbia
1971[10]  Prince Edward Island Wen MacDonald Halifax, Nova Scotia
1972[11]  Quebec Ken Weldon Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
1973[12]  Manitoba Bill McTavish Sudbury, Ontario
1974[13]  British Columbia George Beaudry Saint John, New Brunswick
1975[14]  Prince Edward Island Wen MacDonald Calgary, Alberta
1976[15]  Prince Edward Island Wen MacDonald Ottawa, Ontario
1977[16]  Saskatchewan Morrie Thompson Winnipeg, Manitoba
1978[17]  Saskatchewan Art Knutson St. Thomas, Ontario
1979[18]  Alberta Cliff Forry Noranda, Quebec
1980[19]  Saskatchewan Terry McGeary Saint John, New Brunswick
1981[20]  Quebec Jim Wilson Nanaimo, British Columbia
1982[21]  Manitoba Lloyd Gunnlaugson Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1983  Manitoba Lloyd Gunnlaugson[22] Sarnia, Ontario
1984[23]  Manitoba Lloyd Gunnlaugson St. John's, Newfoundland
1985[24]  Saskatchewan Frank Scheirich Yorkton, Saskatchewan
1986[25]  Ontario Earle Hushagen Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
1987[26]  Manitoba Norm Houck Prince George, British Columbia

1988–present

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A playoff was added in 1988

Year Team Winning skip Runner-up team (skip) Host
1988[27]  Alberta Bill Clark  Manitoba (Barry Coleman) Peterborough, Ontario
1989[28]  Ontario Jim Sharples  Saskatchewan (Harvey Mazinke) Kenora, Ontario
1990[29]  Manitoba Jim Ursel  British Columbia (Jerry Martin) Whitehorse, Yukon
1991[30]  Manitoba Jim Ursel  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Al Delmage) Victoria, British Columbia
1992  Ontario Jim Sharples  Manitoba (Barry Fry) Nipawin, Saskatchewan
1993  Alberta Len Erickson  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Al Delmage) Edmonton, Alberta
1994  New Brunswick David Sullivan  British Columbia (Jim Horswell) Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1995  Ontario Bill Dickie  Saskatchewan (Glenn Pryor) Saint John, New Brunswick
1996  Ontario Bob Turcotte  Northern Ontario (Bill Johnston) Medicine Hat, Alberta
1997  Ontario Bob Turcotte  Saskatchewan (Murray Eddy) Thornhill, Ontario
1998  Saskatchewan Gary Bryden  Manitoba (Clare DeBlonde) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1999  British Columbia Ken Watson  Ontario (Jim Sharples) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000  Ontario Bob Turcotte  British Columbia (Wayne Laface) Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2001  Manitoba Gary Ross  Alberta (Tom Reed) Calgary, Alberta
2002  Manitoba Carl German  Ontario (Bob Fedosa) St. Thomas, Ontario
2003  Alberta Tom Reed  Manitoba (Doug Armour) Lethbridge, Alberta
2004  Newfoundland and Labrador Bas Buckle  Nova Scotia (Steve Ogden) Vernon, British Columbia
2005  Alberta Les Rogers  Northern Ontario (Al Harnden) East St. Paul, Manitoba
2006  Northern Ontario Al Hackner  Alberta (Les Rogers) Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2007  Alberta Pat Ryan  Ontario (Bob Turcotte) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
2008  Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk  New Brunswick (Russ Howard) Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
2009  Ontario Bruce Delaney  New Brunswick (Russ Howard) Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2010  Alberta Mark Johnson  Ontario (Gareth Parry) Ottawa, Ontario
2011  Manitoba Kelly Robertson  Alberta (Brad Hannah) Digby, Nova Scotia
2012  Alberta Rob Armitage  Newfoundland and Labrador (Glenn Goss) Abbotsford, British Columbia
2013  New Brunswick Wayne Tallon  Ontario (Howard Rajala) Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2014  Nova Scotia Alan O'Leary  Manitoba (Kelly Robertson) Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2015  Manitoba Randy Neufeld  Quebec (Ted Butler) Edmonton, Alberta
2016  Ontario Bryan Cochrane  Manitoba (Randy Neufeld) Digby, Nova Scotia
2017  Alberta Wade White  Ontario (Howard Rajala) Fredericton, New Brunswick
2018  Ontario Bryan Cochrane  New Brunswick (Terry Odishaw) Stratford, Ontario
2019  Saskatchewan Bruce Korte  Ontario (Bryan Cochrane) Chilliwack, British Columbia
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2021  Alberta Wade White  Ontario (Bryan Cochrane) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
2022  Ontario Howard Rajala  Alberta (James Pahl) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
2023  Nova Scotia Paul Flemming  Saskatchewan (Bruce Korte) Vernon, British Columbia
2024  Saskatchewan Randy Bryden  Alberta (James Pahl) Moncton, New Brunswick
Province Titles by province
 Ontario 13
 Manitoba 12
 Alberta 10
 Saskatchewan 9
 British Columbia 3
 New Brunswick 3
 Prince Edward Island 3
 Nova Scotia 2
 Quebec 2
 Newfoundland and Labrador 1
 Northern Ontario 1

Women

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1973–1987

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Year Team Winning skip Host
1973[31]  British Columbia Ada Calles Ottawa, Ontario
1974[32]  British Columbia Flora Martin Halifax, Nova Scotia
1975[33]  British Columbia Flora Martin Swift Current, Saskatchewan
1976  Alberta Hadie Manley Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1977  British Columbia Vi Tapella Peace River, Alberta
1978  Alberta Hadie Manley St. John's, Newfoundland
1979  British Columbia Flora Martin Vernon, British Columbia
1980  British Columbia Flora Martin Fredericton, New Brunswick
1981  Alberta Bea Mayer Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982  Nova Scotia Verda Kempton Montreal, Quebec
1983  Manitoba Mabel Mitchell Guelph, Ontario
1984  Saskatchewan Ev Krahn Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985[24]  Saskatchewan Ev Krahn Yorkton, Saskatchewan
1986  Saskatchewan Ev Krahn Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
1987  Nova Scotia Verda Kempton Prince George, British Columbia

1988–present

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A playoff was added in 1988

Year Team Winning skip Runner-up team (skip) Host
1988[34]  Ontario Phyllis Nielsen  British Columbia (Helen Elson) Peterborough, Ontario
1989[28]  Saskatchewan Emily Farnham  Alberta (Arthena Fleming) Kenora, Ontario
1990[35]  Ontario Jill Greenwood  Alberta (Amy Nakamura) Whitehorse, Yukon
1991[30]  Northern Ontario Eila Brown  Saskatchewan (Emily Farnham) Victoria, British Columbia
1992  Saskatchewan Sheila Rowan  British Columbia (Bessie Low) Nipawin, Saskatchewan
1993  Ontario Jill Greenwood  Manitoba (Joan Ingram) Edmonton, Alberta
1994  Alberta Cordella Schwengler  Newfoundland (Sue Anne Bartlett) Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1995  Northern Ontario Sheila Ross  Quebec (Michele Page) Saint John, New Brunswick
1996  Ontario Jill Greenwood  British Columbia (Jeanette Sillars) Medicine Hat, Alberta
1997  Quebec Agnès Charette  Ontario (Jill Greenwood) Thornhill, Ontario
1998  Ontario Jill Greenwood  Quebec (Agnès Charette) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1999  Quebec Agnès Charette  British Columbia (Maymar Gemmell) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000  Quebec Agnès Charette  Saskatchewan (Nancy Kerr) Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2001  Ontario Anne Dunn  Manitoba (Linda Van Daele) Calgary, Alberta
2002  Ontario Anne Dunn  Alberta (Simone Handfield) St. Thomas, Ontario
2003  Saskatchewan Nancy Kerr  British Columbia (Karen Lepine) Lethbridge, Alberta
2004  Ontario Anne Dunn  British Columbia (Kathy Smiley) Vernon, British Columbia
2005  Ontario Joyce Potter  British Columbia (Kathy Smiley) East St. Paul, Manitoba
2006  Ontario Anne Dunn  British Columbia (Jane Adam) Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2007  Alberta Diane Foster  British Columbia (Kathy Smiley) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
2008  British Columbia Pat Sanders  Ontario (Ann Pearson) Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
2009  Nova Scotia Colleen Pinkney  British Columbia (Kathy Smiley) Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2010  British Columbia Christine Jurgenson  New Brunswick (Heidi Hanlon) Ottawa, Ontario
2011  New Brunswick Heidi Hanlon  Ontario (Joyce Potter) Digby, Nova Scotia
2012  Alberta Cathy King  Newfoundland and Labrador (Cathy Cunningham) Abbotsford, British Columbia
2013  Nova Scotia Colleen Pinkney  Alberta (Deb Santos) Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2014  Manitoba Lois Fowler  Saskatchewan (Lorraine Arguin) Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2015  Alberta Terri Loblaw  Nova Scotia (Colleen Jones) Edmonton, Alberta
2016  Nova Scotia Colleen Jones  Saskatchewan (Sherry Anderson) Digby, Nova Scotia
2017  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson  Ontario (Jo-Ann Rizzo) Fredericton, New Brunswick
2018  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson  Nova Scotia (Mary Mattatall) Stratford, Ontario
2019  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson  Ontario (Sherry Middaugh) Chilliwack, British Columbia
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2021  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson  British Columbia (Mary-Anne Arsenault) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
2022  Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson  Quebec (Chantal Osborne) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
2023  Ontario Susan Froud  Saskatchewan (Nancy Martin) Vernon, British Columbia
2024  Alberta Atina Ford-Johnston  Ontario (Jo-Ann Rizzo) Moncton, New Brunswick
Province Titles by province
 Ontario 11
 Saskatchewan 11
 British Columbia 8
 Alberta 8
 Nova Scotia 5
 Quebec 3
 Manitoba 2
 Northern Ontario 2
 New Brunswick 1

References

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  2. ^ Harper, Scotty (March 22, 1965). "'Greybeards' Match Rocks". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 24.Free access icon
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  33. ^ "B.C., Alberta win in women's senior and mixed curling". Montreal Gazette. March 22, 1975. p. 46. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
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