The Detroit
Curling Club was found ed by a bunch of d isgruntled curlers in the winter of 1885 - 1886. We jump to this conclusion because the founding gentlemen had been members of the
Detroit Granite Club, The Detroit Thistle Club or The Detroit-Mackinaw Railway
Curling Club. Second ly, most of these men were also members of the
Detroit Athletic Club. This is the
reason they curled their first three
seasons on the ground s of the old DAC – which were bound ed by Wood ward , Canfield ,
Cass and Forest Avenue d hopes that curling
would become a sanctioned sport within the DAC. This was not to be. This may also explain why our first club Presid ent was not appointed until 1887 – 1888 (Joseph S. Keen). So, in October 1888 they incorporated The Detroit Skating & Curling Club and purchased
land at the corner of 4th
and Gold .
The 2010
Men’s International Bonspiel represents the 124th Anniversary of The
Detroit Curling Club. The first
International Bonspiel was held at Detroit in 1897 and
the first prize - The Walker Cup – was won by a Detroit
At the January
1936 International Bonspiel the event’s program was printed on a gold
colored paper and proclaimed
that it was the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Detroit Curling Club. We know of only one copy of this program
which is stored at The Detroit
Public Library. From that d ate forward
we continued to count from 50 to tod ay’s 124th. But, keep in mind
this is the Anniversary of The Club, not the Bonspiel.
Respectively
Submitted - Y’r Ob’d n’t S’vn’t,
Angus
MacTavish
CURLING
The Curling
is a noble sport,
Has many friend s
it seems.
Like every
other game worth while
It is a sport of teams.
You’re only
just a team-mate,
New curlers please take heed .
Your job is
all important
Whether you skip or lead .
Next time
that you are at the Rink
Forget that old
score card ,
And concentrate on sweeping –
Draw that shot and
lay that guard .
You’ll always
be in great d emand ,
Good
skips will always choose
Members that
play the game for keeps,
And
promptly pay their d ues.
Geo. Lawton
1941
