History

In 1966 a group of Winnipeg Postal Employees formed the Manitoba Postal Curling Association. The group included Don Mowat, Bill Polonuk, John Gifford, Gord Walker and Marsh Hendricks.
Postal Curling began in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967. At the time it was known as The Canadian Postal Curling Championship. Ten teams were involved: Edmonton, Calgary, Moose Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon, Brandon, Winnipeg, North Bay, Port Arthur and Fort William.
In 1968 Calgary was host city and British Columbia became involved.
In 1969 Saskatoon was host and Ontario was added.
In 1970 Ottawa was host city with entries from Quebec, Nova Scotia, and the New Brunswick-P.E.I. Postal District entered for the first time.
In 1971 North Bay was host city.
In 1972 Vancouver was host city. This marked the first time that New Brunswick and P.E.I. had separate entries.
In 1973 Halifax-Dartmouth was the host. A team from "the rock" (Newfoundland), came to compete for the first time.
In 1974 Edmonton, Alberta was host.
In 1975 Quebec City, Quebec was host.
In 1976 Winnipeg was host of the 10th anniversary of the Classic.
In 1977 Toronto was host city. The Territories participated for the first time making the Classic a true National event!
In 1978 Calgary was host city. This also marked the first time at the Classic for a female curler.
1979 St. John New Brunswick was host.
1980 Regina, Sask. was host
1981 Victoria, B.C. was host
1982 Charlottetown, P.E.I. was host.
1983 Thunder Bay, Ont. was host.
1984 Edmonton, Alberta was host.
1985 Ottawa, Ont. was host.
In 1986 Winnipeg was the host of the 20th Anniversary of the Classic.
1987 Halifax, N.S. was host.
In 1988 Whitehorse was host of the Classic.
1989 Summerside P.E.I. was host.
1990 Vernon B.C. was host.
In 1991 St. John's Newfoundland was host city. The Classic had now been held in all ten Provinces and the Territories making it truly a National event.
1992 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was host.
1993 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec was host.
1994 Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. was host.
In 1995 Edmonton, Alberta was host. This was the 5th time that Alberta had hosted the Classic.
In 1996 Winnipeg, Manitoba hosted the 30th anniversary of the Classic.
1997 Ottawa, Ont. was host.
1998 Vernon, B.C. was host.
1999 Fredricton, N.B. was host.
2000 Regina, Sask. was host.
2001 Halifax, N.S. was host
2002 Camrose, Alberta was host.
2003 Summerside P.E.I. was host. This was the first year for on-line updates and scores via the internet!
2004 Thunder Bay, Ont was host. A new web-site was created for the Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic.
2005 St. John's Newfoundland was host.
2006 Lethbridge, Alberta was host of the 40th Anniversary of the Classic.
2007 Trois-Rivieres, QC. was host for the second time.
2008 Winnipeg MB. hosts the Classic for the 5th time!
2009 Brampton ON. was host.
2010 Regina hosts the Classic for the third time.