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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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