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Curl Moncton

Curl Moncton Inc. is a curling club in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Curl Moncton
Location80 Lockhart Ave.[1]
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Information
Established1881 (MCA)
Club typeDedicated Ice
Curling Canada regionNBCA
Sheets of ice5
Rock coloursBlue and Yellow   
Websitecurlmoncton.ca

History edit

Curl Moncton traces its history back to the founding of the Moncton Curling Association (MCA) in 1881, and was located on Lower Lutz Street. The club was moved to Mechanic Street in 1903, but was destroyed in a fire in 1915. The club was then rebuilt on Lutz Street.[2]

Curl Moncton itself was formed in 2011 when the Beaver Curling Club and the Curling Beauséjour merged. The MCA joined Curl Moncton in 2013, when Curl Moncton purchased its site on Lutz Street to gain access to equity.[3] The move was controversial, as it involved evicting the Humanity Project, which had been using the facility to help house and feed the homeless population.[4] Using the equity from the sale, the club was expanded from five sheets to ten in 2019 at the cost of $2.7 million.[3] The City of Moncton granted $66,000 to the club to keep afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In 2022, the club only put in five sheets of ice, renting the other half of the ice shed to the Greater Moncton Pickelball Association.[6]

The Beaver Curling Club was founded in 1946 by a number of members for the MCA, becoming the city's second curling club. The Beauséjour Curling Club (later renamed Curling Beauséjour) was built in 1957, planned by the Le Cercle Acadien organization. Discussions began to merge the clubs in 2009.[7]

Provincial champions edit

Teams from Moncton clubs have won the following men's and women's provincial championships:

Men's edit

Winners of the New Brunswick Tankard:

Year Team Club Brier record
1929 Wendell MacDonald, Fred McAndrews, Ambrose Wheeler, Harold Lockhart MCA 6–3  
1950 Jimmy Vance, Lee Allanach, Ralph Lister, Ron Dickie Beaver 2–7
1953 Ralph Noble, Horace Trites, Albert Eagles, Harris Mitton Beaver 2–8
1954 Richard McCully, Wilfred Taylor, Cecil McManus, Ralph Harley Beaver 4–6
1956 Ralph Lister, Horace Trites, Jimmy Vance, Ralph Patterson Beaver 3–7
1958 Jimmy Vance, Gordon Clogg, Harry Flemming, Don Mix Beaver 2–8
1959 Richard McCully, Cecil McManus, Edward Shutt, Irving Mitten Beaver 3–7
1960 Harold Mabey Sr., Harold Mabey Jr., Harold Keith, Ronald Lewis MCA 2–8
1962 Harold Mabey Sr., Harold Mabey Jr., Harold Keith, Robert Puddester MCA 5–5
1963 Don Mix, Raymond Gingles, Robert Boby, James Macelwain Beaver 3–7
1964 Harold Mabey Jr., David Silliphant, Harold Keith, Harold Mabey Sr. MCA 3–7
1965 Peter Lyons, Kenneth Little, Raymond Gould, Joseph Carey Beauséjour 2–8
1969 Harold Mabey Jr., Ed Steeves, Harold Keith, Grant MacMellon MCA 3–7
1970 Harold Mabey Jr., Ed Steeves, Harold Keith, Grant MacMellon MCA 4–6
1971 Paul Bordage, Art Gillard, Dale Somers, Murray Leger Beauséjour 3–7
1981 Tony Richardson, Bruce Forster, Gord Johnson, Don Mix Beaver 3–8
1985 Bryan Wight, Bob Carruthers, Serge Denis, Cy Sutherland Beaver 3–8
1991 Gary Mitchell, Grant Odishaw, Rick Perron, Mike Butler Beaver 4–7
1996 Mike Kennedy, Grant Odishaw, Marc LeCocq, Rick Perron Beaver 5–6
1998 Terry Odishaw, Tommy Sullivan, Mark Dobson, Kevin Keefe MCA 4–7
1999 Russ Howard, Wayne Tallon, Rick Perron, Grant Odishaw Beaver 8–5
2000 Russ Howard, Wayne Tallon, Rick Perron, Grant Odishaw Beaver 9–5  
2002 Russ Howard, James Grattan, Marc LeCocq, Grant Odishaw Beaver 8–5  
2003 Russ Howard, James Grattan, Marc LeCocq, Grant Odishaw Beaver 7–5
2004 Russ Howard, James Grattan, Marc LeCocq, Grant Odishaw Beaver 7–5
2012 Terry Odishaw, Andy McCann, Scott Jones, Grant Odishaw Curl Moncton 5–6
2019 Terry Odishaw, Jordan Pinder, Marc LeCocq, Grant Odishaw Curl Moncton 3–4
2023 Jeremy Mallais (Fourth), Scott Jones (Skip), Brian King, Jared Bezanson Curl Moncton 1–7

Women's edit

Winners of the New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts:

Year Team Club Hearts record
1947 Miss M. M. Fryers, Mrs. W. R. Colpitts, Mrs. R. S. Johnstone, Mrs. A. W. Ross Beaver —
1952 Mrs. R. S. Johnstone, Mrs. L. A. Pinder, Mrs. J. E. Surette, Mrs. P. A. Clark Beaver —
1953 Mrs. R. S. Johnstone, Mrs. P. A. Clark, Mrs. L. A. Pinder, Mrs. J. E. Surette Beaver —
1955 Mrs. G. Clogg, Mrs. E. A. Willis, Mrs. D. Stratton, Mabel DeWare Beaver —
1959 Mona Comeau, Kay Cormack, Vera Shutt, Evelyn Brooks Beaver —
1960 Mona Comeau, Kay Cormack, Vera Shutt, Evelyn Brooks Beaver —
1961 Mona Comeau, Kay Cormack, Vera Shutt, Evelyn Brooks Beaver 7–3  
1962 Phyliss Pinder, Pauline Thomas, Jean Dick, Eleanor Steeves MCA 4–5
1963 Mabel DeWare, Harriet Stratton, Forbis Stevenson, Marjorie Fraser Beaver 8–1  
1969 Phyllis Chapman, Dorothy Thompson, Mary Cooper, Felice Willden Beaver 3–6
1980 Denise Lavigne, Marie-Anne Vautour, Bonnie Anne Rayworth, Susan Goulet Beauséjour 4–6
1993 Nancy McConnery, Leanne Perron, Sandy Comeau, Denise Cormier Beaver 2–9
2005 Sandy Comeau, Stacey Leger, Allison Farrell, Sandi Prosser Beaver 7–6
2007 Sandy Comeau, Denise Nowlan, Marie-Anne Power, Jeanette Murphy Beaver 1–10
2008 Sylvie Robichaud, Danielle Nicholson, Marie Richard, Julie Carrier Beauséjour 1–10
2015 Sylvie Robichaud, Rebecca Atkinson, Marie Richard, Jane Boyle Curl Moncton 4–7
2016 Sylvie Robichaud, Rebecca Atkinson, Marie Richard, Jane Boyle Curl Moncton 2–9
2018 Sylvie Robichaud, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault Bishop, Kendra Lister Curl Moncton 5–3

National champions edit

Teams from Moncton clubs have won the following national championships:

Event Year Team Club
Women's 1963 Mabel DeWare, Harriet Stratton, Forbis Stevenson, Marjorie Fraser Beaver
Mixed 1994 Grant Odishaw, Heather Smith, Rick Perron, Krista Smith Beaver
Club 2022 Shaelyn Park, Krista Flanagan Lynn LeBlanc, Shannon Tatlock Curl Moncton

References edit

  1. ^ "Connect". Curl Moncton. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. ^ "Moncton Curlers' Association building up for sale". CBC. November 4, 2015. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  3. ^ a b "Hurry hard! Curl Moncton club doubles in size". CBC. March 12, 2019. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  4. ^ "Curl Moncton says it has tentatively sold former MCA building". Global News. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  5. ^ "Moncton bails out curling club so it can pay bills, continue operating". CBC. July 20, 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  6. ^ "SURPRISE! (Or not? 🤣) / Surprise! Ou pas? 🤣)". Facebook. Curl Moncton. October 25, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "History". Curl Moncton. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
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