Trophe Currier

Text Box: CURRIER CUP On March 6, 1919 when some Buckingham curlers were at the Ottawa Curling Club for a friendly game, they were shown an old time Cup which was named “CURRIER CUP”. It had been won by Buckingham in 1866 and by Ottawa in 1867 – then left aside for some reason. At the close of the Central Canada bonspiel in 1922, Mr. Geo. F. Henderson, the vice-President of the Ottawa Curling Club, offered to put up this Cup for competition between Ottawa and Buckingham, and it has been played for, ever since. Joseph M. Currier, who presented this Cup, was Postmaster of Ottawa, also M.P. His interest in Buckingham probably lay in the fact that he was a partner of the late James Maclaren of Buckingham in the sawmill properties. He was also married to a sister of James Wilson, who lived in a stone house where La Boucherie du Village (456 ave. de Buckingham) now is and who owned the hardware store now occupied by Deguire et fils (460 ave. Buckingham), F.J. Wilson, later became owner of the hardware business, and was Postmaster of Buckingham at the turn of the century; the post-office being the small part of the store on the south side, which was jammed with people most of the time. Mr. Currier may also have been an ardent curler, but we have no record of this. Ottawa won the Cup in 1922, the first year, then Buckingham won it for the next five seasons, after which Ottawa won it for seven seasons consecutively. It was then a see-saw with Buckingham winning five times and Ottawa winning five times. In 1928, the fifth time Buckingham had won it, Mr. O’Conner from the Ottawa Club came down to check on us. He confided to a Buckingham couple during the game that they believed Buckingham was using some queer way to win the Cup so many times – but he could find nothing except good playing on our part, and had no bad story to report. In 1937, Buckingham in its first half of the 4-rinkseries was leading by 12 shots; Copping and Bryant were the skips sent to Ottawa to hold the Cup. Copping’s rink ended nine down, and Bryant’s rink, not yet finished, was three down and Ottawa lying for shot. The Citizen’s account said: Ottawa’s iron was well guarded, and the only chance was a raise through a long narrow port on a Buckingham iron only half showing. A perfectly played shot did the trick, and took the Ottawa iron out, and Buckingham came through with one of those “Million Dollar” shots, and held the Cup. Ed. Baker, the Sports Editor, gave a very nice write-up in his column over the Buckingham game.

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Années Précédentes

Légion Canadienne

1866	Buckingham		1867	Ottawa		1922	Ottawa
1923	Buckingham		1924	Buckingham		1925	Buckingham
1926	Buckingham		1928	Buckingham		1929	Ottawa
1930	Ottawa		1931	Ottawa		1932	Ottawa
1933	Ottawa		1934	Ottawa		1935	Ottawa
1936	Buckingham		1937	Buckingham		1938	Ottawa
1939	Buckingham		1940	Ottawa		1941	Buckingham
1942	Ottawa		1943	Buckingham		1944	Ottawa
1945	Ottawa		1946	Buckingham		1947	Ottawa
1948	Ottawa		1949	Ottawa		1950	Ottawa
1951	Ottawa		1952	Ottawa		1953	Buckingham
1954	Buckingham		1955	Buckingham		1956	Ottawa
1957	Ottawa		1958	Buckingham		1959	Ottawa
1960	Buckingham		1961	Buckingham		1962	Buckingham
1963	Buckingham		1964	Ottawa		1965	Buckingham
1966	Ottawa		1967	Buckingham		1992	Buckingham
1999	Ottawa		2000	Ottawa		2001	Buckingham
2002	Buckingham		2004	Buckingham		2005	Buckingham
2006	Buckingham		2007	Ottawa