New Brunswick Curling Association
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The New Brunswick Curling Association (NBCA) is the provincial governing body for the sport of curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 in the province of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada.

Marg Maranda is the executive director for the New Brunswick Curling Association.

Provincial

The New Brunswick Curling Association hosts the following events on a yearly basis:
  • Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Final 8
    Alexander Keith's Tankard
    The Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the New Brunswick provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team New Brunswick at the Tim Hortons Brier...

     - men's provincial championship, for qualification to the men's nationals
  • New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
    New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
    The New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the New Brunswick provincial women's curling tournament. The winning team represents New Brunswick at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.-Past winners:...

     - women's provincial championship, for qualification to the women's nationals
  • Gallo Provincial Mixed
  • Senior Men's & Women's provincials
  • Lounsbury Provincial Junior Final 8
  • U15 Kenny Coates Provincial
  • U18 Simms Home Hardware Final 12
  • Junior Fredericton Co-Op Mixed Provincial
  • NBIAA Provincials
  • Masters Provincial Championships
  • NB Stick Provincials

National/International

The New Brunswick Curling Association has hosted the following major events:
  • Canadian Men's Curling Championship
    Tim Hortons Brier
    The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association . The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop chain.The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during...

    • 1947 Saint John
    • 1956 Moncton
    • 1975 Fredericton
      1975 Macdonald Brier
      The 1975 MacDonald Brier was held in Fredericton, New Brunswick at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink. The total attendance for the week was 20,672. This Brier would see the first appearance for the Yukon/Northwest Territories at the Brier and that region’s best-ever result. At this time, there were no...

    • 1985 Moncton
  • Canadian Women's Curling Championship
    Scotties Tournament of Hearts
    The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as...

    • 1963 Saint John
    • 1975 Moncton
    • 1988 Fredericton
      1988 Scott Tournament of Hearts
      The 1988 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Fredericton, New Brunswick.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:-Draw 2:-Draw 3:-Draw 4:-Draw 5:-Draw 6:-Draw 7:...

  • World Men's Curling Championship
    World Curling Championships
    The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

    • 2009 Moncton
      2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
      The 2009 Ford Men's World Curling Championship was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from the 4th to the 12th of April, 2009 at the Moncton Coliseum...

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