Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club
{{Short description|Sporting club in Toronto, Canada}}
{{for|the cricket ground|Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club Ground}}
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|founded = {{start date and age|1827}}
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|abbreviation = TCSCC
|location = 141 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club is a private sport and social club located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web |url=https://torontocricketclub.com/web/pages/club-heritage |title=Club Heritage |work=Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club |accessdate=2023-11-09}} The club has facilities for sports including aquatics, cricket, croquet, curling, figure skating, fitness classes, lawn bowling, squash and tennis.{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-grounds/toronto-cricket-skating-and-curling-club-56708 |title=Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club – Cricket Ground |work=ESPN |accessdate=2023-11-09}}
Athletics
The club's figure skating programme is run by Olympic skaters Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson. They have coached many elite-level skaters to national, international, world and Olympic titles including Yuna Kim (2009 & 2013 World Champion, 2010 Olympic Champion, 2014 Olympic Silver medallist), Gabrielle Daleman (2018 Olympic Team Gold medallist and 2017 World bronze medallist), Evgenia Medvedeva (2018 double Olympic Silver medallist, 2016 & 2017 World Champion), Yuzuru Hanyu (2014 & 2017 World Champion and 2014 & 2018 Olympic Champion) and Javier Fernandez (2015 & 2016 World Champion and 2018 Olympic Bronze medallist).
As well as cricket, skating, and curling, the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club also hosts other sports, including Aquatics, Croquet, Fitness, Lawn Bowling, Squash, and tennis.
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External links
- [http://www.torontocricketclub.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/ground/56708.html Ground page] at ESPN CricInfo
- {{Cite web |date=2022-03-15 |title=Toronto is losing its pitch battle: As cricket's popularity soars, players are heading to the suburbs |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/03/15/toronto-is-losing-its-pitch-battle-as-crickets-popularity-soars-players-are-heading-to-the-suburbs.html |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=The Star}}
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Category:1827 establishments in Canada
Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1827
Category:Multi-sport clubs in Canada
Category:Curling clubs in Ontario
Category:Figure skating clubs in Canada