FATHER-DAUGHTER INDUCTION HIGHLIGHT OF MANITOBA CURLING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame & Museum has announced its 2025 Inductee Class, a group which includes a dedicated curling volunteer, three accomplished athletes and three champion teams.

The announcement, made Tuesday evening, February 4th, at CurlManitoba’s Reunion of Champions Opening Banquet at the 2025 Viterra Championship, includes the rare father-daughter induction of Ron Westcott and his daughter Raunora.

Curlers Raunora Westcott, Dan Carey, and Dawn McEwen will be joined by Builder Darren Oryniak, as well as the champion teams of Ron Westcott (Canadian Masters (2015), Randy Neufeld (Canadian Seniors 2015), and the dominant Mike McEwen team of 2008 to 2018 which won Manitoba titles in 2016 & 2017.

World Senior Silver Medalists (l-r) Dale Michie, Peter Nicholls, Dean Moxham, and Randy Neufeld – one of three teams, 3, curlers and a builder announced for induction into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame in May, 2025.

The formal induction ceremony will take place at Winnipeg’s Victoria Inn on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Ticket information is currently being finalized. Those interested in attending, to support a specific inductee OR to celebrate the end of another great curling season and some of the greats in the game, are invited to contact the committee at mbcurlmuseum@gmail.com.

Media are invited to contact MCHoF&M President Peter Nicholls (204-391-5041) for more information and for inductee contact information.

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BUILDER: Darren Oryniak
<> Curling Canada Governor (2020-2024)
<> CurlManitoba Director (2014-2020), President (2018-19 & 2019-20)
<> Coach/Instructor, Certified NCCP Level III (beginning 2008)
<> Vice-Chair (Facilities) 2013 Roar of the Rings

CURLER: Dan Carey
<> Manitoba and Canadian Men’s Champion (1992)
<> World Championship Semi-finalist (1992)
<> Manitoba Men’s Champion (1993 & 1997)
** Previously inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame in 2005 as a member of the Vic Peters 1992 & 1993 team.

CURLER: Dawn McEwen
<> Olympic Gold Medalist (2014)
<> World Champion (2008 & 2018)
<> Canadian Women’s Champion (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015 & 2018)
<> Manitoba Women’s Champion (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 & 2018)
** Previously inducted in to the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame as a member of the 2014 Olympic Gold Medal Jennifer Jones team

CURLER: Raunora Westcott
<> Manitoba Junior Women’s Champion (1996)
<> Manitoba Women’s Champion (2010, 2011 & 2017)
<> Canadian Women’s Finalist (2017)

TEAM: Mike McEwen – BJ Neufeld – Matt Wozniak – Denni Neufeld – Coach Chris Neufeld (Fort Rouge CC)
<> 11 consecutive years Manitoba Men’s Championship final four, 10 consecutive years CTRS top-7 ranking, CTRS #1 (2014-15)
<> Eight Manitoba Men’s final game appearances
<> Manitoba Men’s Champion (2016 & 2017), Canadian Men’s Bronze Medallist (2017)
<> Winner of seven Grand Slam events
** Coach Neufeld was previously inducted as a curler in 2020 and with the Vic Peters 1992 Canadian Champion team in 2005

TEAM: Randy Neufeld – Dean Moxham – Peter Nicholls – Dale Michie (LaSalle CC)
<> Five-time Manitoba Senior Men’s Champions (2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024
<>  Canadian Senior Men’s Champion – 2015
<> World Senior Men’s Silver Medalist – 2016
<> Canadian Senior Men’s Finalist – 2016
** Nicholls was previously inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame as a Curler.

TEAM: Ron Westcott – Ken Dusablon – Bob Boughey – Howard Restall (Fort Rouge CC)
<>  Manitoba and Canadian Masters Champions – 2015
<>  Undefeated at the 2015 Canadian Championship
** Westcott and Boughey were previously inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame – Boughey as a Curler-Builder in 2014, Westcott as a Curler in 2016.

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