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15-550: 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

30-472: A 4-1 record in pool play, but won all three playoff matches, including defeating Italy's Fiona Grace Simpson rink in the final to claim the gold medal. After the win, Fowler retired from competitive curling. Fowler was a waitress and a banquet girl before becoming a realtor for Century 21 in 1983. She married curler Brian Fowler in 1972. Brian represented Manitoba at the 1987 Labatt Brier . Their children, Robert and Rhonda, were also curlers. Lois Fowler

45-456: A 4-7 record, missing the playoffs. Fowler would again skip Manitoba at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts . Her team there consisted of Gerri Cooke, Bonar and Lana Hunter. There, she led Manitoba to a 7-4 round robin record, tied for fourth place with Saskatchewan's Sherry Anderson rink. The team beat Saskatchewan in the tiebreaker, but lost to Quebec's Marie-France Larouche rink in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game. In mixed curling , Fowler won

60-446: A 6-5 record, in a six-way tie for fourth place. The team won their first tie breaker match against Nova Scotia, but lost in their second tiebreaker match against their fellow Manitoba rink of Connie Laliberte , who was representing Team Canada. This eliminated Manitoba from the tournament. Fowler would skip her own rink at the 1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts . She would lead her team of Betty Couling, Sharon Fowler, and Jocelyn Beever to

75-478: A 9-2 record at the 2009 Canadian Senior Curling Championships , only to lose in the semifinal to British Columbia's Kathy Smiley. She won another provincial seniors title in 2013 with Wooley, Manning and new lead Joan Robertson. At the 2013 Canadian Senior Curling Championships , she led the team to a 7-4 round robin record, tied for third place. They beat Quebec in the tiebreaker but lost in the semifinal to Alberta's Deb Santos . The next season Fowler put together

90-447: A new team with far more experience, with her former skip Bonar at third, three-time Hearts champion Cathy Gauthier at second and Allyson Stewart at lead. The team went 10-1 at the 2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships , and would beat Saskatchewan's Lorraine Arguin in the final to claim the national senior championship. This qualified the team to represent Canada at the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships . Fowler led Canada to

105-411: A provincial mixed title in 1998, throwing third stones for a team skipped by her son Rob . The team went 6-5 at the 1998 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship , losing in a tiebreaker. Upon turning 50, Fowler graduated to senior curling and won a provincial senior women's title in 2009 skipping a team which included Gwen Wooley, Lori Manning and Lynn Sandercock. Representing Manitoba, she led her team to

120-717: 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 ). Brandon Curling Club teams won

135-658: The Canadian Senior Curling Championship for Manitoba. Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial mixed championship in 1975 ( Larry Taylor , Shirley Bray , Don Pottinger , Mary Adams ), 1998 ( Rob Fowler , Lois Fowler , Mark Taylor , Sharon Fowler ), 2003 ( Mike McEwen , Amber Dawson , Geordie Hargreaves , Kristen Williamson ), 2004 ( Terry McNamee , Jill Officer , Brendan Taylor , Tanya Robins ), 2005 (Terry McNamee, Tasha Hunter , Brendan Taylor, Tanya Robins) and 2012 (Terry McNamee, Kerri Einarson , Kyle Einarson , Stacey Fordyce ) The club won

150-487: The provincial junior men's championship in 1960 ( Don Pottinger , Wes Hoffman , Jim Poole , Reid Lumbard ), 1998 ( Mike McEwen , David Chalmers , Bryce Granger , Kevin Schmidt ) and 2001 (Mike McEwen, Denni Neufeld , Geordie Hargreaves , Nolan Thiessen ). The club also won the 1998 provincial junior women's championship with Lisa Roy, Amy Rafnkelsson , Jamie Coxworth and Kerry Maynes . Brandon Curling Club teams won

165-1052: The provincial senior men's championship in 1979 ( Eldon McLean , Clarence McFadyen , Harold McFadyen , Alf Poole ), 1993 ( Frank Gudz , Norm Hemstad , Gene Cory , Davy Rudy ) and 2004 ( Neil Andrews , Darryl Andrews , Jim Horn , Doug Carvey ). The club won the provincial women's senior championship in 1970 ( Eva Loney , Eileen Marsden , Marge Flewitt , Isabel McAllum ), 1983 ( Mabel Mitchell , Mary Adams , Mildred Murray , June Clark ), 1984 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Midred Murray, June Clark), 1985 ( Shirley Bray , Myrna Graham , Irene Fingas , Anne Mackay ), 1987 (Mabel Mitchell, Mary Adams, Mildred Murray, June Clark), 2001 ( Linda Van Daele , Joyce McDougall , Evelyn Clegg , Jean Ungarian ), 2005 (Linsa Van Daele, Betty Couling, Evelyn Clegg, Jean Ungarian), 2009 ( Lois Fowler , Gwen Wooley , Lori Manning , Lynn Sandercook ), 2010 (Linda Van Daele, Betty Couling, Sharon Shannon , Liliane Fargey ) and 2013 (Lois Fowler, Gwen Wooley, Lori Manning, Joan Robertson ). Mabel Mitchell's 1983 rink also won

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180-465: The team, representing Manitoba (and playing on home ice in her hometown of Brandon), finished the round robin with an 8-3 record in second place. They won their semi-final match against Ontario, but lost in the final to Saskatchewan's Sandra Peterson (Schmirler) rink. In 1996, Fowler was throwing lead stones for the Bonar rink. The team finished the round robin of the 1996 Scott Tournament of Hearts with

195-821: The women's Dominion Curling Club Championship (now known as the Travelers Curling Club Championship) in 2013 with curlers Stacey Fordyce, Cristy Erickson, Stacey Irwin and Pam Gouldie. The club won the event again in 2017 with the same team. Manitoba Highway 1A Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 827475093 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:44:36 GMT Lois Fowler Lois Ellen Fowler ( née Moffatt ; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023)

210-538: Was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba . Lois Ellen Moffatt, the daughter of James and Gladys Moffatt, grew up in Carroll, Manitoba . The family moved to Brandon in 1968. Fowler was a four-time Manitoba provincial champion , winning titles in 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2004. In 1993, she was the third on the Maureen Bonar rink. At the 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts , Canada's national women's curling championship,

225-514: 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

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