Royal Caledonian Curling Club


The Royal Caledonian Curling Club, branded as Scottish Curling is the mother club of the sport of curling, and the governing body of curling in Scotland. The RCCC was founded on 25 July 1838 in Edinburgh, and granted its royal charter by Queen Victoria in 1843, after she had witnessed a demonstration of the sport played on the polished ballroom floor of Scone Palace the previous year.
The body is based at the Stirling, Scotland.
The objective of the RCCC is "To unite curlers throughout the world into one Brotherhood of the Rink", and today the Royal Club has branches and affiliated associations and clubs in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United States and Wales.
In 1853 the club established a curling pond for Grand Matches at Carsebreck Loch in Perth and Kinross. This site saw twenty-five such matches that were served by the club's own private Carsbreck until the last was held at this site in 1935.

World Curling Federation

The World Curling Federation, the governing body for international curling, originated as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, and became an independent organisation in 1982. The WCF officially recognises the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, as the Mother Club of Curling. The WCF is still based in Perth, although for a brief period between 1994 and 2000 it too was based in Edinburgh with the mother club.

Championship events

Scottish Curling, as the national governing body for curling, holds a number of championship events throughout the year.