St. John's Curling Club
| Location | 135 Mayor Avenue St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1A 5G6 |
|---|---|
| Arena | RE/MAX Centre |
| Established | 1910 |
| Club type | Dedicated Ice |
| CCA region | NLCA Eastern Region |
| Sheets of ice | Six |
| Rock colours | Blue and Yellow |
| Website | http://www.stjohnscurlingclub.com/ |
The St. John's Curling Club (officially the St. John's Curling Association) is a curling club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The club plays at the RE/MAX Centre in Central St. John's, on Mayor Ave. It is the largest curling club in the province.
The club was founded on July 8 1910 when the Terra Nova Curling Club and the Micmac Curling Club was amalgamated. From 1912 to 1941, the club was located at the Newfoundland Curling Rink Ltd. on Forest Road. The club bought a new rink in 1941, but it burned down before the season started. In 1943, the club moved to a rink on Factory Lane. In addition to curling, this rink also allowed for skating and dancing. The St. John's Ladies Curling Club was integrated in 1959. In 1976 the club moved to a new rink on Bonaventure Ave. The club would later move to its current location, and begun branding itself as the RE/MAX Centre in about 2006.
The club is most notable for being the home of the 2006 Winter Olympic champion team of Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam. Gushue currently curls out of the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club.
The only Newfoundland team to win the Brier, hailed from the St. John's Curling Club. The team of Jack MacDuff, Toby McDonald, Doug Hudson and Ken Templeton won the 1976 Macdonald Brier. As of 2015, teams from the St. John's Curling Club have won 39 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankards, the provincial men's championship.
The club has won two Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Brad Gushue and his rink of Mike Adam, Brent Hamilton and Mark Nichols won the men's title in 2001. The team went on to win a gold medal at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. Stacie Devereaux, Stephanie Guzzwell, Sarah Paul and Julie Devereaux won the women's 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and won a silver medal for Canada at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships.
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