Welcome to
New Brunswick Curling Association
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Curling commenced in New Brunswick in the year 1854 with the formation of a curling club in Fredericton, our capital city. Saint John,
Moncton and Newcastle soon followed this lead when they too constructed natural ice rinks which quickly resulted in many friendly interclub competitions.
In 1886 a meeting was held in Moncton for the purpose of forming a New Brunswick Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland.
Mr. E. Hutchinson of Bathurst was elected President but the Branch was terminated in 1891 because of a lack of interest. As curling continued to grow in popularity
and more clubs were founded the need for a provincial organization was again recognized. Therefore, in 1913 another attempt was made to reactivate the defunct
body when a meeting elected Mr. J.A. Sinclair of the Thistle Curling Club in Saint John as the new President. This renewed effort also faltered
basically because of the outbreak of the First World War. In 1921 a determined Mr. Sinclair and other dedicated curlers established
a new Branch organization.On May 13, 1989 the two provincial curling associations, Ladies' and Men's, became the first in Canada
to amalgamate their two governing bodies. This development has been very successful thus ensuring the continued growth and development of the game
throughout the entire province. In 1921 there were eleven clubs affiliated with the N.B. Branch. In 1934, serious discussions took place
in Toronto in regards to the establishing of a national curling association. In 1935 the Dominion Curling Association was founded with our provincial Branch
being one of the founding members. Indeed our delegate to the founding meetings, Mr. E. P. MacKay of Bathurst,
took such a leading role in promoting this development that he was elected,to the position of First Vice President.
Five persons from our province have served with distinction as President of the national body which
is now named the Canadian Curling Association after becoming an amalgamated association in 1990.
Richard De Luca Moncton, NB, Canada
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