The St. John's Curling Club (officially the St. John's Curling Association) is a

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club in St. John's,

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, Canada. The club plays at the RE/MAX Centre in Central St. John's, on Mayor Ave. It is the largest curling club in the province.

History

The club was founded on July 8, 1910, when the Terra Nova Curling Club and the Micmac Curling Club were amalgamated. From 1912 to 1941, the club was located at the Newfoundland Curling Rink Ltd. on Forest Road. The club bought a new rink in 1941, but it burned down before the season started. In 1943, the club moved to a rink on Factory Lane. In addition to curling, this rink also allowed for skating and dancing. The St. John's Ladies Curling Club was integrated in 1959. In 1976 the club moved to a new rink on Bonaventure Avenue, which was renamed RE/MAX Centre in 2006.

Champions

The club is most notable for being the home of the

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champion team of

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 ...

, Mark Nichols,

Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, CM, ONL (born February 19, 1956, in Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, but originally from Midland, Ontario. He lived in Moncton, New Brunswick, from 2000 t ...

Jamie Korab Jamie A. Korab, ONL (born November 28, 1979, in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler and politician. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for the Liberal Party in the 2024 Waterford Valley provincial by ...

and

Mike Adam Michael B. Adam, ONL (born June 3, 1981) is a Canadian curler who won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Biography Born in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Adam won a bronze medal at the Canada Winter Games in 1999. Adam was part o ...

. Gushue also represented Canada at the

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with his new rink of Mark Nichols,

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, and Geoff Walker, winning a bronze medal. The first Newfoundland team to win

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, hailed from the St. John's Curling Club. The team of Jack MacDuff, Toby McDonald, Doug Hudson and Ken Templeton won the 1976 Macdonald Brier. Brad Gushue has also won 5 Briers while curling out of the St. John's Curling Club, and won the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship. As of 2024, teams from the St. John's Curling Club have won 49

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s, the provincial men's championship. The club has won two

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. Brad Gushue and his rink of Mike Adam,

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and Mark Nichols won the men's title in 2001. The team went on to win a gold medal at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships.

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, Stephanie Guzzwell, Sarah Paul and Julie Devereaux won the women's 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and won a silver medal for Canada at the

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. The club has also won one Canadian U18 Championship in 2024, with

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and his rink of

Nicholas Codner Nicholas Codner (born March 23, 2006) is a Canadian curler from Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador. He currently plays mate for the Team Simon Perry rink. He is known as the youngest person to ever compete in The Brier, when he played as an alte ...

, Brayden Snow, and Carter Holden. While curling out of the club, Mark Nichols,

Shelley Nichols Shelley Hardy (born May 19, 1982 in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador as Shelley Nichols) is a Canadian curling, curler originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's. Hardy played third for Jennifer Guzzwell at the 200 ...

, Brent Hamilton and

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won the 2005 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, the only time the province has won a Canadian Mixed title. The club also won the only men's

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for the province, when Bas Buckle, Bob Freeman, Gerry Young and Harvey Holloway won in 2004. The team went on to win a gold medal at the 2005 World Senior Curling Championships. Finally, the club won its first

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in 2015, when

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, Mark Healy, Cory Ewart and Keith Jewer won the men's title.

References

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