Caledonian Curling Club
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|location = 2225 Sandra Schmirler Way
Regina, Saskatchewan
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|established = {{start date and age|1915}}
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|club_type = Dedicated ice
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|cca_region = SCA Regina
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|website = http://www.callieclub.com/
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The Caledonian Curling Club, also known as the Callie, is a curling club located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Established in 1915, the club is among the oldest in the province and has been the home of many championship teams, including the Sandra Schmirler rink, which won three provincial, national, and world championships in the 1990s and the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
The Callie merged with the Tartan Curling Club in 2018, leaving it as one of two clubs in Regina, alongside the Highland Curling Club.
History
On 7 October 1915, curlers gathered in Slater and Finlayson's store to discuss prospects for the formation of a second curling club in Regina; it was agreed that a second club would prove beneficial to the interests of curling in the city, and that the additional rink would provide better accommodation for the provincial bonspiel. The club was officially established on 14 October 1915, when it was christened the Caledonian Curling Club of Regina. C. J. Watson, who had chaired the meetings, was named the first president of the club.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
The club was originally situated on the Regina Fair Grounds, moving between various buildings before settling in the Grain Show Building by 1933. In November 1978, the club moved to its current location next to the Regina International Airport.{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Murray |date=2015-12-23 |title=Callie Curling Club celebrates 100th anniversary in style |url=https://leaderpost.com/sports/curling/callie-curling-club-is-still-rocking-after-100-years |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620034419/https://leaderpost.com/sports/curling/callie-curling-club-is-still-rocking-after-100-years |archive-date=2017-06-20 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=Regina Leader-Post}}
In 2015, the club marked its 100th anniversary with a multi-day 100-end curling match.{{Cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Ian |date=2016-01-01 |title=Callie Curling Club marks 100th anniversary with 100-end curling match |url=https://leaderpost.com/sports/curling/callie-curling-club-marks-100th-anniversary-with-100-end-curling-match |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102024318/https://leaderpost.com/sports/curling/callie-curling-club-marks-100th-anniversary-with-100-end-curling-match |archive-date=2016-01-02 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=Regina Leader-Post}}
In 2018, the Callie absorbed the former Tartan Curling Club when it closed.{{Cite news |date=2018-07-06 |title=Regina's Tartan Curling Club closing doors after 60 years |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-curling-club-closing-doors-merge-another-club-1.4736558 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121091839/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-curling-club-closing-doors-merge-another-club-1.4736558 |archive-date=2018-11-21 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=CBC News}}
In 2023, the Callie began hosting the Queen City Curling League, the province's second LGBT curling league after the Prairie Lily Curling League was established at Saskatoon's Nutana Curling Club in 2014.{{Cite web |title=LGTBQ2S+ Curling in Canada |url=https://pridecurl.ca/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205224631/https://pridecurl.ca/ |archive-date=2024-02-05 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=pridecurl.ca |publisher=Canadian Pride Curling Association}}{{Cite news |last=Spray |first=Hannah |date=2014-09-02 |title=Gay curling league takes to the ice |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/gay-curling-league-takes-to-the-ice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524053216/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/gay-curling-league-takes-to-the-ice |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2024-02-05 |work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix}}
= Champions =
The Callie is noted for being the home of Sandra Schmirler's world championship team. Schmirler, along with third Jan Betker, second Joan McCusker, and lead Marcia Gudereit, won three national and World Championships in the 1990s before winning the first Olympic gold medal in women's curling in 1998. In 2019, the team was voted first in a national ranking of the best ever women's curling teams.{{Cite news |last=Horne |first=Ryan |date=2019-02-22 |title=Canada’s Greatest Curlers: Schmirler’s foursome named greatest rink of all-time |url=https://www.tsn.ca/canada-s-greatest-curlers-schmirler-s-foursome-named-greatest-rink-of-all-time-1.1253745 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228055333/https://www.tsn.ca/canada-s-greatest-curlers-schmirler-s-foursome-named-greatest-rink-of-all-time-1.1253745 |archive-date=2019-02-28 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=The Sports Network}} After Schmirler died in 2000, Betker skipped two more provincial championship teams.
Long before the Schmirler team's success, the Callie produced the first women's team to win an inter-provincial competition when Janet Perkin's rink won the 1953 Western Canadian Ladies' Championship, which was hosted in Regina.{{Cite web |title=1953 Janet Perkin Curling Team |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1953-janet-perkin-curling-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526073235/https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1953-janet-perkin-curling-team/ |archive-date=2022-05-26 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame}} In 1980, Marj Mitchell's team won Canada's first Women's World Championship in the second ever edition of the event in Perth, Scotland.{{Cite web |title=1980 Marj Mitchell Curling Team |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1980-marj-mitchell-curling-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005225726/https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1980-marj-mitchell-curling-team/ |archive-date=2022-10-05 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame}} In 1990, the Atina Ford rink won the Canadian Junior Championship, while Nancy Kerr's team won the 2003 Canadian and World Seniors titles.{{Cite web |title=2003 Nancy Kerr Curling Team |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/2003-nancy-kerr-curling-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206092702/https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/2003-nancy-kerr-curling-team/ |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame}} Overall, the Callie has been the home of fifteen women's provincial champions.
On the men's side, the Callie has been home to four Canadian Junior Champions, as well as the 2005 World Junior Champion Kyle George rink.{{Cite news |date=2005-03-13 |title=Canada strikes gold at junior curling worlds |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/canada-strikes-gold-at-junior-curling-worlds-1.568958 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306202648/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/canada-strikes-gold-at-junior-curling-worlds-1.568958 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=CBC Sports}} In 1998, Gary Bryden's rink won the Canadian Senior Championship.{{Cite web |title=1998 Gary Bryden Curling Team |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1998-gary-bryden-curling-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207023256/https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1998-gary-bryden-curling-team/ |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame}} Altogether, Caledonian rinks have claimed six men's provincial championships.
The club also secured a Canadian Mixed Curling title in 1996, with Randy Bryden's rink, featuring brother Russ and sisters Cathy Trowell (Inglis) and Karen Inglis, winning the championship.{{Cite web |title=1996 Randy Bryden Curling Team |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1996-randy-bryden-curling-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205113354/https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1996-randy-bryden-curling-team/ |archive-date=2023-02-05 |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame}}
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!Year !Event !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Nationals record |
2024
|Canadian Senior Curling Championship |Troy Robinson |Russ Bryden |Chris Semenchuck |10–2 |
2013
|5–6 |
2011
|Canadian Junior Curling Championship |Braeden Moskowy |Matt Lang |13–0 |
2007
|Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts |Nancy Inglis |10–3 |
2005
|Canadian Junior Curling Championship |Kyle George |Justin Mihalicz |D. J. Kidby |Chris Hebert |11–2 |
2003
|Canadian Senior Curling Championship |Linda Burnham |Kenda Richards |Gertie Pick |11–2 |
2003
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Jan Betker |Sherry Linton |Marcia Gudereit |7–5 |
2002
|Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Tankard |Mark Lang |Brian McCusker |Kelly Moskowy |7–5 |
2001
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Michelle Ridgway |Lorie Kehler |Roberta Materi |Joan Stricker |4–7 |
2000
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |June Campbell |Cathy Walter |Karen Daku |Leanne Whitrow |8–4 |
1998
|Jan Betker |Joan McCusker |Marcia Gudereit |— |
1998
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Cathy Trowell |Kristy Lewis |Karen Daku |Keri-Lynn Schikowski |6–6 |
1998
|Canadian Senior Curling Championship |Gary Bryden |Dale Graham |Wilf Foss |Jerry Zimmer |10–2 |
1997
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Sandra Schmirler |Jan Betker |Joan McCusker |Marcia Gudereit |11–2 |
1996
|Canadian Mixed Curling Championship |Randy Bryden |Cathy Trowell |Russ Bryden |Karen Inglis |11–3 |
1994
|Scott Tournament of Hearts |Sandra Peterson |Jan Betker |Joan McCusker |Marcia Gudereit |11–1 |
1993
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Sandra Peterson |Jan Betker |Joan McCusker |Marcia Gudereit |10–2 |
1992
|Labatt Tankard |Brad Hebert |Warren Sharp |Bob Novakowski |Kerry Gudereit |5–6 |
1991
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Sandra Peterson |Jan Betker |Joan Inglis |Marcia Schiml |8–5 |
1990
|Canadian Junior Curling Championship |Darlene Kidd |Leslie Beck |Cindy Ford |10–2 |
1984
|Labatt Tankard |Gary Bryden |Dale Graham |Wilf Foss |Jerry Zimmer |7–5 |
1982
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Velva Squire |Dorthy Hepper |8–4 |
1980
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Nancy Kerr |Shirley McKendry |9–4 |
1977
|Macdonald Tankard |Greg Manwaring |Morris Tait |Vic Rogers |5–6 |
1975
|Saskatchewan Lassies' Curling Championship |Marj Mitchell |Kenda Richards |Nancy Kerr |Florence Sanna |7–3 |
1967
|Saskatchewan Ladies' Curling Championship |Betty Clarke |Enid Anderson |Jean Broeder |Beverly Langton |5–4 |
1964
|Saskatchewan Ladies' Curling Championship |Kay Krug |Joyce Miller |Doreen Thomas |5–4 |
1959
|Saskatchewan Ladies' Curling Championship |Janet Perkin |Win Rogers |Joyce Miller |B. Malesh |— |
1956
|National Schoolboys Championship |Bob Hawkins |Ted Clarke |Bruce Beveridge |Dave Williams | |
1953
|Saskatchewan Ladies' Curling Championship |Janet Perkin |Phyllis Day |Jean Graham |Joyce Miller |3–1 |
1950
|National Schoolboys Championship |Bill Clarke |Gary Carlson |Ian Innes |Harold Grassie | |
1949
|Macdonald Tankard |Harold Horeak |Edward Richter |John Heaney |Ernest Kittleson |4–5 |
Tartan Curling Club merger
{{Infobox curling club|name=Tartan Curling Club|location=1464 Broadway Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
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In 2018, the Callie absorbed the former Tartan Curling Club, which closed the doors at its Broadway Avenue location after 60 years of operating there.{{Cite news |last=Baxter |first=David |date=2018-07-05 |title=Tartan Curling Club closing, merging with Caledonian Curling Club |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4314463/tartan-curling-club-closing-merging-with-caledonian-curling-club/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705191040/https://globalnews.ca/news/4314463/tartan-curling-club-closing-merging-with-caledonian-curling-club/ |archive-date=2018-07-05 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=Global News}} At the time of the closure, the two clubs proposed a merger to help stabilize curling in the city.{{Cite news |last=Schick |first=Lisa |date=2018-09-10 |title=New curling season looms as Regina clubs prepare to merge |url=https://www.cjme.com/2018/09/10/new-curling-season-looms-as-regina-clubs-prepare-to-merge/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207204936/https://www.cjme.com/2018/09/10/new-curling-season-looms-as-regina-clubs-prepare-to-merge/ |archive-date=2024-02-07 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=CJME}} The Tartan was founded in 1948 as the Civil Service Curling Club, which later merged with the Community Co-operative Curling Association and changed its name to the Tartan. The club opened a ten-sheet artificial ice rink in 1958. In 2003, the Tartan absorbed the Wheat City Curling Club upon its closure.{{Cite web |title=History of the Club |url=http://atthetartan.ca/about-us/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504044928/http://atthetartan.ca/about-us/ |archive-date=2018-05-04 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=atthetartan.ca |publisher=Tartan Curling Club}} The Tartan itself was the home of a number of provincial championship rinks, including Randy Woytowich's mixed rink that went undefeated en route to the 1984 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.{{Cite web |title=1984 Randy Woytowich Mixed Curling Team |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1984-randy-woytowich-mixed-curling-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207022014/https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1984-randy-woytowich-mixed-curling-team/ |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame}}
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|+Provincial titles by Tartan rinks !Year !Event !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Nationals record |
2012
|Canadian Mixed Curling Championship |Jason Ackerman |Dean Hicke |Colleen Ackerman |11–4 |
2012
|Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts |Sarah Slywka |5–6 |
2011
|4–7 |
2008
|Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts |Michelle Englot |Darlene Kidd |Roberta Materi |Cindy Simmons |5–6 |
1993
|Labatt Tankard |Brian McCusker |Wyatt Buck |John Grundy |6–5 |
1992
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Kathy Fahlman |Joan Stricker |Lorie Kehler |7–4 |
1991
|Labatt Tankard |Randy Woytowich |Brian McCusker |Wyatt Buck |John Grundy |8–4 |
1990
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Michelle Schneider |Kathy Fahlman |Joan Stricker |Lorie Kehler |6–5 |
1989
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Michelle Schneider |Joan Stricker |Lorie Kehler |Leanne Eberle |8–5 |
1988
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Michelle Schneider |Jan Herauf |Lorie Kehler |Leanne Eberle |9–3 |
1987
|Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts |Kathy Fahlman |Sheila Schneider |7–5 |
1984
|Canadian Mixed Curling Championship |Randy Woytowich |Kathy Fahlman |Brian McCusker |Jan Betker |12–0 |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.callieclub.com/}}
Category:Curling clubs in Saskatchewan
Category:1915 establishments in Saskatchewan