The first curling club in Canada was formed in Montréal in 1807 by 20 merchants and they used irons exclusively. The Montreal Curling Club has been operating continuously since then and will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2007. Its history is documented in The Montreal Curling Club, 1807-1907. This club took part in the very first inter-city game in Canada against the Québec Curling Club in Trois-Rivières, about halfway between the cities of Montréal and Québec, in 1835. Québec won and Montréal had to pay for the dinner (the opposite of the present-day custom). There was no whisky available and there were complaints about having to drink wine and champagne.
I received an interesting Email yesterday, via our Contact Form
Brian Liscum wrote:
Hi
We are trying to get royal Montreal CC on a stamp for 2007 Would you please link us ? Thanks Brian
It seems that The Royal Montreal Curling Club will be 200 years old in 2007 and BRIAN LISCUM is scouring the internet trying to get electronic signatures on his petition to commission a STAMP for this historic accomplishment.
If you believe this is a worthy cause .. SIGN THE PETITION
From the Petition Website:
July 18, 2006
Founded in 1807, The Royal Montreal Curling Club is the oldest sporting club in North America.
We the undersigned would like to have The Stamp Advisory Comittee honor the R.M.C.C. on the occasion of its 200th birthday.
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