The Royal Canadian Curling Club is a curling club located in the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The clubhouse on Broadview Avenue was originally built in 1907 by the Royal Canadian Bicycle Club , while the ice arena was added in 1929. In addition to cycling activities, the club had featured skating , baseball , ice hockey , curling, and ten-pin bowling , until 1953, when the club decided to focus exclusively on curling activities.
13-634: Known to its members as The Royals , the club hosts house league draws on evenings from Sunday to Friday as well as Tuesday afternoons. The club also hosts associate leagues including the Riverdale League, the Rotators, and the Insurance Curling League. The club has sponsored winning teams at provincial curling championships. In 1955, Andy Grant won The British Consols , southern Ontario's men's curling championship. This tournament has gone through
26-490: A number of name changes in its history and is now known as the Ontario Tankard. Mike McEwen won a second provincial title for the club in 2023 . Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts winners include Carol Thompson in 1982 and 1987 and Hollie Duncan in 2018 . In Senior's curling, Jim Sharples has won a number of events including 1992 & 1994 (Joe Todd Sr.), 1998 (T.E. Financial Consultants Ltd.), 1999 (CIBC Seniors), and
39-710: A playoff with the winners of the Ontario Tankard (today known as the Silver Tankard) to determine southern Ontario's representative at the Brier, while in 1933 the winner of the Toronto Bonspiel played the winner of the Ontario Tankard to represent Ontario. The Ontario Tankard would be the sole provincial championship until a separate event sponsored by British Consols Cigarettes was created in 1938. Prior to 1932, Toronto and southern Ontario had separate representatives at
52-481: Is not to be confused with the Silver Tankard , historically also known as the Ontario Tankard (and until 1937 a Brier qualifier). Since 2017, the qualification has varied from year to year: Between 1972 and 2016, the event usually had 10 teams: Two teams from each of the four OCA regions, and one winner each from an eastern and western challenge round. When Ontario won the previous Brier, that team would be added to
65-447: The Men's Invitational Bonspiel was created. It ran for 27 years before ending in 1964. In 2003, the event was revived. The event is held late March running from Thursday to Sunday. The 2003 event featured Ontario's venerable Ed Werenich who came a close second in the tournament to the club's own Rob MacKay. In 2009, Ed's son Ryan Werenich skipped the winning team. Other regular events include
78-739: The Turkey Spiel in December, Curling Night in Canada in February, and the women's spiel entitled the Royal Flush . The associate Riverdale League—the oldest and largest gay curling league in Canada, founded in 1962—also holds an annual spiel entitled Do It On The Ice . Riverdale and the Royals have twice hosted the annual Canadian Gay Curling Championship , most recently in 2015, when Toronto curler John Epping threw
91-780: The Macdonald Brier Toronto was represented at the Macdonald Brier (now called the Montana's Brier ), Canada's national men's curling championship with a separate entry from 1927 to 1931. From 1927 to 1929, Toronto was represented by winners of the Canada Life Trophy , while in 1930 and 1931, it was represented by winners of the Grand Aggregate of the Toronto Bonspiel . In 1932, winners of these events entered
104-633: The Tim Hortons Masters in 2000 and 2003. Bob Wood and Carol Thompson represented Ontario at the Seagram Mixed Tournament in 1977. In 1964 the club hosted the inaugural event of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship . The first championship was won by Ernie Boushy of Winnipeg, Manitoba with a record of 9-1. The club continued hosting the event in 1965. The club is governed by a board of directors who are elected by
117-651: The ceremonial first rock. Ontario Men%27s Curling Championship The Ontario Tankard is the Southern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling . The winner represents Team Ontario at the Montana's Brier . The tournament is overseen by CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association). Northern Ontario has its own provincial championship, known as the Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship . This championship
130-537: The field for the following season. In 1999, when Ontario had not only won the previous Brier, but an Ontario team also won the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials , the field was expanded to 12 teams, giving them an automatic berth. The format of the Tankard has differed each year since 2018: From 1972 to 1981, the tournament was a strict round robin affair, with the team with the best record being crowned champion (a tiebreaker would be held if necessary). From 1981 to 2000,
143-417: The members of the club. There are currently 6 board members. The club is member owned. New members purchase equity in the club when they start to curl. The equity is returned to the club when they resign as a member. Only active curlers are allowed to hold equity in the club. There are about 400 active curlers. The club employs a general manager, two bartenders, a full-time and a part-time ice maker. In 1938,
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#1732905554048156-402: The tournament consisted of a round robin followed by a three team playoff. In 2001, the playoff was replaced with a four team page playoff. Listed below are the list of Ontario's representatives at the Brier that year. Brier champions indicated in bold . From 1927 to 1931, Toronto had a separate entry at the Brier . From 1927 to 1931, teams representing Ontario at the Brier were selected from
169-627: The winning club at the Ontario Silver Tankard, a double rink event which has taken place since 1875. There was no Brier from 1943 to 1945 due to World War II. Listed here for those years are the winners of the British Consols, the usual Brier qualifying event. A playoff was added to the event in 1981. The 2021 Tankard was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario . Toronto at
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