St. Vital Curling Club

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St Vital Curling Club
St. Vital curling club mural.jpg
Location286 Regal Ave.
St. Vital (Winnipeg), Manitoba R2M 0P5
Canada

49°51′29″N97°06′17″W / 49.85808°N 97.10459°W / 49.85808; -97.10459
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Established1933;90 years ago (1933)
Website http://stvitalcurling.ca/

The St. Vital Curling Club, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a curling club in Western Canada and was founded in 1933. It started curling events in December 1933 in a building that was owned by the St. Vital Agricultural Society which it purchased in 1950. It was then moved to its current location in 1954 on Regal Avenue in Winnipeg. [1]

The club hosted it first Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in 1974.

2017-2018 President - Pam Kok

2018-2020 President - Ken Stevens

2020-2022 President - Jason Pruden

2022-current President - Kevin Blunden

It is the home curling club of 2014 Olympic curling champions Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer and Dawn McEwen as well as 2018 Olympic Doubles curling champion Kaitlyn Lawes.

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References

  1. "St. Vital Curling Club About Us". St. Vital Curling Club. Retrieved 2017-02-11.