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'''Broomstones Curling Club''' is the largest [[curling]] club in the [[Boston]] area, with a membership of over 400 active curlers, four sheets, and curling leagues every day of the week during the winter curling season.  Broomstones is affiliated with the [[Grand National Curling Club]].  A unique feature of the club is its origin by and separate maintenance of three separate curling clubs in the area that combined to share resources, but maintain individual identity for national competition purposes.

==History==
The sport of curling was introduced to the Boston area in the 1800s,<ref>((cite web|title=History of Curling|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/curling/chapter7.htm|work=Electric Scotland|accessdate=7 July 2011))</ref> and the first indoor curling club in the United States was opened in Boston, MA in 1881. The Boston area was home to the first ever curling game held on purpose built artificial ice, in the Boston Arena, on January 18, 1911 <ref>((cite book|last=Weeks|first=Bob|title=Curling, Etcetera; A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Game|url=https://archive.org/details/curlingetceteraw00week_254|url-access=limited|year=2010|publisher=Wiley|isbn=0-470-15613-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/curlingetceteraw00week_254/page/n214 208]))</ref> A large number of curling clubs formed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, either curling on outdoor ice, or indoors within the purviews of a Country Club or other sporting organization.  Some clubs did not have their own ice, but instead rented access from others.

Three Boston-area curling clubs, the [[Brae Burn Country Club|Brae Burn]], Wellesley, and Weston [[country club]]s had been renting ice from [[The Country Club]], and wanted to have their own ice. When Wellesley and Weston denied petitions to build a curling facility, the curling members of those country clubs decided to affiliate and build a facility which the respective clubs could share.

At the time, it was decided that the clubs would maintain their own identities, memberships, and finances. Broomstones, Inc. was established to act as the owner of the facility, and two of the three clubs (Wellesley and Weston) rented ice-time from it. The arrangement was successful, and in 1978, Brae Burn joined Broomstones.

Over the years, a group identity and sense of camaraderie was established, and in 1992, Broomstones became more than just the facility owner; it became a curling club in its own right. Today, the Brae Burn, Wellesley and Weston curling clubs still exist as independent entities, but most curlers at Broomstones are members of the Broomstones Curling Club, Any Broomstones member can choose to also join one of the other three clubs.<ref>((cite web|title=History of the Broomstones Curling Club|url=http://www.broomstones.com/src/club/club_history.php|work=Broomstones Curling Club|accessdate=7 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326173832/http://www.broomstones.com/src/club/club_history.php|archivedate=26 March 2012))</ref>

Broomstones Curling Club, like many American curling clubs, has enjoyed a huge increase in membership since Curling has become a Winter Olympic Sport in the 1990s.  Broomstones is part of the Grand National Curling Club,<ref>((cite web|title=Member Clubs of the GNCC|url=http://gncc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=156&display=list|work=Grand National Curling Club|accessdate=7 July 2011))</ref> the United States Curling Association and the United States Women's Curling Association.

==Championship Host Site==
Broomstones, along with The Country Club (Brookline, MA) were the hosts for the 2011 [[United States Senior Curling Championships]]<ref>((cite web|title=CURLING: Boston, Bismarck set to host Senior Nationals this week|url=http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/CURLING--Boston--Bismarck-set-to-host-Senior-Nationals-this-week.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314021256/http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/CURLING--Boston--Bismarck-set-to-host-Senior-Nationals-this-week.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 14, 2012|work=USOC Pressbox|accessdate=7 July 2011))</ref>

The club also hosted the [[2012 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship]], held from December 7 to 11, 2011<ref>((cite web|title=2012 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship|url=http://www.curlingrocks.net/bonspiel/championship/2011-12|work=USA Curling Championship Calendar|accessdate=7 July 2011))</ref>

In 2019, Broomstones hosted the [[College Curling USA|USA College Curling National Championship]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org:443/USA-Curling/Events-Section/2019/March/08/2019-College-National-Championship|title=2019 College National Championship|website=Team USA|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12))((dead link|date=September 2023|bot=medic))((cbignore|bot=medic))</ref>

In 2023, Broomstones is set to host the USA Junior National Championships.<ref>((Cite web |title=BROOMSTONES TO HOST 2023 JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS |url=https://www.usacurling.org/press-releases/broomstones-to-host-2023-u21-national-championships |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=USA CURLING |language=en-US))</ref> 

== Notable members ==

* Shelly Dropkin won Silver as the lead on Team USA for the [[2022 World Senior Curling Championships]]
* [[Korey Dropkin]] originally curled at Broomstones prior to his professional career. 
* [[Monica Walker]] and mixed doubles partner Alex Leichter are Broomstones members. 

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.broomstones.com/ Official Broomstones website]

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[[Category:Curling clubs established in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1968]]
[[Category:Curling clubs in the United States]]
[[Category:1968 establishments in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Curling in Massachusetts]]

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