Red Deer Curling Club
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The Red Deer Curling Club is a curling
club in Red Deer, Alberta
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The club was founded ca. 1900s. The club has been operating out of its current location, the Red Deer Curling Centre since 1953. Plans are underway to move to a larger, 12-sheet building.
The club is located on 43rd Street in the central part of the city.
The club hosts the annual Red Deer Curling Classic
on the World Curling Tour
every November.
The club has sent one team to the Brier, in 1931 when Robert Welliver, Joseph LaFrance, Jack Fulton and George Lindsay represented Alberta. They finished 4-5 (5th place). In 2011, the club won the men's side of the 2011 The Dominion Curling Club Championship
.
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...
club in Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...
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The club was founded ca. 1900s. The club has been operating out of its current location, the Red Deer Curling Centre since 1953. Plans are underway to move to a larger, 12-sheet building.
The club is located on 43rd Street in the central part of the city.
The club hosts the annual Red Deer Curling Classic
Red Deer Curling Classic
The Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Centre in Red Deer, Alberta. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format...
on the World Curling Tour
World Curling Tour
The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....
every November.
The club has sent one team to the Brier, in 1931 when Robert Welliver, Joseph LaFrance, Jack Fulton and George Lindsay represented Alberta. They finished 4-5 (5th place). In 2011, the club won the men's side of the 2011 The Dominion Curling Club Championship
2011 The Dominion Curling Club Championship
The 2011 Dominion Curling Club Championship was held from November 21 to 26 at the Richmond Curling Club in Richmond, British Columbia. The third edition of the Dominion Curling Club Championship featured men's and women's teams from clubs all across Canada....
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