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Curlin

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Curlin
Curlin gemms takkin place durin the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier
Heichest govrenin bodyWorld Curlin Federation
Nickname(s)Chess On Ice, The Roaring Game
First playedIn late medieval Scotland
Registered playersest. 1.5 million[1]
Characteristics
ContactNa
Team members4 per team (2 in doubles)
Mixed genderAy
CategorizationPrecision and accuracy
EquipmentCurling brooms, stones (rocks), curling shoes
VenueCurling sheet
Olympic
  • First event in 1924 (retroactively made offeecial in 2006)
  • Demonstration sport in 1932, 1988 and 1992
  • Offeecially eikit on in 1998
ParalympicWheelchair curlin offeeecially aikit on in 2006

Curlin is a sport played on ice atween twa teams o fower players. It is maist popular in Scotland an Canadae. Ilkane o the fower players on ony team is assigned ane position. Thare is a skip, vice (or third), the second, an the lead. The game is played on a sheet o ice wi twa "hooses" at ilka end. Thir hooses are made o fower circles, wi the middle circle cawed the "button". Thare are eicht rounds tae ilka game (cawed "ends"). Points are scored wi ilka stane closer than the opponent's closest stane tae the button coontin as ane point. Efter the ends are played, the team wi the maist points bears the gree. Ilka memmer o the team thraws twa stanes, wi the skip at the house guidin the stoaes until the lest twa stanes are tae be thrawn, i whilk case the skip traivels tae the ither end o the sheet an thraws thaim, wi the vice actin as the skip.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "Curling Makes Gains in U.S. Popularity". Yahoo! Sports. 19 November 2011. Archived frae the original on 2 Mairch 2014.
  2. ↑ Foundation, Olympic (5/11/2025). "Curling: Olympic history, rules, latest updates and upcoming events for the Olympic sport". Olympics. Check date values in: |date= (help)