Halifax Curling Club established in 1824 is one of the oldest active

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. It houses four sheets of dedicated ice and is located at 948 South Bland Street in Halifax's south end. In 1874, they were the first club to build an indoor facility in

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. The facility was located on Tower Road but was later sold in 1892. A new facility was built on South Bland Street in 1899. This new facility was home to the first official game between Scotland and Canada; Scotland would take the victory 84–78. The club was rebuilt in 1974 due to fire damage. In 1928, Halifax Curling Club was the first facility in Nova Scotia to have artificial ice. In February 2015, the club suffered a roof collapse following an ice storm. The club reopened January 30 the following year.

National Champions

1927 Macdonald Brier The 1927 Macdonald Brier Tankard, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 1–3 at the Granite Club in Toronto. This edition of the Brier would be the first, with it also being the first time it was hosted in Ontario, and ...

Murray MacNeill Murray Macneill (also spelled MacNeill) (January 7, 1877 – February 16, 1951) was a curler from Nova Scotia. He is the first skip to win the Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in 1927. Originally from Pictou County, he att ...

, J.A. MacInnes, Cliff Torey, Jim Donahue *

1951 Macdonald Brier The 1951 Tim Hortons Brier, Macdonald Brier, the Canada, Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 6 to 10, 1951 at Dalhousie Memorial Arena in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A total of 17,000 fans attended the event. This would be ...

: Don Oyler, George Hanson, Fred Dyke, Wally Knock * 1980 Canadian Junior Women's Championship: Kay Smith, Krista Gatchell, Cathy Caudle, Peggy Wilson *

1982 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1982 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held February 27 to March 6, 1982 in Regina, Saskatchewan. It was the first time the championship would go by the ''Scott'' name. The total attendance for the even ...

Colleen Jones Colleen Patricia Jones (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an un ...

, Kay Smith, Monica Jones, Barb Jones-Gordon *

2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 11–19 at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Nova Scotia's Paul Flemming rink beat Alberta's Shannon Kleibrink in the final. Kleibrink was the first woma ...

Paul Flemming Paul Flemming (born October 8, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler. In April 2024 Flemming's senior rink won the 2024 World Senior Curling Championships. Curling career Flemming's junior team was successful in Atlantic Can ...

Kim Kelly Kim Kelly (born April 4, 1962, in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Kim Ackles) is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She currently throws skip stones for Colleen Jones, whom she has won five national championships and two world championsh ...

, Tom Fetterly, Cathy Donald *

2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2022 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from March 26 to April 1 at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Füssen, ...

Taylour Stevens Taylour Stevens (born August 31, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Chester, Nova Scotia. In 2022, she skipped her team to victory at the 2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Career Stevens was a member of the Cally Moore rink which rep ...

, Lauren Ferguson, Alison Umlah, Cate Fitzgerald * 2023 Canadian Senior Curling Championships:

, Peter Burgess, Martin Gavin, Kris Granchelli *

2024 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2024 New Holland Canadian Under-21 Curling Championships were held from March 24 to 31 at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre and the Oilsands Curling Club in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The winners earned the right to represent Canada at the ...

: Allyson MacNutt, Maria Fitzgerald, Alison Umlah, Grace McCusker

References

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