Brandon Curling Club

The Brandon Curling Club is a curling club located in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The club is one of four in the city.

The club was founded in 1889-90 at the corner of Victoria Ave and 18th St in Downtown Brandon. The club was moved further south in 1953 to the Provincial Exhibition Grounds. Three years later, a fire destroyed the rink, but it as re-built by Fall 1956. Two years later, artificial ice was installed, before fire destroyed the rink once again in 1964. Four months after the fire, it was once again rebuilt. The club was re-located to a different site at the exhibition grounds in 1969-70.

The club was added to the Keystone Centre arena in 1992, becoming an 8 sheet club in the process.

Brandon Curling Club teams have won two men's provincial championships. In 1987, Brian Fowler, Keith Kyle, Dale Wallace and Gary Poole won the title, and finished 6-5 at the 1987 Labatt Brier. Rob Fowler, Allan Lyburn, Richard Daneault and Derek Samagalski won the 2012 Safeway Championship and would go on to win a bronze medal at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier.

The Brandon Curling Club has won the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts six times: 1968 (Mabel Mitchell, Shirley Bray, Mildred Murray, June Clark), 1971 (Mabel Mitchell, Mildred Murray, Evelyn Bird, June Clark), 1972 (Audrey Williamson, Mabel Mitchell, Flo Yeo, Dru Dickens), 1993 (Maureen Bonar, Lois Fowler, Allyson Bell, Rhonda Fowler), 1996 (Maureen Bonar, Gerri Cooke, Allyson Bell, Lois Fowler), and 1998 (Lois Fwoler, Betty Couling, Shawon Fowler, Jocelyn Beever).

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