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|location=141 Wilson Avenue <br> [[Toronto, Ontario]] |
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The '''Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club''' is a sporting club in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. |
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==History== |
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The club's history dates back to 1827 when the Toronto [[Cricket]] Club was established in part by the efforts of [[George Anthony Barber]]. Cricket was joined by the [[Curling]] Club in 1836, and the [[Skating]] club sometime in the mid 1800s. The three clubs were amalgamated in 1957. The club also provides facilities for [[tennis]] and [[Squash (sport)|squash]], amongst other sports. |
The club's history dates back to 1827 when the Toronto [[Cricket]] Club was established in part by the efforts of [[George Anthony Barber]]. Cricket was joined by the [[Curling]] Club in 1836, and the [[Skating]] club sometime in the mid 1800s. The three clubs were amalgamated in 1957. The club also provides facilities for [[tennis]] and [[Squash (sport)|squash]], amongst other sports. |
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Until September 2006, the cricket ground was the only ground in Canada approved to host official [[One Day International]]s. It was joined at this date by the [[Maple Leaf Cricket Club]]. Up until that point it had hosted 26 One-day internationals, most between [[Indian cricket team|India]] and [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]], who played 16 games against each other at the venue. [[Canadian cricket team|Canada]] played their first ODI there against [[Kenyan cricket team|Kenya]] on [[5 August]] [[2006]]. |
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The Toronto Curling Club played host to [[the Brier|the MacDonald Brier]] from 1927 to 1939 inclusively and again in 1941. |
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==Students== |
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The Toronto Skating Club has long been one of the elite training centers for [[figure skating]] in Canada. Skaters who trained at or represented the club have included: |
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* [[Gary Beacom]] |
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* [[Sandra Bezic]] |
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* [[Val Bezic]] |
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* [[Norris Bowden]] |
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* [[Petra Burka]] |
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* [[Osborne Colson]] |
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* [[Toller Cranston]] |
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* [[Frances Dafoe]] |
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* [[Wallace Distelmeyer]] |
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* [[Geraldine Fenton]] |
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* [[Don Fraser (figure skater)|Don Fraser]] |
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* [[Wendy Griner]] |
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* [[Donald Jackson]] |
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* [[Candace Jones|Candy Jones]] |
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* [[Kim Yu-Na ]] |
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* [[William McLachlan]] |
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* [[Suzanne Morrow]] |
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* [[Robert Paul]] |
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* [[Karen Preston]] |
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* [[Vern Taylor]] |
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* [[Elvis Stojko]] |
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* [[Barbara Wagner]] |
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* [[Tracey Wainman]] |
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* [[Montgomery Wilson]] |
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* [[Constance Wilson-Samuel]] |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.torontocricketclub.com/ Official Site] |
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* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/8/268.html Toronto CSCC page on Cricket Archive] |
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* [http://www.canadiancricket.org/index.jsp?page_id=HISTORY1 ''Canadian Cricket''] |
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[[Category:1827 establishments]] |
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[[Category:Sports clubs established before 1850]] |
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[[Category:Cricket grounds in Canada]] |
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[[Category:Sports venues in Toronto]] |
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[[Category:Curling in Canada]] |
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[[Category:Curling clubs]] |
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[[Category:Figure skating clubs]] |
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[[Category:Figure skating in Canada]] |
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Revision as of 03:54, 7 August 2009
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club}}
The club's history dates back to 1827 when the Toronto Cricket Club was established in part by the efforts of George Anthony Barber. Cricket was joined by the Curling Club in 1836, and the Skating club sometime in the mid 1800s. The three clubs were amalgamated in 1957. The club also provides facilities for tennis and squash, amongst other sports.