The Nicolson Trophy was presented by Eddie Nicolson of the Blackstone Hill Curling Club in 1969. Seemingly the Trophy was won some years previously by the Blackstone Hill Club at a bonspiel and the practice at that time had been for the Club to then hold the likes of a points match with the winner retaining the trophy – that winner was James McKnight (grandfather of NZCA Life Members Neil and Stewart McKnight). The trophy eventually ended up in the possession of one of his grandsons, Eddie Nicolson, who presented it to the then NZ Curling Province for a competition between the two Curling Councils.
It was originally run by the Oturehua Winter Sports Club and played on a Sunday on the Idaburn Dam when hundreds of skaters watched the event – this was seen as a good promotion for the game of curling. The Trophy was taken over by the NZCA and is now played more regularly on artificial ice.
It is competed for by the top two Clubs from each of the Idaburn and Naseby Curling Councils – the venue for the event alternates between the two Councils.
The Idaburn Council’s teams are determined from the previous year's results:
The Naseby Council’s teams are determined as follows:
Winners of the Nicolson Trophy | ||
Year | Champion Club | Council |
---|---|---|
1969 | Kyeburn | Naseby |
1971 | Alpine | Idaburn |
1973 | Serpentine | Naseby |
1988 | Blackstone Hill | Idaburn |
1991 | Serpentine | Naseby |
1992 | Serpentine | Naseby |
1995 | Manorburn | Idaburn |
1997 | Kyeburn | Naseby |
1999 | Alpine | Idaburn |
2000 | Kyeburn | Naseby |
2001 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2002 | Becks | Idaburn |
2003 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2004 | Serpentine | Naseby |
2005 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2006 | Blackstone Hill | Idaburn |
2007 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2008 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2009 | Manorburn | Idaburn |
2010 | Ranfurly | Naseby |
2011 | Poolburn | Idaburn |
2012 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2013 | Poolburn | Idaburn |
2014 | Poolburn | Idaburn |
2015 | Poolburn | Idaburn |
2016 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2017 | Otago Central | Naseby |
2018 | ||
2019 | ||
2020 | Poolburn | Idaburn |
2021 | ||
2022 | ||
2023 | Chatto Creek | Idaburn |
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