Awards

Pat Spiring Award  –  province-wide award recognizing a combination of competition and leadership with both male and female competitor-leaders eligible.

CurlManitoba invites you to recognize an outstanding competitor-leader from your club by submitting a nomination by April 1 each year. The successful nominee will be honoured at the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame & Museum Induction Dinner in early May, and will receive two tickets to the event.

CurlManitoba is inviting nominations for the award by April 1 of each year.

Curlers are encouraged to suggest names to their club executive. Manitoba curling club executives are asked to propose the names of worthy male or female candidates, at least 40 years of age, who have:

• Competed in a provincial championship at the Men/Women, Senior, Masters, Mixed or Club Champions level within the last five years OR who have been a competitor in regional playdowns (in the same competitions) at least three times in the past five years.
• Made a significant leadership contribution as a volunteer at the local club or provincial (or beyond) level for at least three consecutive years in the past five years. This may be as a committee leader or as a Board member but specifically excludes one-time major event volunteer activity.

Pat Spiring Award:

• Recognize dedication to sportsmanship and the spirit of the game
• Recognize sport leadership
• Recognize both male and female competitor-leaders

Letter of nomination should include:

• Acknowledgement of the nominee’s participation in a provincial championship, above the U-21 level, in the past five years OR
• Acknowledgement of the nominee’s participation in regional playoffs in at least three of the past five years
• Acknowledgement of the nominee’s contributions to the sport as a volunteer committee leader or Board member. One-time major event volunteerism is specifically not included.
• Acknowledgement that the nominee is a worthy candidate from the perspective of sportsmanship and demonstrated respect for the traditions and spirit of the game.

Nominations by email should be sent to [email protected]  OR by mail to:

CurlManitoba
145 Pacific Avenue, Room 309
Winnipeg, MB  R3B 2Z6

Submissions should be received by April 1st each year

Nominees should be at least 40 years of age.

Past Winners:

2026 – Deb McCreanor (La Salle) AND Gord MacKay (Pembina)

2025 – Kim Link (East St. Paul) AND Jay Kinnaird (Virden)

 

CurlManitoba and the Canadian Curling Association will present to the curlers who score an 8-ender the awards listed below:

CURLMANITOBA                                          8-ENDER CREST

CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION       CERTIFICATE & PIN

To be eligible, the following criteria must be met:

• The game must be played in an affiliated club
• The game must be part of an organized curling event or league and use the CCA Rules of Play.  Novelty or pick-up games are not eligible.
• Team personnel may consist of all male, all female or any combination of mixed team, provided all are members of an affiliated club.  All four members of the team must be affiliated with the Provincial Association.

To obtain the awards, please have the Secretary of the club of the team scoring the 8-Ender complete an 8-Ender Award Form (download it here) and send it to our office at 145 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2Z6 or fax it to 204-925-5720.  CurlManitoba will then forward eligible entries to the Canadian Curling Association.

Each season, CurlManitoba will present every club (that submits a nomination form), the Manitoba Curling Club Volunteer Award.  The award takes the form of a certificate of recognition.  In addition, as we do each year, your nominee’s name will be included in a listing of recipients in the upcoming CurlManitoba Yearbook.

The award was established as a way of recognizing the dedicated volunteers who help keep the curling clubs in the province running – whether it is running the lunch counter, being the drawmaster or selling 50/50 tickets, these folks are the heart of the curling club and the life-blood of the sport in Manitoba.

If you nominated a recipient last year, we know there was probably another worthy recipient and you had to choose between them.  Why not nominate that person this year???  If you didn’t nominate a recipient a year ago, now is your chance to recognize a “Volunteer of the Year” in your curling club.  This is strictly a club decision – your nominee is your Manitoba Curling Club Volunteer Award recipient for this season.

All you have to do is send back the attached nomination form by fax (925-5720) or by email to [email protected] by September 1st of the current year.