Mayflower Curling Club

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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.

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

In 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.mayflowercc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=2 |title=Mayflower Curling Club: Club Information |publisher=Mayflower Curling Club |access-date=2012-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211094257/http://www.mayflowercc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=2 |archive-date=2012-02-11 }} 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.{{Cite news |last=Parsons |first=Katy |date=2016-11-22 |title=Halifax's gay curling league marks a decade on the ice |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/loose-ends-lgbt-curling-league-1.3860305 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123013253/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/loose-ends-lgbt-curling-league-1.3860305 |archive-date=2016-11-23 |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=CBC News}} 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. Loose Ends and the Mayflower have twice hosted the Canadian Pride Curling Championships, most recently in 2023.{{Cite news |last=Renić |first=Karla |date=2023-03-25 |title='Sense of community' felt as Halifax hosts Canadian Pride Curling Championships |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9578626/halifax-hosts-2023-canadian-pride-curling-championships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325190128/https://globalnews.ca/news/9578626/halifax-hosts-2023-canadian-pride-curling-championships/ |archive-date=2023-03-25 |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=Global News}}

In 2022, members of the club voted to sell the property and build a new ice facility in Timberlea, Nova Scotia.{{cite web | url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/historic-halifax-curling-club-votes-to-sell-property-build-new-facility-1.6076900 | title=Historic Halifax curling club votes to sell property, build new facility | date=20 September 2022 }}

National champions

References

External links

[http://www.mayflowercc.com/ Mayflower CC website]

Category:Curling clubs established in the 20th century

Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1905

Category:Curling clubs in Nova Scotia

Category:Sports venues in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Category:2011 Canada Winter Games

Category:1905 establishments in Nova Scotia

Category:Curling in Halifax, Nova Scotia