Chatham Granite Club


The Chatham Granite Club is a historic curling club in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. It is located in downtown Chatham on William Street North.

History

The Chatham Granite was founded in 1862 as the Chatham Curling Club. For the first 30 years, the club played on the Thames River. In 1892, they settled at the club's current location, and a new building was built in 1903. Artificial ice was installed in 1929 when the curling rink was remodeled into a skating, hockey and curling arena. In 1939, the club was renovated into just a curling rink. In 1965 a new arena structure was built out of British Columbia cedar, as it is seen today. In 1970 a new urethane pad under the ice was installed. In 1977 a new addition was completed at a cost of $180,000, locker rooms and the upstairs bar and lounge were enlarged by 15 feet. This allowed for the construction of a board room, a new bar, as well as a professional kitchen facility. The club has five sheets of curling ice, lockers on the main level and a lounge upstairs that was refurbished in 2017.

Success

The Chatham Granite Club has sent two teams to the Brier, in 1949 and 1953 when Peter Gilbert won the Provincial championships. Peter Gilbert is the oldest curler to ever compete at the Brier, at the age of 73.
The club was the first winner of The Dominion Curling Club Championships in 2009.

Provincial championships