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A Winnipeg iconic curling facility is the host to the 2025 Canadian Curling Club Championships in November.
Curling Canada made the announcement on Thursday that Winnipeg’s Granite Curling Club, with 110 years of history, which is also known as The Mother Club for Curling in Winnipeg will host the Championships from Nov. 18 to 23.
Nolan Thiessen, Chief Executive Officer of Curling Canada says it's a perfect fit. "It’s truly fitting that a club with as much history as the Granite Curling Club gets the opportunity to host one of our most popular and meaningful events. The Canadian Curling Club Championships give opportunities to grassroots curlers across Canada to enjoy a national championship experience, and they’ll have a truly special setting in 2025 at the Mother Club in Winnipeg.”
Champions from the men's and women's from across Canada will be in Winnipeg to compete in the 16th edition of the Canadian Curling Championships.
The Granite Club was opened in 1913, but its history exceeds that by three decades, as the club had been in existence for 30 years prior.
Mayor Scott Gillingham is excited for this event to come to the city. "We’re thrilled to welcome the 2025 Canadian Curling Club Championship to the Curling Capital of the World. his city lives and breathes the game, and I know Winnipeggers will give curlers from across Canada a warm and enthusiastic welcome.”
2025 will mark the second time Winnipeg has played host. In 2023, the Canadian Curling Club Championships were at the Assiniboine Memorial Club.
In the past, Manitoba has had success in the women's category at the Canadian Curling Club Championships. Manitoba has a leading four women's titles, including in 2011 from Team Meghan Armit from the Granite Club.
Manitoba is still looking for their first Canadian Curling Club Championship on the men's side.
“The Granite Curling Club is excited for the opportunity to host the 2025 Canadian Curling Club Championships,” said Host Committee Chair Warren Reimer. “The ‘Mother Club’, founded in Winnipeg in 1880, is the traditional centre of excellence promoting the sport of curling in a positive friendly atmosphere for all ages and abilities. The Tudor-framed clubhouse, with its arching rink to the rear, is the province's oldest curling institution and one of the oldest sporting groups in the province, and is now considered a Heritage Building by the City of Winnipeg. We look forward to welcoming curlers and fans from across the country to spend a week in our city and our beautiful curling club.”
Last year, at the 2024 Canadian Curling Club Championships in Barrie, Ont. a team from Nova Scotia won the women's championship, while Ontario won the men's.
“We’re excited to be welcoming the Canadian Curling Club Championships back to Manitoba in 2025 and I know the Granite Club will do a superb job,” said Craig Baker, Executive Director of CurlManitoba. “There is a dedicated group of volunteers who will be working tirelessly to make the event memorable for curlers and fans alike at our most historic club.”