Beausejour sportsplex, Beausejour, Manitoba
Gregg Pierce and the vintage curling sweaters he donated to the club. Sweaters are worn by Karen Froese and Lenny Sapach who won them in a draw at the Stick Curling league Christmas potluck.
The story behind the sweaters is posted lower down the page.
2-Person Stick League
2025-2026 Season
Welcome to Thursday afternoon 2-person stick curling. We have 18 teams this year so we will be doing 3 draws (1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm). Each team will play 2 games. You will not always play back to back but the bar will be open for refreshments when you are not playing.
Please see the draw schedule and team list below. If you know of anyone who would like to spare in this league, please let us know and we'll add them to the list. You can also use people from teams who are not playing in your draw to spare if you like (assuming you can convince them to play 3 games in one afternoon).
The Round 2 schedule has been emailed out and is available for download below. Please note that the first week of February, we will play on Tuesday, Feb 3 instead of our regular Thursday due to high school zone playdowns which are Wednesday and Thursday.
A playoff schedule will be published in mid March.
More Information
For more information on this league, please contact Gary Plohman at srossing@mymts.net or email the club directly at beausejourcurlingclub@gmail.com.
The Vintage Curling Sweaters
In Brandon, 1886, Henry Patmore opened a nursery and flower store that became very well known throughout the world. He built a 2 ½ story small mansion surrounded by a fancy wrought iron fence that enclosed many trees and shrubs. Henry planted most of the (now) huge trees in the old fair grounds, just across the street from his house on 13th St.
Many years later (1951) my parents bought and raised me and my sister in a tiny house next door. Old Henry had died at this point and his son Robert (Dick) took over the nursery and built a house on the other side of his fathers for his wife Hazel and himself. The mansion was lived in by 2 spinster sisters, Hazel and Daisy, while I was growing up.
Many more years later, after the sisters were gone, a niece came to live at the house. She knew I curled, as did my mom and wondered if I would be interested in 2 curling sweaters she had in the basement. They led me into the basement which had a dirt floor and 6 foot stone foundation and many old objects stored there. She knows nothing of the sweaters other than they belonged to the Patmores. I don’t believe they are more than 70 years old (the red one is in poorer shape but likely older). A quick “google search” shows many sweaters like this, some that have value, if so, enjoy.
As none of my family curls, I hope the winner enjoys these and they won’t be discarded.
Gregg Pierce
2024-2025 League Winners
Grand Aggregate Winners
Bruce and Shannon Schade
(second year in a row)
League Championship Winners
Robert Modjeski
Charlie Relf
Consolation Winners
Karen Froese
Lennie Sapach
wheelchair curling at the beausejour curling club
One of the upgrades done to our club during the Covid shutdown was the addition of an elevator and ramps to give wheelchair access to the ice surface as well as the main lounge area. This video features Joanne Lowery, a member of our stick curling league, who is now able to curl again as well as join the others in the main lounge for post-game refreshments.