The Royal Montreal Curling Club conducts numerous bonspiels and events throughout the year at the Club as well as participating in “Friendly” interclub competitions.
Competitive curlers may register for competitions at the Club in hopes of receiving one of RMCC’s coveted trophies.
Anniversary RMCC Women's Bonspiel
Anniversary RMCC Women’s Bonspiel
Played in November in 2019, the 125th Anniversary RMCC Women’s Bonspiel was held to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the first women’s curling club in the world, the Ladies Montreal Curling Club. In November 2024, the RMCC is hosting the 130th Anniversary RMCC Women’s Bonspiel where 24 teams from Quebec, Ontario and the United States will compete for the Ladies Montreal Curling Club Anniversary Trophy.
Centenary Cup
Played in January, the Centenary Cup had its origin in 1907 when our Club made it available for Branch competition to commemorate our 100th anniversary. However, the format has changed over the years.
It is now a 32 team Bonspiel, with three teams from RMCC. As of 2007, teams may include any combination of men and women curlers.
Hugh Paton, Baillie & Pat Lid
Hugh Paton Trophy
The Hugh Paton is played in November and is available to all members.
Teams are drawn by the Match Committee and are grouped in sections as appropriate to the number of entries. A round robin is played in each section to declare a section winner. The section winners then engage in a straight knockout to decide the winner of the Hugh Paton Trophy.
Baillie Trophy
The Baillie is played in January or February and is open to all members.
President John Baillie created a new trophy to encourage curling with granites and to promote the Club’s performance in competitions outside the Canadian Branch. The Baillie was first played in 1915, with two sets of granites, while all other competitions continued to be played with irons.
The Match Committee will select the required number of skips as indicated by the size of the entry list. Each section will play a round robin and the winners of this will engage in a straight knockout to establish the Trophy winner.
Pat Lid Competition
The Pat Lid is played in April and is open to all members.
The name “Pat Lid” is derived from “pot lid”. This competition is supposed to be the final competition of the year, putting a “lid” on the curling season.
The Canadian Branch of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club sponsors this competition. The members of the winning team receive the Branch Pat Lid Pins. It is played as a round robin.
Member Guest Curling Events
The following trophies combine social events and curling and give members the opportunity to bring their friends to the Club to try our sport.
War Memorial Trophy
This competition is held on New Year’s Day and teams are made up in the morning as per the sign -up sheet. It is followed by a magnificent brunch. Guests are welcome to attend the brunch and, if space is available, to compete in the competition.
Member Guest Classic
The Member Guest Classic encourages members to invite their friends to participate in the curling competition. Curling is followed by an elegant dinner and lively debate and is a good occasion for members to show their friends all that the Club has to offer.
Singles, Doubles & Points
Haig Sims Singles
The Haig Sims trophy is usually played in January and February and anyone may sign up. Each player throws six stones in each end.
Games must be played as scheduled. Postponements may be arranged under the same rules that apply to the Willie Brown Doubles.
Green Singles
Played in January and February, this competition is open to curlers who have had no more than one year’s experience.
The rules of play for the Haig Sims Trophy apply to this event.
The competition is played as a straight elimination, and the winner is awarded the Walkem Memorial Prize.
Willie Brown Doubles
The Willie Brown Doubles are usually played in November and December and anyone may sign up.
A team may be formed by any two curlers whose Club Rating points total not more than six. This rule also applies in the case of any substitution. The Match Committee will determine the format of the competition.
All games will be scheduled.
Any team unable to meet its scheduled date will have until the commencement of the following round to complete its game by mutual consent of the opponents. Otherwise the team unable to play at the originally scheduled time will lose by default.
The order of play in any game us at the discretion of the team.
Points Competition
The Points Competition is usually played in December and anyone may sign up.
All players engage in the competition together but are divided into Class A (skips, thirds) who compete for the McMurtry Prize and Class B (seconds, leads) who compete for the Ramsay Prize.
Winners will be those players having the highest total of their best two scores. It is restricted to twelve players on a first-come basis. The Williamson Medal is awarded to the highest-scoring player in any single competition.
Friendly’s
Art MacDonald Memorial Trophy Competition
The Art MacDonald Memorial Trophy is an annual friendly curling event between the Pointe-Claire Curling Club and the RMCC, usually played in November at alternating clubs.
The trophy was originally donated by Art MacDonald and has been renamed in his honour.
Jacques Cartier Friendly
An annual friendly event between Jacques Cartier Curling Club and RMCC consisting of three teams from each club, it is played at RMCC one year and at JCCC the next year.
The Jacques Cartier Friendly brings together curlers from both clubs who share a tremendous fellowship that has evolved over the years.
The Thistle Friendly
The Thistle Friendly is an annual friendly curling event consisting of teams from RMCC and members of the Thistle Curling Club. Dinner follows the curling matches.
Branch Competitions (ARCM)
The term Branch refers to the Canadian Branch of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland, which is considered the “home” of curling, much as St. Andrews is to the sport of golf.
The clubs that belong to the Branch are located in the Montreal area, in Eastern Ontario and on either side of the Ottawa Valley.
Nowadays, the Branch functions as a part of Curling Quebec and retains its name in deference to its long history, great inter-club friendships and traditional bonspiels.
Colts Competition
This competition was inaugurated by the RMCC on the occasion of its 150th Anniversary in 1957.
It is open to any four curlers who are 19 years or over as at July 1, and who have no more than five years’ curling experience.
The Gilbert Trophy is awarded to the RMCC team advancing the furthest in this competition.
Governor General’s Trophy
This prestigious competition, authorized in 1874 by the Earl of Dufferin, is a double-team event.
Any four members may form a team
If more than two teams enter, a play-down will be arranged to determine which two teams will compete.