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Kilsyth Curling History". Paperclip.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012 . Retrieved 4 August 2012. Curling has been a medal sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics. It currently includes men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournaments (the mixed doubles event was held for the first time in 2018). [27] The granite for the stones comes from two sources: Ailsa Craig, an island off the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, and the Trefor Granite Quarry, North of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd in Wales. These locations provide four variations in colour known as Ailsa Craig Common Green, Ailsa Craig Blue Hone, Blue Trefor and Red Trefor. [35] About Curling/Stones". Anchorage Curling Club. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012 . Retrieved 4 August 2012. Guards are thrown in front of the house in the free guard zone, usually to protect a stone or to make the opposing team's shot difficult. Guard shots include the centre-guard, on the centreline, and the corner-guards to the left or right sides of the centre line. See Free Guard Zone below.

Competition teams are normally named after the skip, for example, Team Martin after skip Kevin Martin. Amateur league players can (and do) creatively name their teams, but when in competition (a bonspiel) the official team will have a standard name. Takeouts are intended to remove stones from play and include the peel, hit-and-roll, and double shots. The process of sliding a stone down the sheet is known as the delivery or throw. Players, with the exception of the skip, take turns throwing and sweeping; when one player (e.g., the lead) throws, the players not delivering (the second and third) sweep (see Sweeping, below). When the skip throws, the vice-skip takes their role.

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Bell, Henry Glassford (1874). The Poetical Works of David Gray. J. Maclehose. pp.16–17 . Retrieved 11 August 2016.

Pearson, Patricia (March–April 2009). "How one woman fell in love with curling". Best Health. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010 . Retrieved 1 February 2010. Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 found (along with another bearing the date 1551) when an old pond was drained at Dunblane, Scotland. [3] The world's oldest curling stone and the world's oldest football are now kept in the same museum (the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum) in Stirling. [4] The first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February 1541. [5] Two paintings, " Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap" and " The Hunters in the Snow" (both dated 1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, depict Flemish peasants curling, albeit without brooms; Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf. [6] A curling match at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1860. The curling house is located to the left of the picture.

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Wooden Curling Stone". Wisconsin Historical Society. 23 February 2006. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010 . Retrieved 14 October 2010. Curlimals also help your child learn and grow; developing intelligence through pattern recognition and imagination play. Curlimals are great quality, safe and reliable. There are three to choose from: Blue Badger, Higgle Hedgehog and Bibi Bunny; each sold separately. Golden Bear presents toys that stimulate imagination and help develop a child’s early skills. We pride ourselves on providing toys with high quality, reliability and safety at their heart.