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- ↑ "List of NB Affiliated Clubs" (PDF). New Brunswick Curling Association. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ "Gage Golf & Curling Club". Gage Golf and Curling Club. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ "Gage Golf & Curling Club". Golf Now. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ "Gage Golf Club course damaged by vehicle". CBC New Brunswick. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ "3 Oromocto-based curling teams headed to major events". CBC New Brunswick. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ "N.B. club wins national curling title". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ↑ "Canada captures women's Everest North American Curling Club Championship". TSN. Retrieved 2024-09-18.