|

John Dunn
Northern Ontario
T.C.T.E.C.A. President
1980-1981
|
At the Wildewood Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1975,
the Harry Whittam rink comprised of Dave Patterson (Lead), Dave McRae (Third),
Don Ashbee (Second) from Nanaimo, British Columbia
won the Championship for the first time
since British Columbia joined the Association in 1970.
In 1976, Gene Sturby led Saskatchewan to the winners podium
at Thunder Bay, Ontario.
In 1977, John
Garuik from Saskatchewan designed the snowflake logo
which was adopted as the official T.C.T.E.C.A. logo.

The logo consists of a large snowflake representing winter;
a curling rock illustrating the sport and a telephone
handset representing the telecommunication background
of the T.C.T.E.C.A.'s membership.
The Bo Britton rink from
Northern Ontario won the 1977 Championship held
at Regina, Saskatchewan.
A Rick Neiman rink from Alberta won the 1978 Championship at Kelowna ,
British Columbia. 1979 saw the Dave Kidby rink from Saskatchewan win
the Championship at Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta skipped by Rick Neiman in 1980 at Winnipeg, Manitoba,
in 1981 at Timmins, Ontario and in 1982 at Regina, Saskatchewan
won the National Championships in all three years accomplishing
the first hat-trick in the T.C.T.E.C.A. National competition.
Alberta lost its bid for a fourth consecutive title to the
Bo Britton rink
of Northern Ontario in 1983 at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Quebec joined the T.C.T.E.C.A.
in 1983 and was represented by
Marcel Leveille of Val D'or at the Championships
at Winnipeg, Manitoba. That year's theme "Anniversary on Ice"
commemorated the 75th Anniversary of the Manitoba Telephone System.
The Bo Britton from Northern Ontario won the Championship.
In 1984, Brad Hebert lead Saskatchewan to a first place finish
at Edmonton, Alberta and in 1985 Northern Ontario,
skipped by Bo Britton won the Championship at
Vancouver, British Columbia.
In 1986, the provinces of New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia joined the T.C.T.E.C.A. making the Championships
a true coast-to-coast national event.
Also in 1986, Saskatchewan began the second hat-trick in National
Championships history. A Brad Hebert rink won in 1986 at
Thunder Bay, Ontario, the Brian Humble rink in 1987 at
Quebec City, Quebec and a Brad Hebert rink succeeded
again in 1988 at Regina, Saskatchewan .
In 1988, the T.C.T.E.C.A. celebrated its' 25th Silver Anniversary,
'The Silver Sweep' in the province where it all began ... Saskatchewan.
| |
|
|
| |
(L-R)
Jerry Tilson (NONT), Dale Smith (NB), Dick Kyte (NS),
Les Stacey (BC), Marcel Leveille (QUE), Otto Allart (AB),
Hal Smith (SK), Thom Fasano (MAN) |
|
1989-1992, were the years Alberta made T.C.T.E.C.A. Championships history.
The Dale Raivo rink won the National Championships at Winnipeg , Manitoba
in 1989, again in 1990 at Saint John, New Brunswick . The 1991 Championships
at Edmonton, Alberta were won by the Stu Muirhead rink and in 1992,
the Bruce Lewis rink won at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Alberta 's dynasty ended in 1993 when the Warren Reimer rink from
Manitoba won the Championships at New Westminster , British Columbia.
Alberta has been the only province to successfully defend the
T.C.T.E.C.A. Championship title in four consecutive years since 1964.
The Bruce Lewis rink from Alberta won the Championship
held at Timmins, Ontario in 1994.
Unfortunately, Quebec withdrew from the T.C.T.E.C.A. that same year.
Previous 1 2 3 Next
|

Wally Cherski
Manitoba
T.C.T.E.C.A. President
1975-1979 |