The St. John's Curling Club (officially the St. John's Curling Association) is a

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club in St. John's,

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, Canada. The club plays at the RE/MAX Centre in Central St. John's, on Mayor Ave. It is the largest curling club in the province.

History

The club was founded on July 8, 1910 when the Terra Nova Curling Club and the Micmac Curling Club were amalgamated. From 1912 to 1941, the club was located at the Newfoundland Curling Rink Ltd. on Forest Road. The club bought a new rink in 1941, but it burned down before the season started. In 1943, the club moved to a rink on Factory Lane. In addition to curling, this rink also allowed for skating and dancing. The St. John's Ladies Curling Club was integrated in 1959. In 1976 the club moved to a new rink on Bonaventure Avenue, which was renamed RE/MAX Centre in 2006.

Champions

The club is most notable for being the home of the

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champion team of

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

, Mark Nichols,

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Jamie Korab Jamie A. Korab, ONL (born November 28, 1979 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler and politician. Korab was the lead for the gold medal-winning Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue. In the 2017 N ...

and

Mike Adam Michael B. Adam, ONL (born June 3, 1981) is a Canadian curler who won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Biography Born in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Adam won a bronze medal at the Canada Winter Games in 1999. Adam was part of ...

. Gushue currently curls out of both the

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and the St. John's Curling Club. The first Newfoundland team to win

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, hailed from the St. John's Curling Club. The team of Jack MacDuff,

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and Ken Templeton won the

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. As of 2015, teams from the St. John's Curling Club have won 39

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s, the provincial men's championship. The club has won two

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. Brad Gushue and his rink of Mike Adam, Brent Hamilton and Mark Nichols won the men's title in 2001. The team went on to win a gold medal at the

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Stacie Devereaux Stacie Curtis (born Devereaux; May 27, 1986) is a curler originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a four-time provincial junior champion, three time provincial women's champion and 2007 Canadian Junior champion and World J ...

Stephanie Guzzwell Stephanie Guzzwell (born May 1, 1987 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian curler who resides in Oxford, Nova Scotia. Career Juniors Guzzwell was a member of the Stacie Devereaux junior rink, which finished 7th place at t ...

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and

Julie Devereaux Julie Hynes (born January 15, 1989 in St. John's, Newfoundland as Julie Devereaux) is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently plays second on Team Stacie Curtis. Career Junior career Hynes joined her sister Stacie Cur ...

won the women's

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and won a silver medal for Canada at the

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. While curling out of the club, Mark Nichols,

Shelley Nichols Shelley Hardy (born May 19, 1982 in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador as Shelley Nichols) is a Canadian curler originally from St. John's. She currently plays third on Team Lauren Mann. Hardy played third for Jennifer Guzzwell at the 20 ...

, Brent Hamilton and

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won the

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, the only time the province has won a Canadian Mixed title. The club also won the only men's

Canadian Senior Curling Championships The Canadian Senior Curling Championships are an annual bonspiel held to determine the national champions in senior curling for Canada. Seniors are defined as being people over the age of 50. The championship teams play at the World Senior Curlin ...

for the province, when Bas Buckle, Bob Freeman, Gerry Young and Harvey Holloway won in 2004. The team went on to win a gold medal at the 2005 World Senior Curling Championships. Finally, the club won its first Travelers Curling Club Championship in 2015, when Andrew Symonds, Mark Healy, Cory Ewart and Keith Jewerwon the men's title.

References

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