Ottawa Curling Club

The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street . It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858. It subsequently moved to different locations around the city until finally settling at its current location on O'Connor in 1916. In 1931 the Club was expanded to the current capacity of 5 curling sheets. Artificial ice was also installed at that time. In 1998 and 1999, former club member John Morris won the Junior Men's World Curling Champion.

Contents

1 Current famous curlers 2 Current famous members 3 Famous past members 4 External links

Current famous curlers

• Jenn Hanna - 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts runner-up
• Bryan Cochrane - 2003 Ontario men's champion (represented the R.C.M.P. Curling Club )
• Earle Morris - 1985 Ontario men's champion (represented the R.C.N. Curling Club ); 1982 Quebec champion; 1980 Manitoba champion, invented the Stabilizer curling broom , coach of the Asutralian curling team skipped by Hugh Millikin )
• Jean-Michel Ménard - 2005 Quebec Champion
• Eldon Coombe , 1972 provincial champion

Current famous members

• Joe Pavia - curling columnist for the Ottawa Sun and for Ontario Curling News
• Bruce Deachman - writer for the Ottawa Citizen
• John Chiarelli - former school board trustee, cousin of Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli
• While not a member, Dave Parkes the CEO of the Canadian Curling Association occaisonally helps out with the Special Olympics team at the Club.

Famous past members

• Sir Sanford Fleming, inventor of standard time
• Alexander Mackenzie, former Prime Minister of Canada

• John Morris , 1998 & 1999 World Junior Champion

External links

• Website