The St. Paul Curling Club (SPCC) is a historic curling club located on Selby Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the curling club with the largest active membership in the United States, boasting over 1,200 members. The club was first established in 1885, and the current St. Paul Curling Club was formed when the Capitol City Curling Club and Nushka Curling Club merged in 1912. It is the oldest curling club in Minnesota. In April 2011, the club hosted the

2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held at the Saint Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and th ...

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2011 World Senior Curling Championships The 2011 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Saint Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States from April 15 to 24, 2011. The event was held in conjunction with the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Canada ...

History

The first St. Paul Curling Club was incorporated on November 16, 1885. The first curling games in St. Paul were played on the Mississippi River. In 1891, the St. Paul Curling Club built its first facilities on Raspberry Island and became part of the Northwest Curling Association, which included clubs from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Illinois, a year later. The original St. Paul Curling Club closed in 1904 and was succeeded by the Capitol City Curling Club the following year. In 1912, the Capitol City Curling Club and the Nushka Curling Club merged to form the new St. Paul Curling Club, establishing permanent facilities in a two-story clubhouse with eight sheets of natural ice on Selby Avenue. Artificial ice was added in stages from 1939 to 1947. To attract more curlers, the Metro League and the Mixed League were formed in 1961 and 1962, respectively. However, club membership declined during the 1960s and 1970s, leading to discussions about disbanding. Despite these challenges, the club persevered, continuing to renovate and expand its facilities. In 1988, the club hosted the Men's Nationals, becoming the first club in the U.S. to host every national curling championship event.History of St. Paul CC
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Leagues

The St. Paul Curling Club hosts several different curling leagues, all of which are club leagues.

Club champions

The club hosts an annual championship.

Famous members

* Allison Pottinger –

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World Champion, runner-up at the

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World Championships, 2010 Olympian, and runner-up at the 2011 US Nationals.2008–09 St. Paul Curling Club Directory. * John Benton – 2009 US Men's National Champion, 2010 Olympian. * Margie Smith – Notable curler with a long-standing association with the St. Paul Curling Club. * Rich Ruohonen –

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US Nationals Champion, runner-up at the

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US Nationals. *

Tabitha Peterson Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a two-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own team ...

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World Championship Bronze Medalist, and US Nationals Champion in , , , and .

References

External links

St. Paul Curling ClubSt. Paul Curling Club at MNopediaPhotographs
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Minnesota Historical Society The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving the history of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was founded by the territorial legislature in 1849, almost a decade before statehoo ...

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