Midwest Curling Association

Midwest Curling Association

Sport	Curling
Jurisdiction	Regional
Membership	9 curling clubs
Abbreviation	MCA
Founded	1945
Affiliation	United States Curling Association
Official website
midwestcurling.com

Logo before name changed from Illinois Curling Association

The Midwest Curling Association (MCA) is a regional association of the United States Curling Association with member clubs in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. ^[1] The MCA organizes communication and competition between the nine member clubs as well as facilitating communication with the national association.

History

When originally founded in 1945, ^[2] the organization represented more than 40 clubs from Nebraska, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and North Dakota. The Midwest Curling Association was dissolved on May 23, 1964, and Illinois was advised to create their own organization, so the Illinois Curling Association was founded. In 2014, the Illinois Curling Association began to support clubs outside the state which lead to the board deciding in 2018 to revert to the name Midwest Curling Association. ^{[3] [4]}

Member clubs

Main article: List of curling clubs in the United States

State	Club Name	City	Type	Sheets	Year Founded	Notes
Illinois	Chicago Curling Club [5] [6]	Northbrook	Dedicated	4 [6]	1948
	Exmoor Country Club [5] [7]	Highland Park	Dedicated	4	1938
	Northwestern Curling Club [5]				2005	Curls at Chicago Curling Club
	Waltham Curling Club [5] [8]	Triumph	Dedicated	3 [8]	1884 [8]
	Windy City Curling Club [5] [9]	Villa Park	Dedicated	3 [10]	2014	Arena club until summer 2019 [11]
	Wilmette Curling Club [5] [12]	Northbrook	Dedicated	4	1968	Curls at Chicago Curling Club
Iowa	Cedar Rapids Curling Club [5] [13]	Cedar Rapids	Arena	6 [10]	2012 [14]
	Des Moines Curling Club [5] [15]	Urbandale	Arena	4 [10]	2013 [15]
Missouri	St. Louis Curling Club [5] [16]	St Louis	Arena	3 [10]	2010

References

1. "About MCA". Midwest Curling Association. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
2. "Big Curling Meet Starts Here Friday". Detroit Free Press. February 11, 1945. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. "History of MCA". Midwest Curling Association. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
4. "Midwest Curling Association". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
5. "Illinois Curling Association" . Retrieved 8 May 2013.
6. "Home - Chicago Curling Club". www.curlingchicago.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
7. "Curling - Exmoor Country Club". www.exmoorcountryclub.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
8. "Waltham Curling Club - Home". walthamcurling.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
9. "Windy City Curling Club". www.windycitycurling.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
10. "US Curling Clubs Map at Cedar Rapids Curling Club".
11. Brown, Shannon (2019-01-06). "A Permanent Facility for Windy City Curling Club". Midwest Curling Association. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
12. Johnson, Bill. "Wilmette Curling Club Home Page". www.wilmettecurling.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
13. "Cedar Rapids Curling Club - Home". www.cedarrapidscurling.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
14. "Cedar Rapids Curling". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
15. "des-moines-curling". des-moines-curling. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
16. "St. Louis Curling Club". www.stlouiscurlingclub.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

External links

• Midwest Curling Association
• United States Curling Association