| Madison Curling Club | |
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| Location | 4802 Marsh Road McFarland, WI 53558 |
| Information | |
| Established | 1921 |
| Club type | Dedicated Ice |
| USCA region | Wisconsin |
| Sheets of ice | Six |
| Rock colors | Red and Yellow |
| Website | http://madisoncurlingclub.com/ |
The Madison Curling Club (MCC) is a curling club located in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States. MCC was the third-largest curling club in the United States with 570 members as of February 2014. [1] The club had 590 members for the 2019-2020 season.
Planning for the club started in 1919 [2] and then the Madison Curling Club was formally established in 1921. For the club's first eight years games were played under the bleachers at Camp Randall Stadium. [3] In 1930 the club moved to Burr Jones Field in Madison. In 1997 the club moved into their current facility in William McFarland Park in McFarland. [4] [5] The MCC has had at least one member curl for Team USA in every Winter Olympics since curling was instated as a full Olympic sport in 1998. [1]
Through the curling season Madison Curling Club members participate in leagues including men's, women's, open (any combination of gender), doubles, and instructional. MCC members are assigned a 1- to 20-point value based on their experience and skill. Many leagues have a point cap not to be exceeded by each team. [6]
Teams organized out of the Madison Curling Club have won 6 United States Men's Curling Championships and 15 United States Women's Curling Championships.
The Madison Curling Club has hosted the following championship events
The Madison Curling Club hosts many bonspiels throughout the season as fundraisers or tour sanctioned events: [9]
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