The Milwaukee Curling Club, now based in
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Cedarburg ( ) is a city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Located about north of Milwaukee and in close proximity to Interstate 43, it is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The city incorporated in 1885, and at the tim ...
, is the longest continually operating
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 the United States. It was founded in
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...
in 1845 by Scots emigrants, including
Alexander Mitchell (later elected "patron" of the
Grand National Curling Club
The Grand National Curling Club (GNCC), founded in 1867, was the first National Curling Organization encompassing the entire United States. It remained the national organization until it created the United States Curling Association (USCA) in the ...
).
[Kerr, John. ''The History of Curling and Fifty Years of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club''. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890; p. 343] In 1947, a member indicated to
Bernie Roth that a women's curling club was needed because women could only play if their husbands were members; in 1949 she established the Milwaukee Kilties.
References
External links
Official website
See also
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Royal Montreal Curling Club, oldest curling club in North America, oldest extant sports club in North America
Curling clubs in the United States
History of Milwaukee
Curling clubs established in the 19th century
Sports clubs and teams established in 1845
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Sports in Milwaukee
1845 establishments in Wisconsin Territory
Curling in Wisconsin
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