The Pittsburgh Curling Club (or PghCC) is a curling club located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The PghCC was founded in 2002 with 12 members, and as of 2020 has over 100 members.
The club opened its new four sheet dedicated ice facility in Stowe Township in February 2020.
Facility
The PghCC operates at 491 McCoy Road, Pittsburgh, PA. 15136
Origin
The Pittsburgh Curling Club was founded in May 2002, after months of emails and discussions between several ex-pat Canadians and local Pittsburgh residents.[1] The twelve founding members rented ice for 26 weeks at Robert Morris University (RMU) Island Sports Center to start offering Learn-to-Curl sessions. Initially, the members had to draw the curling sheet lines and circles by hand prior to playing their games.[2]
In 2007, the Pittsburgh Curling Club received its 501(c)(3) status as a charitable organization.[3] The mission of the club is:
... to teach, develop, promote and encourage the sport of Curling; to develop youth and adult programs that lead to local, national and international competition; to coordinate and develop interscholastic competition; and to teach the sport to youth organizations as well as to interested adults by creating public awareness and appreciation for the sport.[4]
Bonspiels
The Bonspiel schedule for 2020 is to be determined.
The Pittsburgh Curling Club hosted an annual summer bonspiel. from 2006 - 2017.
TropiCurl: held in early July, was an "open" format bonspiel (for teams made up of any combination of men, women, and juniors) that drew curlers from all over the United States and Canada.
