Canadian Senior Curling Championships Explained
| Canadian Senior Curling Championships |
| Established: | 1965 (men)
1973 (women) |
| Current Host City: | Vernon, British Columbia |
| Current Arena: | Vernon Curling Club |
| Current: | 2023 Canadian Senior Curling Championships |
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
Men
| Year | Team | Winning skip | Host |
|---|
| 1965 | | | Port Arthur, Ontario |
| 1966 | | | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1967 | | | Montreal, Quebec |
| 1968 | | | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1969 | | | Hamilton, Ontario |
| 1970 | | | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| 1971 | | | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1972 | | | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| 1973 | | | Sudbury, Ontario |
| 1974 | | | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 1975 | | | Calgary, Alberta |
| 1976 | | | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1977 | | | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1978 | | | St. Thomas, Ontario |
| 1979 | | | Noranda, Quebec |
| 1980 | | | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 1981 | | | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| 1982 | | | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 1983 | | | Sarnia, Ontario |
| 1984 | | | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| 1985 | | | Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
| 1986 | | | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| 1987 | | | Prince George, British Columbia |
| 1988 | | | Peterborough, Ontario |
| 1989 | | | Kenora, Ontario |
| 1990 | | | Whitehorse, Yukon |
| 1991 | | | Victoria, British Columbia |
| | | Nipawin, Saskatchewan |
| | | Edmonton, Alberta |
| | | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| | | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| | | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| | | Thornhill, Ontario |
| | | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| | | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| | | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| | | Calgary, Alberta |
| | | St. Thomas, Ontario |
| | | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| | | Vernon, British Columbia |
| | | East St. Paul, Manitoba |
| | | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| | | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| | | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| | | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| | | Ottawa, Ontario |
| | | Digby, Nova Scotia |
| | | Abbotsford, British Columbia |
| | | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| | | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
| | | Edmonton, Alberta |
| | | Digby, Nova Scotia |
| | | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| | | Stratford, Ontario |
| | | Chilliwack, British Columbia |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| | | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| | | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| | | Vernon, British Columbia | |
| Province | Titles by province |
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| 13 |
| 12 |
| 10 |
| 8 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 1 |
| 1 | |
Women
| Year | Team | Winning skip | Host |
|---|
| 1973 | | | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1974 | | | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1975 | | | Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
| 1976 | | | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 1977 | | | Peace River, Alberta |
| 1978 | | | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| 1979 | | | Vernon, British Columbia |
| 1980 | | | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| 1981 | | | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1982 | | Verda Kempton | Montreal, Quebec |
| 1983 | | | Guelph, Ontario |
| 1984 | | | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1985 | | | Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
| 1986 | | | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| 1987 | | Verda Kempton | Prince George, British Columbia |
| 1988 | | | Peterborough, Ontario |
| 1989 | | | Kenora, Ontario |
| 1990 | | | Whitehorse, Yukon |
| 1991 | | | Victoria, British Columbia |
| | | Nipawin, Saskatchewan |
| | | Edmonton, Alberta |
| | | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| | | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| | | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| | | Thornhill, Ontario |
| | | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| | | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| | | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| | | Calgary, Alberta |
| | | St. Thomas, Ontario |
| | | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| | | Vernon, British Columbia |
| | | East St. Paul, Manitoba |
| | | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| | | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| | | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| | | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| | | Ottawa, Ontario |
| | | Digby, Nova Scotia |
| | | Abbotsford, British Columbia |
| | | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| | | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
| | | Edmonton, Alberta |
| | | Digby, Nova Scotia |
| | | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| | | Stratford, Ontario |
| | | Chilliwack, British Columbia |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| | | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| | | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| | | Vernon, British Columbia | |
| Province | Titles by province |
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| 11 |
| 11 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
| 5 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 1 | |
External links
Notes and References
- News: The National Seniors Curling Championship for the Seagram Stone. October 1, 1964. Miniota Herald. Miniota, Manitoba. 1 .
- News: 'Greybeards' Match Rocks. Harper. Scotty. March 22, 1965. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 24.
- News: Sargent Named Head Of Canadian Curlers. Harper. Scotty . March 4, 1965. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 42.
