History of Trophies
& Special moments in the WVEBL
See Trophy winners by venue/team click here
1938-1939 Jack Sparrow Memorial Shield
Players paid a fee for each game played
3 games per night 2 divisions “Vimy” & “Dieppe” Over 14 teams played with no handicaps.
Players were ranked A,B,C,D and visiting teams matched A vs A, B vs B, C vs C and D vs D
1954–1955 Neil Bardal Trophy
-35 and up, 2 games to 200
Handicaps implemented with 10 points Win or Loss
5 points in the 60’s
Lowest handicap +40
+20 points start (Rookie)
1969–1970 Jack McLean Trophy
+40 to -30 (Grosvenor Trophy)
John (Jock) Milton Trophy
John (Jock) Milton Trophy for 3rd Place in league after playoffs
1970–1971 Harry Lockwood Trophy (Life Member)
Top 16 players in the league ranked race to 500 points – no handicap 1971–1972 Syd Spence Trophy (Life Member)
+40 to -30 High Break
Tom Hargreaves (Life Member)
Tom Hargreaves Trophy (Life Member) for -35 and up High Break
1975–1976
2 Division format dropped 14 teams
Lowest handicap changed from +40 to +30
1976–1977
2 Division format reinstated this year only 16 teams
1978–1979 St Georges Trophy
4th Place in league after playoffs
1980–1981 Jim Simm Trophy (Life Member)
Aggregate for 1st Place in regular season play
1981–1982
4 games a night, 2 tables all venues
1986–1987
Add 30 points to all handicaps and players start at -10
1987–1988
$2.00 a game dropped. Yearly team fees adopted
1988–1989 Warde Tulloch Trophy
Most Sportsmanlike
1989–1990
Subtract 30 points from all handicaps
Lowest +30, start at +20
1990–1991 Novice Trophy
open to all 1st year players
1991–1992 Ken Vincent Trophy
Most Feared
2006–2007 Ray Trinder Trophy (Life Member)
+30 to “0” (Replaces Novice Trophy)
2007–2008 Harry Lockwood Trophy
Changed to race to 700 points from 500
2008–2009
Changed Billiard balls to White, Yellow & Red from White, White w/spot & Red
Chuck Werner Trophy
MVP of the playoffs
2009–2010 Harry Lockwood Trophy
Back to race to 500 points from 700
2013 WVEBL welcomes the World
Hosts Americas’ Cup & Vimy Ridge Open World tournament at the Manitoba Club.
Mike Russell inaugural winner Americas’ Cup Trophy August 25-29, 2013
Robert Hall inaugural winner Vimy Ridge Trophy August 23-24, 2013
2013-2014
Changed to Aramith Tournament balls
Changed lowest handicap from +30 to +50
2014-2015 WVEBL welcomes the World for 2nd bi-annual
Hosts Americas’ Cup & Vimy Ridge Open World tournament at Anavets Assiniboia Unit #283.
Mike Russell winner Americas’ Cup Trophy May 24-29, 2015
Robert Hall winner Vimy Ridge Trophy May 22-23, 2015
Kevin Augusta first Canadian player ever to have a Century break in an International tournament.
2015-2016
Changed double baulk rule from a miss to foul.
2018-2019
No longer any teams playing out of St James Legion
2020-2021
First time in league history no play due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
March 13, 2020 in Canada was the date of the first of many shut downs.
Trophies by Player
Fraser Durham 26
Owen McIntyre 17
Rick Kendall 16
Dave Blacklaw 13
Shane Bartelette 12
Ross Metcalfe 11
Al Senkiw 10
Guy Smith 10
Pat Werner 7