History of Curling

Curling is a popular sport in Canada, However it probably started in Scotland or Holland around three hundred (300) years ago.
            There are two teams with four people on each team in curling. They play on a sheet of ice that is 45 meters long and 4.3 meters wide.            Each player sliders two heavy stones toward the “house” circle at the opposite end of the ice sheet. The stones weigh almost twenty kilos. Each stones flat on the top and bottom and has a handle on the top. The player uses the handle to slide the stone. The player swings the stone off the ice, and it curls or curves as it slides along. It does not go in a straight line.            While one player throws the stone, his teammates sweep in front o the stone. This smoothes  the ice. The players believe that the stone travels faster on smooth ice, and it can go farther. The captain of the team yells, “Sweep!” and the teammates start sweeping the ice.            Usually people sweep the floor or the sidewalk with a broom they don’t sweep as a sport. Curling is an unusual game.