The Mayflower Curling Club is a curling club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was established in 1905. Since 1962, the club has been located at 3000 Monaghan Drive.
Mayflower Curling Club | |
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Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Arena | 3000 Monaghan Dr, Halifax, NS |
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Established | 1905 |
Club type | Dedicated Ice |
Curling Canada region | Nova Scotia Curling Association |
Sheets of ice | Six |
Rock colours | Red and Yellow |
Website | https://mayflowercc.com/ |
The club is one of the premier curling rinks in Nova Scotia, being home to teams headed by Colleen Jones, Mark Dacey, Shawn Adams, and Heather Smith-Dacey. The club was host for the curling events during the 2011 Canada Winter Games.
History
editIn 1912 the club's then-premises on Agricola Street was used as a temporary morgue for the bodies of Titanic disaster victims recovered from the North Atlantic by the Halifax-based ship the CS Mackay-Bennett, as it was the only site in the city that was both sufficiently large and cold enough for the task.[1] Following the 1917 Halifax Explosion, the devastated Agricola Street rinks were rebuilt.
In 2006, the Mayflower began hosting the Loose Ends Curling League, an LGBT league that is a member of the Canadian Pride Curling Association.[2] In 2010, the league was hosting its Bluenose Bonspiel when Hurricane Earl hit the city—then-MP Justin Trudeau, whose regular events were cancelled, joined the bonspiel.[2] Loose Ends and the Mayflower have twice hosted the Canadian Pride Curling Championships, most recently in 2023.[3]
In 2022, members of the club voted to sell the property and build a new ice facility in Timberlea, Nova Scotia.[4]
National champions
edit- 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Mark Dacey, Heather Smith-Dacey, Andrew Gibson, Jill Mouzar
- 2004 Nokia Brier: Mark Dacey, Bruce Lohnes, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson
- 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts: Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Arsenault, Nancy Delahunt
- 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts: Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Waye, Nancy Delahunt
- 2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Paul Flemming, Kim Kelly, Tom Fetterly, Cathy Donald
- 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts: Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Waye, Nancy Delahunt
- 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Mark Dacey, Heather Smith-Dacey, Rob Harris, Laine Peters
- 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts: Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Waye, Nancy Delahunt
- 1999 Scott Tournament of Hearts: Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Waye, Nancy Delahunt
- 1999 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Paul Flemming, Colleen Jones, Tom Fetterly, Monica Moriarty
- 1998 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Steve Ogden, Mary Mattatall, Geoff Hopkins, Heather Hopkins
- 1995 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: Steve Ogden, Mary Mattatall, Geoff Hopkins, Heather Hopkins
References
edit- ^ "Mayflower Curling Club: Club Information". Mayflower Curling Club. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ^ a b Parsons, Katy (2016-11-22). "Halifax's gay curling league marks a decade on the ice". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ Renić, Karla (2023-03-25). "'Sense of community' felt as Halifax hosts Canadian Pride Curling Championships". Global News. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/historic-halifax-curling-club-votes-to-sell-property-build-new-facility-1.6076900 [bare URL]