Lakeshore Curling Club

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Lakeshore Curling Club
Location7-409 Glendale Dr
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Information
Established2003
Club typeDedicated Ice
Curling Canada region NSCA
Sheets of ice6
Rock coloursBlue and Yellow   
Website lakeshorecurlingclub.com

The Lakeshore Curling Club is a curling club located in the Lower Sackville community of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. The club is located at the Sackville Sports Stadium. [1]

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History

A curling centre was opened in Lower Sackville in 2000, and the club was established in 2003. [1]

The club won the women's Canadian Curling Club Championships in 2024, the first title for a club from Nova Scotia. [2]

Wheelchair curling

In addition to regular curling, the club has a wheelchair curling program, [3] which began in 2001. It is the only curling facility in the province with a wheelchair curling coaching program. [4] The program was severely threatened during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia, seeing its membership drop by more than two-thirds. [5]

Events

The club hosted The Curling Store Cashspiel, [6] a former World Curling Tour event. The club also hosted the 2009 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. [7]

Provincial champions

Teams from the Lakeshore Curling Club have won provincial championships several times: [8]

Men's

Teams from the Lakeshore Curling Club have won the Nova Scotia Tankard two times, earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at the Brier, Canada's national men's championship.

YearTeamBrier record
2013 Ian Fitzner-Leblanc, Paul Flemming (skip), Graham Breckon, Kelly Mittelstadt 1–10
2014 Jamie Murphy, Jordan Pinder, Mike Bardsley, Donald McDermaid 0–11

Junior women's

Teams from the Lakeshore Curling Club have won the provincial women's junior championships once, earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships.

YearTeamJrs Record
2006 Sarah Rhyno, Jenn Brine, Jessica Bradford, Heather Ross Bronze medal icon.svg 8–5

Senior men's

Teams from the Bridgewater Curling Club have won the provincial senior men's championship once, earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian Senior Curling Championships.

YearTeamSrs record
2010 Brian Rafuse, Curt Palmer, Alan Darragh, Dave Slauenwhite 6–5

U18 women's

Teams from the Lakeshore Curling Club have won the provincial under 18 women's championships three times, earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian U18 Curling Championships. The club won the national title in 2018.

YearTeamU18s record
2018 Isabelle Ladouceur, Emilie Proulx, Kate Callaghan, Makayla HarnishGold medal icon.svg7–4
2023 Rebecca Regan, MacKenzie Hiltz, Ella Wilson, Ella Kinley6–4
2024 Rebecca Regan, Olivia McDonah, MacKenzie Hiltz, Ella Kinley7–2

Wheelchair

Owing to the club's wheelchair curling program, teams from the Lakeshore have won every single provincial title since 2009. The club did not send a team to the 2024 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship due to diminishing numbers in the wheelchair program at the club. [5]

Women's Curling Club championships

Teams from the Lakeshore Curling Club have won the women's provincial curling club championships three times, earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian Curling Club Championships.

YearTeamNatl record
2017 Denise Fitzgerald, Michelle Williams, Mary Porter, Abby Miller5–2
2018 Michelle Williams, Mary Porter, Abby Miller, Kathleen PorterBronze medal icon.svg 5–3
2024 Michelle Armstrong, Julie McEvoy, Abby Miller, Kathleen PorterGold medal icon.svg8–2

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Lakeshore Curling Club.
  2. ↑ "Lakeshore Curling Club's Michelle Armstrong secures historic Canadian title win". Saltwire. November 26, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  3. ↑ "Wheelchair curling season kicks off in Lower Sackville, N.S., with hopes for more players". CTV. October 7, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Rock and roll into wheelchair curling". The Signal. January 30, 2019. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  5. 1 2 "'It changed my life': Wheelchair curling in Nova Scotia under threat". Saltwire. January 26, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  6. ↑ "Birt rink finishes second at Nova Scotia cashspiel". Saltwire. September 28, 2020. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Quebec steals a win to open Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship". Curling Canada. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  8. ↑ "Our Champions". Nova Scotia Curling Association.
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