Milwaukee Curling Club Explained

Milwaukee Curling Club
Location:	Ozaukee County Fairgrounds W67 N890 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 53012
Established:	1845
Club Type:	Dedicated Ice
Usca Region:	Wisconsin
Sheets:	Five
Rock Colors:	Red and Yellow
Website:	www.milwaukeecurlingclub.com

The Milwaukee Curling Club, now based in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, is the longest continually operating curling club in the United States. It was founded in Milwaukee in 1845^[1] by Scots emigrants, including Alexander Mitchell (later elected "patron" of the Grand National Curling Club).^[2] In 1947, a member indicated to Bernie Roth that a women's curling club was needed because women could only play if their husbands were members; in 1949 she established the Milwaukee Kilties.^[3]

External links

• Official website

See also

• Royal Montreal Curling Club, oldest curling club in North America, oldest extant sports club in North America

Notes and References

1. Gidley, John M. Curling Superiority!: A History of Superior Wisconsin's Championship Curling. Superior, Wisconsin: Savage Press, 2000; p. 21
2. Kerr, John. The History of Curling and Fifty Years of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890; p. 343
3. News: August 16, 2004. Roth embraced women's curling. Milwaukie Journal Sentinel. Bergstrom. Adam. December 4, 2021.