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Curling
Curling is a team sport and features two four-player teams competing against each other on a narrow sheet of pebbled ice. Each team delivers highly-polished, dense, granite stones toward a target area, called a house, at the far end of the sheet. Only one team scores per end, getting one point for each stone they have closer to the center of the house than their opponent. Curling was developed in Scotland, and is very popular in Canada.
A curling team consists of four players: the first player of
the group is called the lead, the second player is
appropriately known as the second, and the third is called (you guessed it) the third, or the vice-skip. The fourth, known as the skip, is the captain of the team. This person directs the strategy of the game and calls the shots.
The object of the game is to complete each end with as many of your team’s rocks closer to the button than the nearest of your opponent’s stones. Scores are awarded as one point for each such rock.
The history
The origin of this little known but grand old game is a bit vague. Some believe it had its beginnings as child’s play on the frozen ponds and streams of the Europe. Others insist that curling, nicknamed the “roaring game,” is Scottish through and through. With such words as bonspiel (meaning good play), channelstane, hack, and hog, all words associated with Europe, one would say that the Europeans had an argument. On the other hand, it is a known fact that the fascinating game of curling appeared in Scotland in the early sixteenth century as evidenced by a curling stone, bearing the date of 1511, which was unearthed near Stirling. There is also evidence that at about the same time, the inhabitants of Kilsyth formed one of the first curling organizations, followed soon by other clubs. It was not until 1760, however, that the famous Edinburgh Cannonmills Club was established. Both Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott refer to the game as the “manly Scottish exercise.”
standardized rules of the game for use wherever curling was played. This organization is still in existence, but is now known as the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, having been granted this title by Her Majesty the Queen in 1843. Most curling clubs worldwide, through their local associations, are affiliated with this club.
Many other countries enjoy the sportsuch as Switzerland, where there are upwards of 80 clubs. Here in the highest altitudes, the right natural outdoor ice is found especially during the months of December and January. England, Sweden, Norway, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, China, Japan, and Austrialia are among the countries also having curling clubs.
In Canada, the game has flourished since the beginning of the 19th century, when the Scottish regiments found themselves in Quebec, where the climate in the winter was such that it could be played on the frozen lakes and rivers. Because of the difficulty in obtaining granite stones from Scotland, cast iron “stones” originally made from melted down cannon balls were used. Up until 1955, “irons” were still popular, in fact, many of the natives preferred them to granites.
The Royal Montreal Curling Club, organized in 1807, confines its activities to curling only and has the distinction of being the oldest club for any kind of sport on the North American continent. Curling now thrives in all the provinces of Canada. There are over 3,000 curling clubs with more than 500,000 men, women, and children enjoying the sport. During some of the championship matches at the Regina Stadium, over 54,000 spectators have gathered to watch the matches.
Curling has been played in the United States since about 1830 when it crept down across the Canadian border into the New England states and into the northern part of Michigan. The first association, known as the Grand National Curling Club of America, was founded in 1867 and is still in operation. The game was revived in the central states in about 1936, having been dormant for almost 30 years. The game also spread to the northwest and Alaska – the Fairbanks are affiliated associations and over 135 curling clubs and over 15,000 curlers in all parts of the United States.
The tools
THE ICE: A sheet of curling ice is dimensioned at 146 ft x 14 ft. Unlike hockey ice, the curling surface is carefully groomed by frequent shaving to keep it perfectly level. Before each game, a light spray of water droplets is applied to the surface and immediately freezes in place as a fine pebble. It is on this pebble that curling stones ride easily and react predictably to a player’s delivery.
granite is carefully machined and balanced, and a goose-neck handle is added for the player’s convenience. The result is a standard 42 to 44 pound rock, with a diameter of one foot, and a height of 4.5 inches, not including the handle.
SWEEPING: Sweeping in front of a running stone accomplishes several things. First, it cleans the path of any debris that may be on the ice that could otherwise alter the stones travel. Secondly, by applying pressure to the broom while sweeping in front of the stone, the ice is slightly warmed, creating less friction between the ice and the stonethis can help the stone travel further than it would have, and it can also affect the curl of the stone.
