THE STRATHCONA CUP HISTORY
CANADA vs SCOTLAND
THE
STRATHCONA CUP HISTORY
CANADA vs SCOTLAND
The
Strathcona Cup was 100 years old
when it was presented to the winning team,
In the
winter of 1902-03, a party of Scots from the Royal Caledonia Club toured
Donald
Smith, born in 1820, came from Dufftown on the upper reaches of the River Spey
in
He
returned to
While play is scheduled
every five years, alternately in Canada and Scotland, the tours have occurred
somewhat irregularly due to the two wars and other factors.
Recently the Canadian touring team has consisted of forty curlers split
into 2 groups which compete in northern and southern Scotland during the month
of January, 2009 culminating in Edinburgh.
The Scottish touring team to Canada for 2013 will split their sixty
curlers into separate Eastern, Central and Western Tour groups.
They will arrive in our country on January 9th for a series of
games across the country and finally all tour groups will meet in Toronto on
January 31st at the end of their weeks long curling tour.
The touring teams will compete generally twice daily and will be locally
hosted at lunches, dinners and special events.
The winner is determined by comparing the scoring totals of all of the
matches (200 to 400 games) – Scotland vs. Canada.
The results of the competition to date are:
Year
Winner
1903
1st Scottish team to
Canada
Scotland
1909
1st Canadian team to Scotland
Canada
1912
2nd Scottish team to Canada
Canada
1921
2nd Canadian team to Scotland
Scotland
1923
3rd Scottish team to Canada
Canada
1926
3rd Canadian team to Scotland
Scotland
1938
4th Scottish team to Canada
Canada
1949
5th Scottish team to Canada
Scotland
1950
4th Canadian team to Scotland
Scotland
1957
6th Scottish team to Canada
Canada
1960
5th Canadian team to Scotland
Scotland
1965
7th Scottish team to Canada
Canada
1970
6th Canadian team to Scotland
Scotland
1975
8th Scottish team to Canada
Canada
1979
7th Canadian team to Scotland
Scotland
1983
9th Scottish team to Canada
Canada
1988
8th Canadian team to Scotland
Canada
1993
10th Scottish team to Canada
Scotland
1998
9th Canadian team to Scotland
Canada
2003
11th Scottish team to Canada
Scotland
2009
10th Canadian team to Scotland
Canada
2013
12th Scottish team to
2018 13th Canadian team to Scotland Canada