| Calgary Curling Club | |
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| Location | 720 3 Street NW Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N9 [1] |
| Information | |
| Established | 1888 |
| Club type | Dedicated ice |
| Curling Canada region | So. Alberta |
| Sheets of ice | 8 |
| Website | http://www.calgarycurlingclub.com/ |
The Calgary Curling Club is a curling club located in Calgary, Alberta.
The Calgary Curling Club was founded in 1888 and opened its first rink in 1892. It then moved venues to Victoria Park in 1909, and moved from there to its current location in 1953. [2] The club won the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship. [3]
The Curlers Corner equipment shop is located inside of the Calgary Curling Club. [4] The club hosts the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, a former women's Grand Slam event on the World Curling Tour sponsored by the Curlers Corner equipment shop, every year.
The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years:
The club has won the women's provincial championships once: [5]
The club has won the men's provincial championships 14 times: [9]
Bernard Leslie Sparkes is a former world champion curler.
Ronald Charles Northcott,, nicknamed "The Owl", was a Canadian three-time national and world curling champion and a Hall of Fame member.
The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame was established with its first inductees in 1973. It is operated by Curling Canada, the governing body for curling in Canada, in Orleans, Ontario.
Cheryl Bernard is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final. Her first major tournament win came at the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Edmonton, Alberta. She also represented Canada again at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang as the alternate for Rachel Homan's team.
For the Australian archaeologist, see Sue O'Connor.
Kevin Koe is a Canadian curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip of the Canadian men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Hector Joseph "The Friendly Giant" Gervais was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He was a two-time Brier champion and former World Champion. In curling strategy, he is considered to be the inventor of the corner guard.
Brendan Michael Bottcher is a Canadian curler from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Bottcher is a three-time provincial men's champion, and was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team, having led Alberta to victory at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.
Steven H. Petryk is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. He is a former provincial men's and junior champion, and has played in one Brier.
Susan Seitz, née Shields is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is former Canadian champion and World championship silver medallist.
Frederick Lewis Storey was a Canadian curler from Calgary. He won three World Curling Championships and three Brier Championships playing as lead on the Ron Northcott rink.
The Fort Rouge Curling Club is a curling club located in the Fort Rouge district of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Richmond Curling Centre is an eight-sheet curling facility in Richmond, British Columbia that is the home of the Richmond Curling Club. The club is located on Hollybridge Way in the Richmond City Centre neighbourhood of the city.
Murray Melville is a Scottish curler.
Lee "Little Mouse" Tobin was a Canadian curler. A member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame, she remains the only skip to lead Quebec to a national women's curling championship, having won the 1975 Macdonald Lassies Championship.
The 1969 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 3–7 at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium in Oshawa, Ontario.
Sylvia "Sue" Anne Bartlett is a Canadian curler, originally from Labrador City. A member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame, she is a 12-time Newfoundland provincial women's champion, and two-time runner up at the Canadian women's curling championship.
The 1966 Macdonald Brier the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 7 to 11, 1966 at the Halifax Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After the Brier the year before broke attendance records, the 1966 edition only drew 11,905 fans. At the time, only the 1947 Brier drew fewer fans.
Diane Foster is a Canadian curler from Calgary. She is a former World Senior Curling Champion.
Terri Loblaw is a Canadian curler. She is a former national women's senior champion.
