The Kilsyth Curling Club, in

Kilsyth Kilsyth (; ) is a town and civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 10,380. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the religi ...

, Scotland, claims to be the oldest

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club in the world, being established in 1716.

History

Curling was being played in Kilsyth from at least the 16th century, and in 1716 the Kilsyth Curling Club was established, making it the oldest in the world. This claim is disputed in other sources, which give either the

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Curling Club, established in 1668, or a curling club from Muthill, established in 1739, the honour. The club still exists and also has a women's division. It plays in provincial competitions in the

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province, organised by the

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Notable curlers

* Michael Goodfellow, silver medalist at the

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External links

Official website
1716 establishments in Scotland Sports clubs and teams established in the 1710s Curling clubs in Scotland