The Stratford Country Club Limited offers beautiful views, fabulous dining and more. Our club features an 18-hole championship golf course, complete with a perfectly maintained lawn and rolling hills, trickling rivers and lush greenery.
Stratford golfers love our ample driving range for practising their swing. We also have a licensed club house and patio to enjoy a delicious lunch and drink after a game of curling or squash. What's more, our banquet accommodates up to 200 guests, perfect for weddings and other special occasions. Visit us today!
The first recorded curling game in Canada took place in 1871 near Quebec City and 11 years later the game reached Kitchener-Waterloo. The Waterloo Curling Club organized in 1882 on a rink on Peppler Street, while the Kitchener Club started operations on Gaukle Street 1 year later. The K-W Granite Club was established by an amalgamation of the 2 Clubs in 1927.
The new Club purchased land for $2,500 and then purchased 3 adjacent properties for $6,800 at 69 Agnes St. in Kitchener. The original building consisting of 5 sheets of ice, a lounge, dining room, boardroom, locker room, furnace and ice equipment room was constructed at a cost of $32,000. For an additional cost of $30,000, artificial ice was installed for the 1928-29 season.
In 1953 when the Campbell's and Richardson's were emerging as a curling dynasty in Canada and a lot of publicity was being generated, Aylmer caught the bug and in the spring of 1954 Jack Rice, Curly Giles, Syd Glover, Morris Kennedy, Stu McBrian, Harvey Balfour, Red Cassils & myself (& I think Bill Sapalec) met upstairs in the relatively new Aylmer & East Elgin Arena.