Our History
The Vancouver Curling Club has a proud tradition of members winning provincial championships.
Our Champions
A Heritage of Winning
The Vancouver Curling Club has a proud tradition of members winning provincial championships, including the Lyall Dagg team that won the MacDonald Brier and World Championship in 1964. For many years VCC was home to the Vancouver Super League and those competitive teams captured nine provincial men's titles wins from 1978 to 1988. That included four titles won by teams skipped by renowned curler Bernie Sparkes.
In total, the VCC has been home to over 50 provincial champion curling teams, listed below.
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Our History
Curling began in Vancouver in 1912 when Lester and Frank Patrick built the Denman Arena. This facility was affectionately known as "the Pile," bringing hockey to Vancouver as well as curling.
The Vancouver Curling Club occupied the basement of the Denman Arena. Curling stopped during the First World War and did not recommence until 1931 at the newly built Forum on the current PNE grounds with 10 sheets of curling ice.
In 1936, BC participated in the Brier for the first time ever, and a Vancouver team represented the province after winning in Nelson. That same year, the Denman Arena burned down, hockey took over the Forum, forcing curling to only one sheet of ice at the end, and it was 12 feet short of regulation length.
The need for more space and the desire of keen competitors brought new funds for a new facility at 18th & Heather in 1938. Plans were scrapped after the sod turning with the start of World War II. After the war, J.W. Cornett, our Honourary Life President, spearheaded the fundraising, design and construction of our five-sheet facility, which opened October 7, 1949 on Dinmont Avenue.
During the 62 years that the VCC spent on Dinmont Avenue, the club and its building had an exciting history. Thirty-nine of the club's 48 provincial championships - our purple heart winners - were captured by VCC teams curling off of our sand-based floor and on sheets that were a few of feet short of regulation. This included the Lyall Dagg team that won the 1964 men's world championship.
From the piano in the upper lounge and the cafeteria in the lower lounge to the roof and column replacement and the annual spring-time heaves in the ice, the VCC and its members had a number of highs and lows in the five-sheet facility.
In August 2011, the Club moved to a new eight-sheet facility. Located in Hillcrest Centre, the legacy curling facility from the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the VCC now has a concrete floor, a modern ice plant and a proud new home inside of a community recreation centre.
1951
- Anne Allen
- Mary Jefferson
- Phylis Carpenter
- Esther Miller
1956
- Marie McAllister
- Betty Tansley
- Lois Haddon
- Isabel Campbell
1958
- Lois Haddon
- Betty Tansley
- Isabel Campbell
- Ruth Ward
1960
- Irene Fraser
- Vivianne Chatenay
- Connie Abbot
- Diana Lawrence
1966
- Marg Cooke
- Ruth Hebert
- Eva Glover
- Marion Ellison
1970
- Donna Clark
- Mavis Gordon
- Marjorie Mitchell
- Gladys Nord
2009
- Marla Mallett
- Grace MacInnes
- Diane Gushulak
- Jacalyn Brown
2023
- Clancy Grandy
- Kayla MacMillan
- Lindsay Dubue
- Sarah Loken
2024
- Clancy Grandy
- Kayla MacMillan
- Lindsay Dubue
- Sarah Loken
1936
- William Whalen
- Bill Whalen
- J.W. Nation
- W.R. Broatch
1937
- R.V. David
- Frank Avery
- Fred Tinling
- George Norgan
1938
- William Finlay
- Fred Tinling
- L. Tinling
- William Lesage
1939
- Rollie David
- Frank Avery
- R. Wickstrom
- George Law
1940
- William Finlay
- Fred Tinling
- N. Williams
- William Lesage
1941
- William Finlay
- Rollie David
- L. Tinling
- William Lesage
1942
- D. Campbell
- Frank Avery
- R. Henderson
- George Law
1943
- Frank Avery
- D. Garnham
- F. Steacy
- R. Dickson
1946
- Frank Avery
- Bob Brown
- R. Henderson
- N. Wiginton
1950
- E. Cartmell
- Ty Cobb
- Charles Cook
- D. Garnham
1954
- E. Cartmell
- Les Kitson
- J. Dickson
- Reg Fry
1959
- Barry Naimark
- Fred Langen
- Evan Wolfe
- R. Beddoes
1964
- Lyall Dagg
- Leo Hebert
- Fred Britton
- Barry Naimark
1970
- Lyall Dagg
- Barry Naimark
- Leo Hebert
- T. Paulsen
1977
- Roy Vinthers
- Leo Hebert
- Greg Pruden
- Barry Naimark
1978
- Bernie Sparks
- Ron Thomson
- Al Cook
- Keiven Bauer
1979
- Glen Pierce
- W. Matthewson
- Bruce Davey
- Fuji Miki
1982
- Brent Giles
- Greg Monkman
- Al Roemer
- Brad Giles
1983
- Bernie Sparkes
- Jim Armstrong
- Al Cook
- Keiven Bauer
1984
- Bernie Sparkes
- Jim Armstrong
- Ron Thompson
- Jim Heitz
1985
- Paul Devlin
- Doug Meger
- Ken Watson
- Dale Reiben
1987
- Bernie Sparkes
- Jim Armstrong
- Monte Ziola
- Jamie Sexton
1988
- Ron Thompson
- Glen Hillson
- G. Franklin
- Rob Robinson
1990
- Craig Lepine
- Ross Graham
- Mike Bradley
- G. McEachran
1969
- Barry Naimark
- Bobbie Wallace
- Terry Paulson
- Dell-Jean Miller
1979
- Bernie Sparkes
- Lindsay Sparkes
- Al Cook
- Dawn Knowles
1982
- Glen Pierce
- Marlene Neubauer
- Fuji Miki
- Sharon Bradley
1995
- Al Roemer
- Lynda Roemer
- Mark Futcher
- Susan Allen
2013
- Keith Switzer
- Sandra Comadina
- Leonard Firkus
- Carman Cheng
- Brad Blackwell
1965
- Fred Tinling
- F. Law
- E. Woods
- H. Williamson
1966
- Frank Avery
- Les Kitson
- Ty Cobb
- B. Peterson
1967
- Frank Avery
- Les Kitson
- D. Quinnell
- B. Peterson
1981
- Gerry Jansen
- Verne White
- Ken Stowe
- Vic Merril
1983
- Barry Naimark
- Leo Hebert
- John French
- Gordon Campbell
1986
- Ted Moir
- Leo Hebert
- Jim Topley
- Jerry Jansen
1990
- Jerry Martin
- Bill Lohner
- Leo Hebert
- Ted Moir
1983
- Mary Williams
- Carol Trueman
- Beverly Mare
- Erna Swanson
1988
- Colleen Hannah
- Melissa Soligo
- Lori Atkins
- Tracy Butt
1954
- Ron Foster
- Bill Morrow
- George Pick
- Harold Popoff
1960
- Gene Hewitt
- Trev Tucker
- Wally Thom
- Gary Truscott
1987
- Brent Pierce
- Ross Graham
- Bryan Miki
- Darin Fenton
2013
- Amy Gibson
- Rebecca Turley
- Carmen Cheng
- Michelle Dunn
2001
- Jerry Martin
- Leo Hebert
- Bill Lohner
- Jerry Lawrence