The Buckingham Curling Club (French: Club de curling de Buckingham ) is an historic curling club located in Buckingham, Quebec . It is the only curling club located within the city limits of Gatineau . Despite only having two sheets of ice and small membership, the club has produced many Brier and Hearts representatives in the past, owing to its proximity to strong teams in nearby Ottawa .
6-628: The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (the mother body of the sport) indicates that a curling club existed in Buckingham as late as 1857. This first version of the Buckingham curling club ceased operations in 1867. The second version of the club was opened in 1894 by the Whaleback Skating Rink , but closed a few years later. The third and final incarnation of the Buckingham Curling Club was founded in 1918 when
12-669: A curling pond for Grand Matches at Carsebreck Loch in Perth and Kinross . This site saw 25 such matches that were served by the club's own private Carsbreck until the last was held at this site in 1935. The World Curling Federation (WCF), the governing body for international curling, originated as a committee (formed in Perth, Scotland in March 1965) of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, and became an independent organisation in 1982. The WCF officially recognises
18-634: A curling rink was built, with play beginning in 1919. In 1937, a women's section was added. In 1947, artificial ice was installed at the club. In 1952, the club switched from iron stones (used only in Quebec and Eastern Ontario) to granite rocks. In 1958, the current rink was built. The club played host to the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau event on the World Curling Tour from 2009 to 2018. Buckingham maintains an historical rivalry with
24-640: Is "To unite curlers throughout the world into one Brotherhood of the Rink", and it has branches and affiliated associations and clubs in Austria , Belgium , Canada , Denmark , England , Finland , France , Germany , the Netherlands , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Luxembourg , New Zealand , Norway , South Africa , Spain , Switzerland , the United States and Wales . In 1853 the club established
30-531: Is a curling club in Edinburgh , Scotland . It developed the first official rules for the sport, and is the governing body of curling in Scotland. The RCCC was founded on 25 July 1838 in Edinburgh , and granted its royal charter by Queen Victoria in 1843, after she had witnessed a demonstration of the sport played on the polished ballroom floor of Scone Palace the previous year. The club's objective
36-718: The Ottawa Curling Club . Each year, the two clubs participate in the Currier Cup, North America's second oldest sporting trophy (after the America's Cup ). The cup has been played off and on since the 1860s. At the time, the two clubs were the only ones in the Ottawa area. The trophy was donated by Joseph Merrill Currier , local Member of Parliament. Royal Caledonian Curling Club The Royal Caledonian Curling Club ( RCCC ), branded as Scottish Curling
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