B14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 27, 1995 THE ROOTS of our game are in Scotland. The Scals -did not invent the gate but evolved its development. - The first documentation of the game was dis- covered in 1976 among the papers of Scottish notary. In 1541. he wrote in Latin of 2 challenge : to a tournament on lee made by a monk to the , deputy. of an abbey. - 7 The'"contest" with stones ‘thrown on ice” ap- parently ‘took place in Paisley near Glasgow. The first known printing: of the word “curling” : occurred ina poem writien in 1620 by a man‘in **- Perth, ‘Scoiland when he --was ° eulogizing a, friend,’ cused of curling on the ice on the Sabbath day. Curling. in ‘Scotland was a county game, beloved by all kings, Jords, farmers and other commoners, and played for camaraderie on out- door ponds. and. lochs ice in ‘the’ rugged highlands, ae It is said that James wv was a keen curler and that Daley, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots, in the winter of 1565 enjoyed a game at. Peebles, Men enjoyed the game with no pressure to im- prove, the competition was to strive together not against each other, The cuzling Scots. were colorful characters. The game began ‘to take shape in the 18th century, 200 years‘after its beginnings, with the establishment of curling clubs. Curlers. were . eventually: united nationally when in 1838, near 300 years after it’s begin- nings, the Grand Club became -the Royal Caledonian Curling Club with Prince Albert of Queen Victoria as patron. The Royal Club’s Annual was first published in 1839. The national body created conformity on rules of play, rink length and stone weights HUGE SALE ON FURNACES YES!! The Competition FURIOUS JUST GHEGK THESE PRICES COLEMAN AND GOODMAN 100,000 BTU 1085 125,000 BYU “1188 150,060 BTU 1250 WODILE HOME SIZES AWAIL ABLE PRICE ISOLATES DLOWER ASD HICH ALTITUDE LS TRA rere STL ANOS ESTA STALL ATION F NOW SEE WHO SELLS FOR LESS! BEAVERLY APPLIANCE PRINCE GEORGE wn 964-6854 SS | ”. 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Following. 1846, ‘Scottish curlers organized _ parish ‘bonspiels.and the national’ -bonspiel _known as the Grand Match. The ancient Scot- - - tish game has become mature with development of the Grand Matches. Curling came to Canada in 1760 in Quebec City when It was played by the soldiers of the 78th Highlanders regi- _ment who had assisted Gen- eral Wolfe the previous year, In 1853, 63 acres were rented at Carsebreck in _ Perthshire for four months at 15 per annum for the Grand Matches. - It was not until 1935 to 1945 during World Wart, Curling came to Canada in 1760 in Quebec. City when itwas played by the soldiers of the ~ 78th Highlanders tegiment who had assisted General Wolfe the previous year. These soldiers melted cannon balls to form stones and curled on St. Charles River. Scotsmen curled when they settled next, in 1805, in Beauport. In 1807 the Royal Montreal ‘urling rooted in Scotland Curling Club was formed, the first culing club in North America. The members of the club with 45 ta 65 pounds i irons on the St. Lawrence River... : Curling was well advanced in North America before. it came to. Western. Canada, Scottish families commenced the game in Kingston in 1820. The game was played in Quebec City in - 1821 using irons for stones, . The Toronto Culing Club was formed in 1837 and used granite and whimstones for curling rocks. In the same years, 1837, the Royal Montreal Curling Club and the Quebec Curling -Club formed the--Quebec Association of -the Grand Caledonian Club, The Canadian: branch ‘of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club was formed in.1843. The game | began in Halifax in 1824 and in Pictow in 1829 when coal miners brought stones from Scotland. In the United States Dr, Robert Burns brought curling to Chicago in 1832. The New. England Club ‘started in Boston in 1839 and clubs formed in Milwaukee in 1867 and Wisconsin in 1850, The Grand National Curling Club of America was established in 1867, with three Canadian clubs. The 1880's brought the formation of the North-Western Curling Association, The Manitoba branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling ‘Club was chartered in 1888 “and: the Winnipeg bonspiel was commenced in 1889 with 62 rinks. The Ontario Branch had been granted its charter in 1874. In the early 1880’s clubs opened in Sas- katchewan and Alberta and eventually in Gold- en, British Columbia in 1894, The early clubs in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia af- filiated with the Manitoba Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. 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