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Curling
Center Al Parc, 8-16 Rinks on natural ice. Scottish team
sport, first played on the continent in 1881 in St.
Moritz. Daily training, friendly matches or tournaments.
Important events:
Jackson Cup, St. Moritz GP
1998: 100 years Jackson Cup |
As hard as it is to believe, the St. Moritz Curling Club
was founded as early as December 21st in the year 1880.
During the previous winter Johannes Badrutt had received
a set of curling stones from some Scottish friends.
Supposedly, Caspar Badrutt, his son, brought back two
more sets from Glasgow in late autumn 1880. What's for
certain, though, is that in winter 1880/81 two curling
rinks had been swept free of snow on the frozen lake of
St. Moritz and smoothed with self-made ice planers.
Two years later, Peter Badrutt, another one of Johannes
Badrutt's sons, sealed off part of the Kulm ice skating
rink, in order to maintain some curling rinks. Soon
enough, the Kulm Park ice rink developed a flourishing
curling activity, where the British guests predominated.
It was on this location that the first curling
competitions were held on the European Continent. Before
the outbreak of the first World War, other curling clubs
had been founded throughout the Engadine, such as the
Celerina Curling Club, the Maloja Curling Club and the
St. Moritz-Suvretta Curling Club.
Curling became an increasingly popular sport. Many
locals realized that this pass-time would give them an
unparalelled opportunity for socializing with the guests
from all over the place and for making new
acquaintances. So by the 1920-ies a good number of
residents was regularly frequenting the curling rinks.
Parallel to the St. Moritz Curling Club, the
Curling Club Engiadina was called into life. Though it
had been meant for the local population at first, its
member list soon showed many guest names, too. Earlier
still, the Chantarella Curling Club had been founded,
whose members were mostly Chantarella hotel guests.
Conclusion: Curling has become ever more popular in all
of the Engadine and every winter dozens of curling
competitions are held. |
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