Northerners find curling hospitality on southern ice

Editor’s note: “Sweeping Palaces” is a new U.S. Curling News feature profiling member clubs across the country. We hope that these profiles will help readers learn more about their fellow curlers and curling clubs in the United States, and that they may also further the sharing of ideas between clubs.

Who: Triangle Curling Club

Address: The Factory Ice House, Wake Forest, N.C. (www.factoryicehouse.com)

Club contact: Brian Chick (president@trianglecurling.com), club president; 919-841-0782

History: The club formed in 1995 by a “bunch of northerners who didn’t want to give up curling just because they moved south”.

Number of sheets of ice: 3 on rented hockey ice.

Number of members: 30

What is unique about the club? The only club in North Carolina.

How often can members curl? Variable depending on ice availability (see web page for curling dates/times).

Types of programs: The club offers an instruction for new curlers.