Tuesday
Mar152011

Theo "Frenchy" D'Amour

In 1947, Theo "Frenchy" D'Amour and his rink won BC Curling Championships. Other members were Jim Mark, Fred Wendel, and Bob McGhie.

They went on to the Canadian Curling Championships that year and placed second.

The following year in 1948, the rink won both the B.C. and Canadian Curling Championships. This rink was the first one from B.C. to win the Canadian Championships.

In 1980, the rink was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame as an Honoured team.

In 1949, Frenchy was a member of the team winning the Car Spiel in Edmonton (Frenchy, John Cameron, Fred Wendel, and Fred Tinglin).

In 1962, Frenchy was a member of the Reg Stone Rink (Reg and Roy Stone, Frenchy, Harvey McKay) which won the BC Curling Championships.