Richmond Curling Centre

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Richmond Curling Club
Location5440 Hollybridge Way
Richmond, British Columbia [1]
ArenaRichmond Curling Centre
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Established1958
Club typeDedicated Ice
Curling Canada region Curl BC Region 5 [2]
Sheets of iceEight
Rock coloursBlue and Red [3]   
Website http://www.richmondcurling.com/

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.

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The club was founded in 1958, with the first organizational meeting held on October 8 of that year. One week later a 3.4-acre plot of land was bought on Cambie Road for $200,000. The club was finally opened on January 1, 1961, as the Richmond Winter Club with plans to expand the facility to include skating and racket sports. Later that year the Richmond Ladies Curling Club was also founded. In 1963 a lounge was added to the building and in 1965 a parking lot was added.

After a deal with the City of Richmond, the club was moved from Cambie Road to its current location on Hollybridge.

Since 2000 the club has hosted the Pacific International Cup each April.

Provincial champions

The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years: [4] The club was home to the 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts champion, 2000 World Women's Curling Championship gold medalist and 2002 Winter Olympics bronze medal champion Kelley Law rink. [5] The club also won the men's 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship with the team of Vic Shimizu, Cody Tanaka, Trevor Bakken and Mark Yodogawa. [6]

Women's

The club has won the women's provincial championships ten times:

Junior Women's

Master Women's

Men's

The club has won the men's provincial championships three times:

Junior Men's

Senior Men's

Master Men's

Mixed

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References

  1. "Richmond Curling Club" . Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. "Lower Mainland Facilities". Curl BC. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  3. http://therichmondreel.com/%5B%5D
  4. "Past BC Champions | Curl BC | Our House is Your House".
  5. "Personal details".
  6. "Curling Canada | Alberta Women and British Columbia Men win Travelers gold".