Royal Kingston 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 slidi ...
club located in
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between To ...
,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. It was founded in 1820 and is recognized as one of the oldest curling clubs in Canada. The club received royal patronage in 1993.
The Royal Kingston Curling Club, or "RKCC", offers a wide variety of social, recreational, and competitive programs to its members. The Club was located on Clergy Street, in central Kingston, close to
Queen's University, for nearly a century, opening there in 1923.Moving in 2005, it moved to its current location on Days Road, just north of Front Road, in west-end Kingston, as part of a deal with the university, which was expanding and wanted the land occupied by KCC.
The 1960
Ontario British Consols provincial men's champion rink, skipped by Jake (J.F.) Edwards, with members Bob Elliott, Joe Corkey, and George Binnington, played out of KCC.
As part of its 200th anniversary celebrations, the RKCC will be assisting with hosting the 2020
Tim Hortons Brier
The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...
. The Brier is the national men's curling championship, and an estimated 130,000 spectators are expected to attend the games.
The Kingston Whig-Standard – November 1, 2018
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Royal Kingston Curling Club
Sports venues in Kingston, Ontario
Curling clubs in Canada
1820 establishments in Canada
Curling in Ontario
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