The
Royal Caledonian Curling Club team arrived on the evening of Saturday January
28, 1967 at Willow Run Airport in a fierce snowstorm. The worst part of the storm hit Lansing,
Flint and northward with over 20 inches of snow. Eventually they deplaned and were met by Nels
Brown and they were taken to the Pick-Fort Shelby Hotel for a dinner reception
and a good night’s rest.
Sunday
morning started with a bang. The team
was invited to join the Sinners Club for breakfast at The Club. Scottish curler David Duncan described it
like this: “This was a regular Sunday
morning ritual when the men all turn up. Cook the breakfast, make a draw, curl,
stack brooms and sometimes curl again before lunch.” We can only imagine the goings-on that Sunday morning.
The
games played Sunday were won by the Scots:
61 – 46.
Dinner
Sunday evening was at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. Each member of the team was presented with a
magnificent trophy - a silver figure of a curler in action - by courtesy of
Samuel M. Renfrew (Sam was a member of the 1962 US team to tour Scotland).
Monday
morning games saw the Detroiters victorious:
53 – 50. Lunch was served at The
Club followed by a trip to Windsor to tour the Hiram Walker Plant.
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The
Scottish Curlers Visit to the USA in 1977 did not stop at The Detroit Curling
Club. The 1976-77 curling season on
Forest Ave was rather hectic. The
members had accepted an offer from the city of Detroit to buy the
property. Many people were quite busy
looking for a new location for The Club and making plans for the move. Secondly, Detroit was to host the 1977 Junior
US Curling Nationals in February. This
event also involved the time and effort of many of the members and the dates
conflicted with the Scots Tour.
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Haste
Ye Back,
Angus
MacT.
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