Curlers at play in a mixed receational league
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Location | 131 Broadview Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4M 2E9 |
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Established | Royal Canadian Bicycle Club (1891) Royal Canadian Bicycle and Curling Club (1929) Royal Canadian Curling Club (1953) |
Founder(s) | David Smith, Albert Edwin Walton |
Club type | Dedicated ice |
CCA region | OCA Zone 8 |
Sheets of ice | Six |
Rock colours | Red and Yellow |
Website | http://rccc.on.ca/ |
The Royal Canadian Curling Club is a curling club located in the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The clubhouse on Broadview Avenue was originally built in 1907 by the Royal Canadian Bicycle Club The ice arena was added in 1929. In addition to cycling activities, the club has featured skating, baseball, ice hockey, curling, and ten-pin bowling. In 1953, the club decided to focus exclusively on curling activities.
Known to its members as The Royals, the club hosts house league draws on evenings from Sunday to Friday as well as Tuesday afternoons. The club also hosts associate leagues including the Riverdale League, the Rotators, and the Insurance Curling League.
The club has sponsored winning teams at provincial curling championships. In 1955, Andy Grant won The British Consols, southern Ontario's men's curling championship. This tournament has gone through a number of name changes in its history and is now known as the TSC Tankard. In 1982 and 1987 Carol Thompson won the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts. In Senior's curling, Jim Sharples has won a number of events including 1992 & 1994 (Joe Todd Sr.), 1998 (T.E. Financial Consultants Ltd.), 1999 (CIBC Seniors), and the Tim Hortons Masters in 2000 and 2003. Bob Wood and Carol Thompson represented Ontario at the Seagram Mixed Tournament in 1977.
In 1964 the club hosted the inaugural event of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. The first championship was won by Ernie Boushy of Winnipeg, Manitoba with a record of 9-1. The club continued hosting the event in 1965.
The club is governed by a board of directors who are elected by the members of the club. There are currently 6 board members. The club is member owned. New members purchase equity in the club when they start to curl. The equity is returned to the club when they resign as a member. Only active curlers are allowed to hold equity in the club. There are about 400 active curlers.