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facility in

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that is the home of the Richmond Curling Club. The club is located on Hollybridge Way in the Richmond City Centre neighbourhood of the city. The club was founded in 1958, with the first organizational meeting held on October 8 of that year. One week later a 3.4-acre plot of land was bought on Cambie Road for $200,000. The club was finally opened on January 1, 1961, as the Richmond Winter Club with plans to expand the facility to include skating and racket sports. Later that year the Richmond Ladies Curling Club was also founded. In 1963 a lounge was added to the building and in 1965 a parking lot was added. After a deal with the City of Richmond, the club was moved from Cambie Road to its current location on Hollybridge. Since 2000 the club has hosted the

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each April.

Provincial champions

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

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champion, 2000 World Women's Curling Championship gold medalist and

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bronze medal champion Kelley Law rink. The club also won the men's 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship with the team of Vic Shimizu, Cody Tanaka, Trevor Bakken and Mark Yodogawa.

Women's

The club has won the women's provincial championships ten times: *1977:

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, Bernice McCallan, Shirley Snihur, Una Goodyear *1978: Heather Haywood, Bernice McCallan, Shirley Snihur, Una Goodyear *1983:

, Bernice McCallan, Sherry Lethbridge, Sandy McCubbin *1986:

, Bernice McCallan, Sherry Lethbridge, Rita Imai *1992: Lisa Anne Walker, Kelley Owen,

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, Cathy Sauer *1995: Marla Geiger, Kelley Owen,

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*1997: Kelley Owen, Marla Geiger,

*2000:

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*2001: Shelley Macdonald,

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, Jacalyn Brown *2002: Kristy Lewis,

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, Denise Blashko,

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Junior Women's

*1997: Julie Provost, Lindsay Kostenuik, Michelle Blacker, Nadine Favreau *2008: Kelly Thomson, Kelly Shimizu, Cynthia Lu, Jennifer Allen *2009: Kelly Shimizu, Kayte Gyles, Janelle Sakamoto, Julianna Tsang

Master Women's

*2010: Karin Host, Lorraine Warn, Dianne Tasaka, Betty Dharmasetia *2011: Karin Host, Dianne Tasaka, Lorraine Warn, Betty Dharmasetia

Men's

The club has won the men's provincial championships three times: *1968: Bob McCubbin, Jack Tucker, Ted Trimble, Keith Isaac *1973: Jack Tucker,

Bernie Sparkes Bernard Leslie Sparkes (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler. Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys.. He would later go on to win 4 Alberta (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) ch ...

, Jim Armstrong, Gerry Peckham *1974: Jim Armstrong,

, Gerry Peckham, Clark Winterton

Junior Men's

*1986: Graham Franklin, Rob Robinson, Steve Stroup, Stan Rick *2008:

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, Chase Martyn, Paul Cseke,

Jamie Danbrook Jamie Danbrook (born June 5, 1988, in Vernon, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler. Career Junior career: British Columbia & P.E.I. Danbrook won three provincial junior titles for two different provinces. In 2005 and 2008, he won the British ...

Senior Men's

*1999:

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, Ed Dezura, John Himbury, Howard Grisack ( 1999 Canadian Senior Curling Championships winners) *2009: Brian Gessner, John Smiley, Bill Rafter, Craig McLeod *2011:

Greg McAulay Gregory McAulay (born January 2, 1960) is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia. Career McAulay has been to only two Briers in his career. At the 1998 Labatt Brier, he skipped his British Columbia team to a 7-4 fini ...

, Ken Watson, Dale Hockley, Dale Reibin

Master Men's

*2016: Keith Switzer, Vic Shimizu, Ben Nishi, Wayne Saito

Mixed

*1967: Chuck Kennedy, Betty Bacon, Bruce Bacon, Verna Lawer *1973: Jim Armstrong, Marion Chamberlin, Gerry Peckham, Leslie Clark *1980: Bob McCubbin, Heater Haywood, Ken Watson, Sandy McCubbin *2018: Cody Tanaka, Shawna Jensen, Travis Cameron, Catera Park (shared with the Tunnel Town Curling Club)

References

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Club history

External links

Official website
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