Donors

Donors

"Thank you!" to the following Donors:

Platinum

• • The Melo Family
  • Invista Canada Company

Gold

• • Peter Wills

Silver

• • SLH Transport
  • J.L. Edwards Family

Bronze

• • Don Cameron; Bob Clark
  • Wayne Gilmour; Linda Miller & Day Ladies
  • Napanee Curling Club

Honourable Mention

• • Chris Barkley's Whig Team
  • Paul Cridland
  • Pauline & Howard Herron
  • Shirley & Art Russell
  • Karen & Mike Schneider
  • Mike Tureski
  • Graham Weatherby's Mixed Team
    
    

If you would like more information about becoming a Donor, please contact the Marketing Chair.

Past Presidents

Past Presidents

2016-17	John Ryce
2014-15	Mike Schneider
2012-13	Henry Treier
2010-11	Roy Vasey
2008-09	Wayne Gilmour
2006-07	Mike Tureski
2004-05	Nick Brown
2003	Ron Walsh
2002	Steve Payne
2001	Darryl Herron
2000	Donna Smith
1999	Bob Fisher
1998	Phil Tomsett
1997	Linda Lott
1996	Graeme McKay
1995	Tony Bush
1994	Doug Graham
1993	Greg Westlake
1992	Norm Dunstan
1991	Rene Marchen
1990	Fred Butler
1988-89	Lin Jenkins
1987	Howard Herron
1985-86	Fred Leduc
1983-84	Adrian Langlois
1982	Jewel Cooney
1981	Edmund Bauder
1980	Earl McCullough
1979	Dave J. McMurray
1978	Doug M. Belch
1977	Michael J. Breen
1976	Vincent O'Neill
1975	Ross Wilson
1974	Lefty McDonald
1973	John Hutchinson
1972	Don W. Lemmon
1971	V. William Sharpe
1970	George H. Graves
1968-69	Jake L. Edwards
1967	Jack Gollogly
1966	Syd H. Rose
1965	Wes T. Reid
1964	Harold C. Anglin
1963	Robert F. Elliott
1962	Ernie E. Boughton
1961	Robert C. Webster
1960	J. Gord Lumb
1959	Art W. Gloyne
1958	Gilbert G. Seymour
1957	Art W. Bidgood
1955-56	Bruce Matthews
1954	Ray A. J. Allain
1952-53	Hamilton Edgar
1951	T. Doug Slater
1950	Howard M. Reid
1949	Joseph A. Shamess
1948	Jack C. McCartney
1947	Jack G. W. Sands
1946	R. Brodie Ness
1944-45	Ray M. Allan
1943	Karl E. Leishman
1942	William J. Drysdale
1941	H. Earl Pearen
1940	Fred Lumb
1939	Arthur C. Neish
1937-38	Harry A. Heagle
1936	William J. Cooke
1935	Thomas G. Bishop
1933-34	John Alexander McRae
1932	John Angrove
1931	George Hanson
1930	Joseph F. McMillan
1928-29	Robert N. F. McFarlane
1925-27	Edwin Mooers
1924	Harold Angrove
1922-23	Samuel W. Dyde
1921	Marshall P. Reid
1920	Thomas M. Asselstine
1919	Harold Angrove
1917-18	Arthur B. Cunningham
1915-16	William L. Goodwin
1914	William R. Givens
1913	John F. Macdonald
1912	Hugh Macpherson
1911	Ernest O. Sliter
1910	Robert J. McKelvey
1909	Laurance W. Gill
1908	Edward Hague
1907	James M. Farrell
1906	William M. Bramfield
1905	George H. Ogilvie
1904	Lawrence L. Henderson
1903	Samuel R. Bailey
1901-02	George H. Ogilvie
1900	Felix Shaw
1899	Joseph B. Walkem
1898	William B. Dalton
1897	John Watson
1896	Archibald Strachan
1895	William Lesslie
1894	Charles W. Drury
1893	James Stewart
1891-92	Malcolm S. Sutherland
1890	John B. Carruthers
1889	William H. Cotton

Life Members

Life Members

2010's	2000's	1990's	1980's
John Berry *	Marilyn Bellringer	Ed Bauder	Ken Anderson
Ella Brisson	Mary Bird	Glenda Bauder	Bud Beatty
Pat Brooks	Russ Brown	Bernie Breen	George Binnington
Norma Burns	Ken Burns	Jean Breen	Margaret Blenkinsop
Tony Bush	Betty Bush	Mike Breen	Ted Brown
Marilyn Campbell	Don Cameron	Kathy Brown	Don Bruce
Brian Collingwood	Bill Cannon	Ron Brown	Bob Clark
Fran Cooney	Marilyn Chilton	Clark Carnegie	Vi Duff
Dave Cox	Esther Cliff	Shirley Clark	Dick Edney
Joan Doucet	Jack Cliff	Gladys Ford	Hazel Fergusson
Gruer Cam *	Rhonda Cross	Frank Forkes	Ev Gollogly
Eric Hamelinck *	Arla Currie	Bill Gourdier	Clyde Lawlor
Doug Huddle	Bill Duffe	George Graves	Lefty McDonald
Carrol Knowles	Shirley Dunstan	Thelma Graves	Mary McFarlane
Diane Labrie	Sandy Edwards	Enid Gugins	Ike McHugh
Rene Marchen	Bob Fisher	Howard Herron	Bill Mills
Bob Moore	Lin Jenkins	Pauline Herron	Barb Peters
Doug Murray	Linda Lott	Ruth Hillier	Gert Poston
Doug Pfeiffer	Edith Lutz	John Hutchinson	Bette Reid
Jim Rines	Joanne Manion	Marg Hutchinson	Flossie Seymour
Carole Rivington	John Mayhew	Bob Leishman	Lloyd Starnaman
Judy Russell	Tom Mercer	Lois Leishman	Phyllis Starnaman
Nick Sears	Gwen Mitchell	Marg McDonald	Julius Sugarman
Karen Schneider	Jerry Murphy	Thelma Mills	Dot Vince
Mike Schneider	Linda O'Sullivan	Grant Paterson	Dud White
Martin Secker *	Mary Paterson	Don Pringle
Heather Sinclair	Karl Polk	Bill Racz	1970's
Doug Swain	Marg Polk	Art Russell	Harold Anglin
Lee Thompson	Ray Quenneville	Shirley Russell	Ernest Boughton
Henry Treier	Joyce Roddy	Art Taugher	Harold Buck
Joe Waller	Phil Tomsett	Bill Vince	Joe Corkey
Larry Waller	April Welsh	Ron Walsh	Jake L. Edwards
Rich Waller	Sylvia Wright		Bill A. Kelly
Sharon Windsor			Bruce Matthews
			Andy L. McFie
* 2018-19			Fran Millar
			Wesley T. Reid
			Tip Roberts
			Gib Seymour
			Bill Sharpe
			Pat Travers
			1960's
			Harry Abramsky
			Minnie Carlaw
			Joseph Cooke
			Stu Cooke
			Bob Elliott
			Edith Hall
			Karl Leishman
			Gord Lumb
			Audrey McFarlane
			Bob McFarlane
			Jack Sands
			1950's
			Walter Cooke
			Jack McCartney
			Year Unknown
			Frances Allain
			Doug Belch
			Gord Bond
			Bob Bruce
			Olive Crawford
			George Hanson
			Jolly Hewson
			Jackie Langille
			Annie Levandoski
			Sally Louden
			Doreen Main
			Charlie Paradis
			Shirley Paradis
			Lynne Rutherford
			Norma Sharpe
			George Shewell
			Peter Swan
			Yvonne Taugher
			Bert Vince
			Jean White

Wall of Fame

 

Wall of Fame Nomination Form  

 

CARRIE COLE  J.L. "Jake" EDWARDS  K.E. "Karl" LEISHMAN  JACK SANDS  H.E. "Lefty" McDONALD  CLARK CARNEGIE  BILL LEWIS  MARG McDONALD  LINDA LOTT  BETTY BUSH  PHIL TOMSETT

   

 

 CARRIE COLE

One of the top women curlers in Kingston back in the 1950's and 1960's.  Carrie Cole claimed several club and flight championships at K.C.C. and shared in out-of-town bonspiel victories throughout Eastern Ontario.  In 1956, she was on the rink which won the Eastern Ontario ladies Championship.   Later on as a senior, Carrie skipped her K.C.C. rink to the Southern Ontario Senior Women's Tankard title in 1965.  Always a supporter of the game she loved, Carrie took a willing hand in helping yourng people learn the game.

 

  

J.L. "Jake" EDWARDS 

Intense competitor and unparalleled strategist, Jake left his mark on the sport with Ontario Championships in British Consols (Brier rep. 1960).  The Silver Tankard (1968), the Govenor Generals (1952), and the Seniors (1976-77).  Jake was President of K.C.C. in 1969 and during the Club's 150th anniversary in 1970.  He was deeply involved through his tireless efforts and continuing sponsorship.  The Edwards Shield, for competitive excellence exemplifies Jake's attitude to the game.

 

  

K.E. "Karl" LEISHMAN

A lifelong curler and promoter of the sport, Karl served a term as Ontario Curling Association Presidenrt in 1967-68.  His time as President of K.C.C. in 1944 highlighted his many years of service on the Board of Management, extending into the late 70's.  Karl played on four Ontario Championships; Governor Generals in 1943 and 1947 as well as the Silver Tankard in 1952 and in 1953.  His gentlemanly conduct and enthusiasm made him the perfect ambassador of the roaring game. 

  

JACK SANDS

The name of Jack Sands was well known throughout Ontario curling clubs for his aggressive approach to the game during the 1950's. President of K.C.C. in 1948, Sands won the Ontario Silver Tankard in 1952 and then repeated the win in 1953.  Twice a runnerup in the Ontario championship British Consols, Sands carried the Kingston curling banner with success throughout the province in numerous competitions. 

 

 

H.E. "Lefty" McDONALD

A valuable member of the Kingston Curling Club for many years, Lefty's contributions to the game within the club have been immense.  Besides serviing on the Board of Management for years and as club President in 1975, he has been an organizer of club activities throughout the curling seasons.  A respected performer on the ice, Lefty has played at Ontario championships and in 1985 skipped a rink to the Ontario senior mixed curling title, the first time a Kingston rink has won that championship. 

 

 

CLARK CARNEGIE

Ever since Clark Carnegie joined the Royal Kingston Curling Club in 1964, he has been the club's ultimate volunteer.  He made Saturday night mixed curling at the club in the 1960s and '70s, the place to be.  From there, he carried on his expertise as chairman of The Whig Standard's annual Friday night "steak barbeque" for more than two decades.  A life member of the Royal Kingston Curling Club, Clark has his name inscribed on the men's flight championship trophy four times with four different skips. 

 

 

BILL LEWIS

Bill Lewis was an active curler at the Kingston Curling Club from 1967 - 1985.  During that time he as the ice maker for three years. His major contribution to the club was that of instructor.  He helped numerous people to perfect their delivery and started them on the competitive trail.  he was the winner of various provincial competitions including three Ontario Seniors and two Silver Tankards.  Among his bonspiel wins were The Whig Standard, The Famous Fisherman's and the City of Ottawa. 

 

MARG McDONALD

Marg has been a member of RKCC since 1962.  During this time she has made twelve appearances at the provincial level in OCA Tankard, Intermediates, Seniors and Masters.  In 1987 she was a member of a winning Senior Mixed team.  She is also a two time winner of the Lady Tweedsmuir LCA competition.  In club curling she won the initial Carrie Cole Championship, Senior Flight and numerous bonspiels.  Her club contributions have been as the convenor of the 1981 Intermediate Finals, the 1987 EOLCA Tournament of Hearts and the food section of the 1995 Tankard. 

  

 

 

LINDA LOTT (2017)

Linda Lott joined RKCC in 1979.  She has competed in many OCA competitions including the OLCA Women’s Tankard, Trophy, and Scotties. Linda has skipped several winning teams in Ladies Flight and Mixed. Her leadership skills are highlighted by her volunteer work as an organizer and coach with the high school curling league. Linda has served the Kingston Curling Community in the role of Chair of Greater Kingston Curling since 2012. Within the OCA Linda has been the Zone 4 representative since 1999 and served for three years as the Women’s Competition Chair on the OCA Board of Directors. Her service to the RKCC includes chairing the Social, Membership and Marketing committees and twice serving as Evening Ladies Chairperson. Linda has organized many club bonspiels including the Whig-Standard, Empire Life, Evening Ladies annual and two City Championship events. Linda served as President of the Board of Directors in 1997.

 

 

 

  

BETTY BUSH (2017)

Betty was an RKCC member from 1979 until her passing in 2015.  In 2016 she was inducted into the Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame. Her teams won the Ontario Master Women's twice and represented the province at the Canadian Master Women’s Championship. They made the provincial finals in the Senior Women’s; Women’s Tankard, Women’s Trophy; Senior Mixed Women’s Intermediates and were winners in numerous OCA zone and regional competitions. An ardent supporter of Club Curling her name can be found on many RKCC trophies. She was a mentor to many new curlers. Betty helped promote curling locally and provincially by volunteering at the Ontario Men’s Tankard, Ontario Mixed and Senior Mixed, and the Scotties. For many years she volunteered locally for the Alzheimer’s Society and Almost Home. She was a tireless volunteer chairing numerous committees and serving as a member of the Club's Board of Directors.

 

 

 

PHIL TOMSETT (2017)

Phil has been a member of RKCC since 1974. His curling achievements include the Canadian Schoolboy Championship in 1973, the Ontario University Athletics championship in 1975 and 1976, and the Ontario Colts championship in 1975. He has competed in many OCA competitions, including the Tankard, Silver Tankard, Intermediates and Senior events. He was in the Ontario finals of the Governor General’s Trophy. He has won many local events and bonspiels including the Whig-Standard and the Fisherman’s. In 2001, his team finished runner-up in the Ontario Major League Championship. He has served on organizing committees for the Ontario Tankard, Canadian Juniors, BDO Grand Slam, the Scotties and the Kingston Major League. He played a large role in the development of junior curling. Phil was instrumental in the building of our new facility and has served on the Board of Directors as President in 1998-99.

 

Wall of Recognition

 

Wall of Recognition Nomination Form   

2018-19

The Royal Kingston Curling Club recognized more than a dozen outstanding volunteers on Championship Night. The 14 inductees to the Wall of Recognition helped in particular in the process of building our new club on Days Road, establishing a strategic plan to guide the club forward, preparing and submitting grant applications, carpentry work, helping in the kitchen, coaching, convening bonspiels and serving on committees. From left are: Reg Gore, Wayne Smith, Judy Russell, Gene Miller (accepting the Emeritus Employee award for the late Rod Leeder), Jim Lesley, Steve Quinn, Jan Ray, Jamie Duffe, accepting on behalf of his father, the late Bill Duffe, Jim Barton, Emil Lindt, Diane Labrie, Joanne Miller, Member at Large and chair of the nominations committee, accepting on behalf of Denis Faubert and Vic Matthews, and April Welsh, who was herself inducted to the Wall of Recognition and who also accepted on behalf of her late husband, Brian Collingwood.