Curl Moncton Inc. is a
curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...
club in
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because o ...
,
New Brunswick
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.
History
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.
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.
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. Using the equity from the sale, the club was expanded from five sheets to ten in 2019 at the cost of $2.7 million.
The City of Moncton granted $66,000 to the club to keep afloat during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. In 2022, the club only put in five sheets of ice, renting the other half of the ice shed to the Greater Moncton Pickeball Association.
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.
Provincial champions
Teams from Moncton clubs have won the following men's and women's provincial championships:
Men's
Winners of the
New Brunswick Tankard
The New Brunswick Tankard is the New Brunswick provincial championship for men's curling. It was formerly called the Papa John's Pizza Tankard, Pepsi Tankard, Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship, Alexander Keith's Tankard, the La ...
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Women's
Winners of the
New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the New Brunswick provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by the New Brunswick Curling Association. The winning team represents New Brunswick at the Scotties Tournament of He ...
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National champions
Teams from Moncton clubs have won the following national championships:
References
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Curling clubs in Canada
Sports venues in Moncton
Sports clubs established in 1881
1881 establishments in New Brunswick
Curling in New Brunswick