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 ...
facility in
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a city in the coastal Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly a suburban city, it occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough, New Westminster, Queensborough), between the two estuarine dis ...
that is the home of the Richmond Curling Club. The club is located on Hollybridge Way in the Richmond City Centre neighbourhood of the city.
The club was founded in 1958, with the first organizational meeting held on October 8 of that year. One week later a 3.4-acre plot of land was bought on Cambie Road for $200,000. The club was finally opened on January 1, 1961, as the Richmond Winter Club with plans to expand the facility to include skating and racket sports. Later that year the Richmond Ladies Curling Club was also founded. In 1963 a lounge was added to the building and in 1965 a parking lot was added.
After a deal with the City of Richmond, the club was moved from Cambie Road to its current location on Hollybridge.
Since 2000 the club has hosted the Pacific International Cup each April.
Provincial champions
The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years: The club was home to the 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts champion,
2000 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2000 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2000 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Braehead Arena in Renfrew
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gold medalist and
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...
bronze medal champion Kelley Law rink. The club also won the men's
2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship
The 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship was held from November 19 to 24 at the Miramichi Curling Club in Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Men
Teams
Round robin standings
''Final standings''
Pool A
Pool B
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
''Friday ...
with the team of Vic Shimizu, Cody Tanaka, Trevor Bakken and Mark Yodogawa.
Sherry Fraser
"Sherry Fraser" is the name of the third single by alternative rock/post-grunge
Post-grunge is an offshoot of grunge that has a less abrasive or intense tone than traditional grunge. Originally, the term was used almost pejoratively to label mid ...
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Christine Jurgenson
Christine "Chris" Jurgenson ( Bodogh; born c. 1953) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She is a former World Champion, and was lead for the championship team at the World Senior Curling Championship in 2009 and skip fo ...
Sherry Fraser
"Sherry Fraser" is the name of the third single by alternative rock/post-grunge
Post-grunge is an offshoot of grunge that has a less abrasive or intense tone than traditional grunge. Originally, the term was used almost pejoratively to label mid ...
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Christine Jurgenson
Christine "Chris" Jurgenson ( Bodogh; born c. 1953) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She is a former World Champion, and was lead for the championship team at the World Senior Curling Championship in 2009 and skip fo ...
*2000:
Kelley Law
Kelley Law (born January 11, 1966, in Burnaby, British Columbia), Atkins, formerly Owen, is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia. She grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
Career
Law is most notable for winning a bronze medal ...
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Julie Skinner
Julie Lynn Skinner ( Sutton, born April 23, 1968, in Calgary, Alberta) is a retired Canadian curler and Olympic medallist from Victoria, British Columbia. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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Georgina Wheatcroft
Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics while on Kelley Law's team.
Curling career
Wheatcroft made her Scott Tour ...
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Diane Nelson
Diane Dezura (born July 1, 1958 in Burnaby, British Columbia as Diane Nelson) is a Canadian retired curler and Olympic medallist. As Diane Nelson, she played lead on for the Kelley Law rink in the early 2000s, one of the best teams in the worl ...
Susan Allen
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Junior Women's
*1997: Julie Provost, Lindsay Kostenuik, Michelle Blacker, Nadine Favreau
*2008: Kelly Thomson, Kelly Shimizu, Cynthia Lu, Jennifer Allen
*2009: Kelly Shimizu, Kayte Gyles, Janelle Sakamoto, Julianna Tsang
Master Women's
*2010: Karin Host, Lorraine Warn, Dianne Tasaka, Betty Dharmasetia
*2011: Karin Host, Dianne Tasaka, Lorraine Warn, Betty Dharmasetia
Bernie Sparkes
Bernard Leslie Sparkes (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler.
Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys.Jim Armstrong, Gerry Peckham
*1974: Jim Armstrong,
Bernie Sparkes
Bernard Leslie Sparkes (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler.
Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys.Gerry Peckham, Clark Winterton
Junior Men's
*1986: Graham Franklin, Rob Robinson, Steve Stroup, Stan Rick
*2008:
Jay Wakefield
Jay Wakefield is a Canadian curler from Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
Career
Wakefield's lone provincial junior championship came in 2008 when his team of lead Jamie Danbrook, second Paul Cseke and fourth Chase Martyn won the event. The te ...
Ken Watson
James Kenneth Watson, (August 12, 1904 – July 26, 1986) was a Canadian curler.
Biography
Watson was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba and moved to Winnipeg later. He was the first man to skip his rink to three Brier championships in 1936, 1942 ...
Greg McAulay
Gregory McAulay (born January 2, 1960) is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia.
Career
McAulay has been to two Briers in his career. At the 1998 Labatt Brier, he skipped his British Columbia team to a 7-4 record in ...
, Ken Watson, Dale Hockley, Dale Reibin
Master Men's
*2016: Keith Switzer, Vic Shimizu, Ben Nishi, Wayne Saito
Mixed
*1967: Chuck Kennedy, Betty Bacon, Bruce Bacon, Verna Lawer
*1973: Jim Armstrong, Marion Chamberlin, Gerry Peckham, Leslie Clark
*1980: Bob McCubbin, Heater Haywood, Ken Watson, Sandy McCubbin
*2018: Cody Tanaka, Shawna Jensen, Travis Cameron, Catera Park (shared with the Tunnel Town Curling Club)