The Mayflower Curling Club is a

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...

club in

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. It was established in 1905. Since 1962, the club has been located at 3000 Monaghan Drive. The club is one of the premier

rinks in Nova Scotia, being home to teams headed by

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 ...

Mark Dacey Mark Dacey (born June 22, 1966) is a Canadian curler originally from Saskatchewan. He was based at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, having won the 2004 Nokia Brier. He ...

Shawn Adams Shawn Adams (born April 4, 1974, in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler from Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia. Career Adams rose to curling prominence being runner-up at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and then the nex ...

, and

Heather Smith-Dacey Heather Smith (born September 21, 1972 in Sackville, New Brunswick) is a Canadian curler from Fall River, Nova Scotia. While married to Brier champion Mark Dacey, she was known as Heather Smith-Dacey. Career 1990–2000 Smith grew up in Sackvi ...

. The club was host for the

events during the

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History

In 1912 the club's then-premises on Agricola Street was used as a temporary morgue for the bodies of ''

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'' disaster victims recovered from the

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by the Halifax-based ship the ''

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'', as it was the only site in the city that was both sufficiently large and cold enough for the task. Following the 1917

Halifax Explosion On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship collided with the Norwegian vessel in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ''Mont-Blanc'', laden with Explosive material, high explosives, caught fire and exploded, devastat ...

, the devastated Agricola Street rinks were rebuilt. In 2006, the Mayflower began hosting the Loose Ends Curling League, an LGBT league that is a member of the Canadian Pride Curling Association. In 2010, the league was hosting its Bluenose Bonspiel when

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hit the city—then- MP

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, whose regular events were cancelled, joined the bonspiel. Loose Ends and the Mayflower have twice hosted the

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, most recently in 2023. In 2022, members of the club voted to sell the property and build a new ice facility in

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National champions

2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held Nov. 14–21, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario. Nova Scotia won its seventh Mixed title, and skip Mark Dacey won his second title with then-wife, Heather S ...

, Andrew Gibson,

Jill Mouzar Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar ronounced "MOW-zer" is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third on Team Christina Black. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Career Brot ...

2004 Nokia Brier The 2004 Nokia Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A total of 238,129 attended the event. Team Nova Scotia, who was skipped by Mark Dacey defeated ...

Bruce Lohnes Bruce D. Lohnes (born October 10, 1958) is a Canadian curler from Valley, Nova Scotia. Lohnes is a former Brier champion and World Championship bronze medallist. Lohnes is currently a high performance junior coach with the Nova Scotia Curling A ...

, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson *

2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta from February 21 to 29 2004. The Colleen Jones rink returned as Team Canada, going on to win their fourth straight Hearts, then representing Canada at the ...

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 ...

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling C ...

Nancy Delahunt Nancy Dale Delahunt (born January 5, 1959) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Delahunt currently plays third for Colleen Jones. Career Delahunt was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was a member of the Colleen Jones team which won fiv ...

2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario from February 15 to 23. The Colleen Jones rink returned as Team Canada, going on to win their third straight Hearts, then representing Canad ...

, Mary-Anne Waye,

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 ...

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, Cathy Donald *

2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The defending champion, representing Team Canada, Colleen Jones and her rink from the Mayflower Curling Clu ...

, Mary-Anne Waye,

* 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship:

, Rob Harris,

Laine Peters Laine Peters ronounced: LAY-nee(born March 24, 1970, in Arborfield, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler, from Calgary. Peters has played in 11 Tournament of Hearts and six World Championships. Peters grew up in Carrot River, Saskatchewan. Ca ...

* 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts:

, Mary-Anne Waye,

* 1999 Scott Tournament of Hearts:

, Mary-Anne Waye,

* 1999 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship:

Monica Moriarty Monica Moriarty (née Jones; born c. 1961) is a Canadian curling, curler. She won the and the 1999 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, 1999 Canadian Mixed Championship. Teams Women's Mixed Personal life Moriarty is a sister of former tea ...

* 1998 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Steve Ogden,

Mary Mattatall Mary Mattatall (born April 22, 1960, in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler and coach from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Career Juniors Mattatall won the 1979 Nova Scotia junior women's title with teammates Faith Tregunno, Susan McCurdy and Deb ...

, Geoff Hopkins,

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* 1995 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Steve Ogden,

, Geoff Hopkins,

References

External links

Mayflower CC website
Curling clubs established in the 20th century Sports clubs and teams established in 1905 Curling clubs in Nova Scotia Sports venues in Halifax, Nova Scotia 2011 Canada Winter Games 1905 establishments in Nova Scotia Curling in Halifax, Nova Scotia {{novaScotia-struct-stub