The Nanaimo Curling Club is a

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 located in

Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. As of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, it had a population of 99,863, and it is known as "The Harbour City." The city was previously known as the "H ...

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. The club plays out of the Nanaimo Curling Centre on Wall Street in Bowen Park. The club was founded in 1947 at the

Nanaimo Civic Arena The Nanaimo Civic Arena was an indoor arena located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. It was built in 1939 and hosted the British Columbia Hockey League's Nanaimo Clippers, The Nanaimo Timbermen, among many other teams. The arena officially closed on S ...

, though the club began regular curling play in 1949 on one sheet of ice. A four sheet curling rink was built in 1951 located immediately north of the current club site. A fifth sheet was added in 1953, at the same time the Ladies club was incorporated. The club built an eight sheet club in 1969. In 2017, the club won the Travelers Curling Club Championship.

Provincial champions

The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years:

Women's

The club has won the women's provincial championships four times: *1957:

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, Pat Good, Sylvia Koster, Edna Quinney *1961:

, Sylvia Koster, Edna Quinney, Fernande Smith *1973: Karin Kaese, Shannon Blackburn, Loretta Ahlstrom, Donna Dunn *

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, Marika Van Osch,

Kalia Van Osch Kalia Van Osch (born October 8, 1993 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Parksville, British Columbia. She skipped for British Columbia at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships to place second. Van Osch also repre ...

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Junior Women's

*2012:

, Marika Van Osch, Brooklyn Leitch *2014: Kalia Van Osch, Marika Van Osch, Sarah Daniels, Ashley Sanderson, Megan Daniels (shared with the Delta Curling Club)

Senior Women's

*1988: Helen Elson, Mary Williams, Marj Tegart, Evelyn Provost *2012: Penny Shantz, Debbie Jones Walker, Deborah Pulak, Shirley Wong

Master Women's

*2002: Jessie Whittam, Marj Fenske, Eileen Smith, Trudy Knelson

Junior Men's

*1972: Rick Neff, Murray Norby, Brian Cann, Bob Smiley *1980: Stacey Coomber, Randy Thiessen, Jim Newlands, Mike Cameron *1983: Bob McIntosh, Alan Sutherland, Kevin Kelly, Greg Peachy

Senior Men's

*1970:

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, Gene Koster, Bev Smiley, Doc Howden ( Canadian Senior Champions)

Master Men's

*1992: Archie McIntosh, Gene Klymchuk, Glen Anderson, Norrie Nishio

Mixed

*2016: Wes Craig,

, Miles Craig, Marika Van Osch (shared with the Kerry Park Curling Club)

External links

Official site

References

{{reflist Curling clubs in British Columbia Sport in Nanaimo Curling clubs established in the 20th century Sports clubs and teams established in 1947 1947 establishments in British Columbia