Governor General Curling Club Trophy 2024

This annual double rink event final was played February 10, 2024, at the Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa between the Quebec champions from the Buckingham Curling Club and the Ottawa Valley Curling Association champions from the Lanark Highlands Curling Club. Both clubs exchanged the lead through the first part of the two (2) games and after eight (8) ends Buckingham and Lanark were tied. In the ninth (9) end, the OVCA champions scored a total of four (4) points and in the final end the Quebec curlers were unable to respond.

It was a back-to-back win for the members from the Lanark Highlands C.C. (Team Dupuis & Team Woods). The trophy presentation was made by His Excellency Whit Fraser, the Vice-Regal Consort of Canada. (submitted by Alain Deschâtelets)

Governor General's Trophy - 2023

Congratulations to the Lanark Highlands Curling Club for winning the Governor General’s Trophy.  The double rink event was held in tandem with the Lady Tweedsmuir Trophy at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on February 11, 2023.  The women’s event was won by the Richmond Curling Club. The opposing rinks both hailed from the Glenmore Curling Club in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec. 

The Governor General's Trophy 2018

2018 winners

The Governor General's Trophy 2019

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The Governor General's Trophy 2020

 In 2020, the Governor General's Trophy event was held at the Carleton Heights Curling Club.

Lanark Highlands Curling Club was the 2020 winner. Pictured below, Lieutenant Colonel Marc-Antoine Fecteau presents the trophy to Ken Wilson, Jody Royer, Mike Grinnell, John Wilson (Skip), Don Chassé, Kyle Hogan, Bill Woods Jr. (Skip), Bill Woods
Ormstown Curling Club, with teams skipped by Simon Rember and Brock Macdonald were runners up.

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The Governor General's Trophy

The Governor General's Trophy is an Interprovincial double rink men's competition, played since 1874. Originally the final was played in the one-sheet rink at Rideau Hall, one game in the morning and one in the afternoon, using a cumulative points system to determine the winner.

Today, playdowns in the OVCA and Curling Quebec produce the two finalists. The final is traditionally played in Ottawa in conjunction with the Ladies Curling Association Lady Tweedsmuir double rink competition. A representative from the office of the Governor General of Canada attends the banquet and presents the trophies and pins to the participating teams.

The competition for the 2021 and 2022 Governor General's Trophy was not held due to COVID. 

A listing of the winners starting in 1873 can be downloaded here.

Truth and Reconciliation

We recognize that our members reside on traditional Indigenous territories across Canada. We value the contributions that Inuit, Métis and other Indigenous Peoples have made, in shaping and strengthening our community and our country. The recognition of the contribution and historic importance of Indigenous peoples is our commitment to make Truth and Reconciliation real in our community.

Vérité et réconciliation

 Nous reconnaissons que nos membres habitent les territoires traditionnels autochtones à travers le Canada. Nous apprécions les contributions que les Inuits, les Métis et les autres peuples autochtones ont apporté en façonnant et en renforçant notre communauté et notre pays. La reconnaissance de la contribution et de l’importance historique des peuples autochtones constitue notre engagement pour que la vérité et la réconciliation deviennent réalité dans notre communauté.