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Rick
Mutton – Builder
Rick Mutton was
born in Winnipeg on December 8th, l955. At a young age he spent many
hours
with his father at the Deer Lodge Curling Club. He has participated in
the game of curling since
the age of 10. Playing in 32 M.C.A. Bonspiels, participation has
meant more to him than rewards. ln the 32 years he has won
a prize once and has never won a trophy. He has always been more
dedicated to the administrative side of the game than the competitive
side!
After curling at the Deer Lodge for several years he became a member of
the Board of Directors.
He served for 14 years (1982-1996) and was club president in 1994-l995.
During this time he
worked on various host committees for provincial championships at the
Deer Lodge (1990, 1995, 2007, 2010). At the Scott provincial
championship held at the St James Civic Centre he was facilities
chairman.
Administratively, after becoming M.C.A. Deer Lodge representative in
1989, he was elected to the M.C.A. Council ( l99l ) and was a board
member for a total of I5 years. After being elected to Council, Rick
held a number of chairmans positions. They include credentials
and special events, publicity, senior mens (2 years), grants and
sponsorship fullflllment, provincial
senior mens championship and provincial mens championship. ln 2002 he
became M.C.A. president.
While on the M.C.A. Board, Rick worked on committees that involved
issues that needed changes and improvement. Some of these areas were
zone and provincial seeding; standardization of event rules;
creation of new berth bonspiel and city playdown draws; realignment of
rural zone curling clubs into Sport Regions; design and implementation
of the round robin format for minor provincial championships;
implementation of sponsorship recognition programs; and review of the
process for awarding of spots into the provincial men's championship.
From 1977-1992 Rick spent many hours working on the Junior Bonspiel. He
was draw-master from 1977-1986 and chairman in 1991 and 1992.
Additional special committee positions include the M.C.A./M.L.C.A.
Amalgamation Review, Curling Foundation, 1995 Safeway Championship and
Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Museum.
While on the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame Board he was chairman of
selection for 5 years and after seeing the need for a computerized
program to capture the history of curling in Manitoba he worked with a
programmer to compile a comprehensive statistical and historical
record. This program, which is easily accessible to media persons and
researchers,
includes a record of all Manitoba champions and bonspiel winners.
ln 1993 Rick became Secretary Treasurer of the Life Members and
continues to guide this organization today after an 18 year term.
Rick has worked at nationaland internationalevents hosted in Winnipeg.
ln 1991 he was chairman of the Timing Committee and acted as Timing
Supervisor. ln 1998 he was Sponsorship and Fullfillment Chairman.
ln 2003 he was a committee member of the World Curling Fest. ln
2008 he was on the Accreditation Committee.
He has also participated as one of the mascots. Once as "
Scotties Little Softy "for Scott Paper during Guy Hemmings visits and
as one of the "Mani Buffalo " in 2003.
Rick Mutton was awarded an Honorary Life Membership by the M.C.A. in
1987. At that time he was the youngest member to receive that
honor. He was also awarded an Honorary Life Membership at Deer Lodge
Curling Club (1996).
The Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame welcomes Rick Mutton as a builder. He
is recognized for his impressive accumulation of volunteer
accomplishments and for his unfaltering dedication to the spoft in
Manitoba. We also realize that in the years ahead Rick will always be
ready to volunteer to promote the growth of curling and to increase
awareness of the game in Manitoba.
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