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Grand National Cross Country
The Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series is America's premieroff-road racing series. Founded in 1979, the 13-round championship isproduced exclusively by Racer Productions. Cross country racing is oneof the most physically demanding sports in the world...

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The Grand National Curling Club, also known as the GNCC, is the union of curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 clubs in New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 and the Mid-Atlantic of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It was established in 1867. In recent years, the GNCC's territory has expanded to include clubs in the Southeast (Specifically, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia.)

Member Clubs

State Club Name City/Town Type Sheets Year Founded Notes
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...


LBI Curling Club (Long Beach Island) Norwalk Paper
Norfolk Curling Club Norfolk Dedicated Ice 2 1956
Nutmeg Curling Club Bridgeport Dedicated Ice 3 1960 New (2006) dedicated facility at Wonderland of Ice.
Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...


Florida Curling Club St. Petersburg Paper
Orlando Curling Club Orlando Forming
Tampa Bay Curling Club Tampa Bay Forming
Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...


Atlanta Curling Club Atlanta Forming 2010
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...


Louisiana Curling Club New Orleans Forming
Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...


Belfast Curling Club Belfast Dedicated Ice 3 1959
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...


Chesapeake Curling Club Easton Dedicated Ice 3 1980
Potomac Curling Club Laurel Dedicated Ice 4 1961
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...


Boston Curling Club Sudbury Paper
Broomstones Curling Club
Broomstones Curling Club
Broomstones Curling Club is the largest curling club in the Boston area, with a membership of over 200 active curlers, four sheets, and curling leagues every day of the week during the winter curling season. Broomstones is affiliated with the Grand National Curling Club...

Wayland Dedicated Ice 4 1911 For the first time in the world, a curling match was played on artificial ice made JUST for curling.
Canadian Club of Boston West Roxbury Paper 4 1960 Plays at The Country Club.
Cape Cod Curling Club Falmouth Dedicated Ice 3 1969
Greater Lowell Curling Club Dracut Paper
Merrimack Valley Curling Club Lowell
New Pond Curling Club Walpole Outdoor
Petersham Curling Club Petersham Dedicated Ice 2 1960
The Country Club (of Chestnut Hill, MA) Chestnut Hill Dedicated Ice 4
Weston Curling Club Weston Dedicated Ice 4
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...


Granite Curling Club (Hollis, NH) Hollis Paper
Nashua Country Club Nashua Dedicated Ice 3
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...


Garden State Curling Club Summit
Plainfield Curling Club
Plainfield Curling Club
The Plainfield Curling Club is a curling club located in South Plainfield, New Jersey. It owns and operates the only curling facility in New Jersey. It was founded in 1963, with the members initially using rented ice and curling outdoors. The current two-sheet structure was completed in 1967.The...

South Plainfield Dedicated Ice 2 1963
New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...


Albany Curling Club Albany Dedicated Ice 2 1955
Amherst Curling Club Amherst About 1873
Ardsley Curling Club Irvington Dedicated Ice 3
Canadian Club of New York New York City Paper
Kayuta Lake Curling Club Forestport Outdoor
Lake Placid Curling Club Lake Placid Arena 4 Arena curling at Herb Brooks Arena at the Lake Placid Olympic Center.
Long Island Curling Club Long Beach Arena 3 Arena curling at The Arena of Long Island Beach.
Massena Curling Club Massena
Massena (village), New York
Massena is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 13,589 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Andre Massena, one of Napoleon's generals....

Arena 2007 Arena curling at Massena Arena.
New York Caledonian Curling Club Bronxville Dedicated Ice 3 Plays at the Ardsley Curling Club.
Rochester Curling Club Rochester Dedicated Ice 4 1961
Schenectady Curling Club Schenectady Dedicated Ice 4
The Curling Club of Aruba Guilderland Paper
Utica Curling Club
Utica Curling Club
The Utica Curling Club is located in Utica, New York. The club was founded in 1868 and is one of the oldest curling clubs in the United States...

Whitesboro Dedicated Ice 6 1868
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...


Charlotte Centre Curling Club Charlotte Arena 4 2010 Arena curling at Extreme Ice Center.
Coastal Carolina Curling Club Wilmington Arena ? 2011 (forming) Arena Curling at The Wilmington Ice House
Triangle Curling Club Wake Forest Arena 4 1995 Arena curling at The Polar Ice House.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...


Anthracite Curling Club (Formerly Scranton Curling Club) Wilkes-Barre Arena 2006 Arena curling at Coal St Park.
Philadelphia Curling Club Paoli Dedicated Ice 2 1957
Pittsburgh Curling Club
Pittsburgh Curling Club
The Pittsburgh Curling Club is a curling club located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is one of only three curling clubs in Pennsylvania, the other two being the Philadelphia Curling Club and the Anthracite Curling Club...

Pittsburgh Arena 5 2002 Arena curling at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...


Ocean State Curling Club Middletown Arena 5 2009 Arena curling at Cabot/Harmon Ice Center.
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...


Grand Strand Curling Club Little River Paper
Palmetto Curling Club Greenville Arena 4 2010 Arena curling at Greenville County Pavilion Recreation Complex.
Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...


Green Mountain Curling Club Morrisville Arena 4 2005 Arena curling at LARC Ice Arena.
Rutland Curling Club Rutland
Union Arena Curling Club Woodstock Arena 4 2007
Woodstock Curling Club Woodstock Arena 2008 Arena curling at Union Arena Community Center.
Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...


Richmond Virginia Curling Club
Richmond Virginia Curling Club Website: none
Richmond Forming

Events

These events are GNCC Sponsored Events, and do not include the events that are sponsored by the GNCC Member Clubs.
  • Men's
    • Francis Dykes Bonspiel
    • Ross Tarlton
    • Senior Men’s
    • Gordon International
    • Gordon-Emmett – The oldest consecutive event in North America.
  • Women's
    • Women’s Challenge
  • Mixed/Open
    • Senior Mixed
    • Ray Kayser Memorial Bonspiel
    • Arena Club Championship (open event for arena club members only)

Past Presidents

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