The Kilsyth Curling Club, in

Kilsyth Kilsyth (; Scottish Gaelic ''Cill Saidhe'') is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 9,860. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the relig ...

, Scotland, claims to be the oldest

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

club in the world, being established in 1716.

History

Curling was being played in Kilsyth from at least the 16th century, and in 1716 the Kilsyth Curling Club was established, making it the oldest in the world. This claim is disputed in other sources, which give either the

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Curling Club, established in 1668, or a curling club from

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, established in 1739, the honour. The club still exists and also has a women's division. It plays in provincial competitions in the

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province, organised by the

Royal Caledonian Curling Club The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC), branded as Scottish Curling is a curling club in Edinburgh, Scotland. It developed the first official rules for the sport, and is the governing body of curling in Scotland. The RCCC was founded on 25 ...

Notable curlers

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, silver medalist at the

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External links

Official website
1716 establishments in Scotland Sports clubs established in the 1710s Curling clubs in Scotland