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Vancouver Curling
Club
4460 Dinmont Ave. Vancouver BC Canada V5Y 2M2 604 874 0122 604 874 2865 fax
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Curling began in Vancouver in 1912 when Lester and Frank Patrick built the Denman Arena. This facility was affectionately known as "the Pile", bringing hockey to Vancouver as well as curling. The Vancouver Curling Club occupied the basement of the Denman Arena. Curling stopped during the First World War and did not recommence until 1931 at the newly built Forum on the current PNE grounds with 10 sheets of curling ice. In 1936, BC participated in the Brier for the first time ever, and a Vancouver team represented the province after winning in Nelson. That same year, the Denman Arena burned down...and hockey took over the Forum, forcing curling to only one sheet of ice at the end of the Forum...and it was 12 feet short of regulation length. The need for more space and the desire of keen competitors brought new funds for a new facility at 18th & Heather in 1938. Plans were scrapped after the sod turning with the start of World War II. After the war, J.W. Cornett, our Honourary Life President, spearheaded the fundraising, design and construction of our present five-sheet facility which opened October 7, 1949. The Lyall Dagg team won the MacDonald Brier and World Championship in 1964...and since then, the club has been home to 24 provincial Men's champions, 4 Women's champions, 4 Mixed champions, 5 Senior Men's champions, 1 Junior Men's and 1 Junior Women's champion.
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