Governor General's Curling Club

Governor General's Letter to Canadians

July 20, 2022

Dear patron organisation,

In the spirit of ongoing co-operation between our two organizations, the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General is pleased to share with you Her Excellency’s Letter to Canadians, published on our website at https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2022/letter-canadians .

This letter marks the first-year anniversary of the Governor General’s installation and aims to raise public awareness of her mandate priorities. We encourage you to share this letter with your members in the manner you deem most appropriate.

Sincerely,

Duncan Mousseau, Director
Policy, Planning and Editorial Services

Le 20 juillet 2022

Bonjour,

Dans l’esprit de coopération qui anime nos deux organisations, le Bureau du secrétaire du gouverneur général a le plaisir de partager avec vous la Lettre de la gouverneure générale aux Canadiens et Canadiennes, publiée sur notre site Web à l’adresse https://www.gg.ca/fr/media/nouvelles/2022/lettre-population-canadienne .

Cette lettre marque le premier anniversaire de l’installation de la gouverneure générale, et vise à sensibiliser le public aux priorités de son mandat. Nous vous encourageons à la diffuser auprès de vos membres de la façon qui vous semble la plus appropriée.

Veuillez agréer mes salutations distinguées.

Duncan Mousseau, Directeur
Politique, Planification et Services de rédaction et de révision
 
 
 

 Marilyn Bodogh - Member of the Order of Canada

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Congratulations to Marilyn Bodogh who has been made a Member of the Order of Canada for her contributions as a champion athlete and former sports commentator who has helped advance Canadian women’s curling.

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Resby Coutts, was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame & Museum as a Builder! 

His 50-year career as a curling volunteer led to two terms as President of CurlManitoba and a term as Chair of Curling Canada’s Board of Governors. Congrats Resby! 

Pictured with Resby is MCHoF&M President Peter Nicholls and Darren Oryniak representing the sponsor Curling Canada.

GGCC Spring Golf and Red Jacket Dinner – Monday, June 20
     For many years a GGCC spring golf and dinner event has been held in the Ottawa area. This year the event was moved to Kingston to try to include members from the GTA and Western Ontario.
     On Monday, June 20 we had a ‘baker’s dozen’ for golf and another ten for dinner at the 105 year-old, Stanley Thompson designed, “SCORE” TOP 100, Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Twenty-three GG’s and partners/guests from Montreal, Gatineau, Vaudreuil, Ottawa, Perth, Cornwall, Prescott, Markham, Toronto  --- and Kingston enjoyed a fantastic “Surf and Turf” dinner after the thirteen golfers  enjoyed perfect ‘scoring weath er’ (i.e. cloudless blue sky with a temperature in the mid 20s, with a ‘challenging and normal, late afternoon breeze’ off of the lake).
     Long-time GGCC “Commissioner of Golf”, Ross Davies once again did his digital duty and determined that the winner of the day was George Wright!Thanks to Terry and Kathryn Begin for supplying the trophy and prizes for the day!
     Hopefully we can have other GGCC “Golf and Red Jacket Dinner” events held in the spring across Canada.These are wonderful opportunities to connect with fellow GGs in your “neighborhood”
    Cheers to all --- hope to see you in Halifax at SAFARI 2022!!! Ken
Cataraqui GCC on Monday June 20
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 Registration for the Halifax Safari from September 11 to 14, 2022
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GGCC merchandise is now available for purchase 
Recognition and In Memoria 2022

 

A Brief History

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The Vice-Regal Curling Club was founded by Lord Dufferin in 1874. He built a covered curling rink so that he and his staff could play the "roarin' game", and established the Governor General's Trophy competition that is still played today. In 1910 the Vice-Regal Curling Club was renamed the Governor General's Curling Club, and a number of prominent curlers in the Ottawa area were invited to become members. Since that time, the focus of the Club has been to recognize Canadians who have made a significant contribution to curling locally, provincially or nationally, not only as competitive curlers, but also as builders and administrators. The men and women of today's Club come from all walks of life and are proud to be honoured by membership in this historic organization.

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