Richmond Curling Centre

Richmond Curling Club
Location5440 Hollybridge Way
Richmond, British Columbia[1]
ArenaRichmond Curling Centre
Information
Established1958
Club typeDedicated Ice
Curling Canada regionCurl BC Region 5[2]
Sheets of iceEight
Rock coloursBlue and Red[3]   
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

The Richmond Curling Centre is an eight-sheet curling facility in Richmond, British Columbia 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 Pacific International Cup each April.

Provincial champions

The club has won a number of provincial curling titles over the years:[4] The club was home to the 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts champion, 2000 World Women's Curling Championship gold medalist and 2002 Winter Olympics bronze medal champion Kelley Law rink.[5] 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.[6]

Women's

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

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:

Junior Men's

Senior Men's

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

  1. ^ "Richmond Curling Club". Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Lower Mainland Facilities". Curl BC. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Past BC Champions | Curl BC | Our House is Your House". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  5. ^ "Personal details".
  6. ^ "Curling Canada | Alberta Women and British Columbia Men win Travelers gold".