The Nanaimo 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 located in
Nanaimo
Nanaimo ( ) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. "The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating fr ...
,
British Columbia
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. The club plays out of the Nanaimo Curling Centre on Wall Street in
Bowen Park.
The club was founded in 1947 at the
Nanaimo Civic Arena, though the club began regular curling play in 1949 on one sheet of ice. A four sheet curling rink was built in 1951 located immediately north of the current club site. A fifth sheet was added in 1953, at the same time the Ladies club was incorporated. The club built an eight sheet club in 1969. In 2017, the club won the
Travelers Curling Club Championship
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.
Provincial champions
The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years:
Women's
The club has won the
women's provincial championships four times:
*1957:
Margaret Fuller
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,
Pat Good,
Sylvia Koster,
Edna Quinney
*1961:
Margaret Fuller
Sarah Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850), sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movemen ...
,
Sylvia Koster,
Edna Quinney,
Fernande Smith
*1973:
Karin Kaese,
Shannon Blackburn,
Loretta Ahlstrom,
Donna Dunn
*
2018
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:
Kesa Van Osch
Kesa Van Osch (born December 12, 1991, in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Parksville, British Columbia. She was the skip of the winning team at the 2014 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and finished 5th in the ...
,
Marika Van Osch,
Kalia Van Osch,
Amy Gibson
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Career
Gibson's credits include ''Love of Life'' (Lynn Henderson), ''Young and the Restless'' (Alana Anthony Jackson), and ''Gener ...
Junior Women's
*2012:
Kesa Van Osch
Kesa Van Osch (born December 12, 1991, in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Parksville, British Columbia. She was the skip of the winning team at the 2014 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and finished 5th in the ...
,
Kalia Van Osch, Marika Van Osch, Brooklyn Leitch
*2014: Kalia Van Osch, Marika Van Osch, Sarah Daniels, Ashley Sanderson, Megan Daniels (shared with the
Delta Curling Club)
Senior Women's
*1988: Helen Elson, Mary Williams, Marj Tegart, Evelyn Provost
*2012: Penny Shantz, Debbie Jones Walker, Deborah Pulak, Shirley Wong
Master Women's
*2002: Jessie Whittam, Marj Fenske, Eileen Smith, Trudy Knelson
Junior Men's
*1972: Rick Neff, Murray Norby, Brian Cann, Bob Smiley
*1980: Stacey Coomber, Randy Thiessen, Jim Newlands, Mike Cameron
*1983: Bob McIntosh, Alan Sutherland, Kevin Kelly, Greg Peachy
Senior Men's
*1970:
Don MacRae,
Gene Koster,
Bev Smiley,
Doc Howden (
Canadian Senior Champions)
Master Men's
*1992: Archie McIntosh, Gene Klymchuk, Glen Anderson, Norrie Nishio
Mixed
*2016: Wes Craig,
Kesa Van Osch
Kesa Van Osch (born December 12, 1991, in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Parksville, British Columbia. She was the skip of the winning team at the 2014 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and finished 5th in the ...
, Miles Craig,
Marika Van Osch (shared with the
Kerry Park Curling Club)
External links
Official site
References
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Curling clubs in British Columbia
Sport in Nanaimo
Curling clubs established in the 20th century
Sports clubs and teams established in 1947
1947 establishments in British Columbia