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ocated on the North Saskatchewan River Business Elite Canada spoke with RGC CEO Julius
Valley in Edmonton, the Royal Glenora van Wyk about keeping up the legacy and traditions

LClub (RGC) is a world-class, family-oriented of the RGC, and how the club has managed to pivot
athletic and social club; a multi-service, multi- and thrive under a very difficult year for hospitality

purpose facility established in 1961. You’d be hard services.

pressed to find a local high-level athlete in squash,
tennis, skating, gymnastics, or swimming whose BEC: Please give the history of the Royal Glenora

story does not cross paths with the Royal Glenora Club.
Club—the RGC has a history of a thriving recreation JVW: Sixty years ago, the Royal Glenora Club

and competitive athletes, fostering athletes that first opened its doors after three of Edmonton’s

have reached such heights as the Olympics, a esteemed sports clubs, the Glenora Skating and
testament to the quality and range of its programs Tennis Club, the Braemar Badminton Club, and the

and activities. But it’s not all hard work, not at all. Royal Curling Club, ambitiously merged.

Members of the RGC feel like it’s a home away from
home, and have found in it a place to relax, exercise, The Royal Glenora Club has a long-standing

socialize, and unwind. reputation as Edmonton’s premiere athletic and

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