Adventures in Curling by,Victor,Dylan,Jacob

Equipment Once played with brooms Bonspiel Player stands on a foothold called a hack Bonspiel is made of 38-44 granite stone Sheet of ice 146ft.(45 meters) long 15ft. 7 in.(5 meters) wide Starting block is made of two rubber blocks called the “hack” Use bristle or cloth brush for clothes

How the sport is played Closet to the tee gets a point Strategy is to knock opponents Bonspiel out of the house Bonspiel is pushed three or two times by each player Game is started by flipping a coin There is 8 or 10 ends of the game 2 teams each team has 4 players Winter version of bowling (like shuffleboard)

Facts Played for 5 centuries Curling started in 1638 The bulls eye or house is called a tee Scots invented game About 4,000 curlers in U.S First played in 1840 Bonspiel is the size of the tee

Famous people or Countries Kelly Scott, Jennifer Jones, Yin Liu, Mark Nichols, Brad Gushue and Randy Ferbey. Curing began in Scotland and Netherlands 400 years ago. Curling become a Olympic medal sport in Nagano, Japan 1998. Started in Europe. Curley was famous for this sport (from Scotland).

THE END