The Detroit Curling Club was started in 1840 when Michigan only had a population of 212, 000 and had only been in the Union for three years.

The Canadian Weather Service ( now Environment Canada ) did not issue a tornado warning until 8: 15 pm ( 20: 15 ), more than 5 minutes after the tornado had struck the Windsor Curling Club.

Melhuish, Dutton and the rest of their porters struggled up the scree to reach the Curling Pond where a new hut had been built.

They, and the Curling Pond, had changed significantly from their previous expedition in 1924.

The following morning Melhuish went skating on the Curling Pond, much to the delight of the porters who had never seen " a white man dancing with knives on his feet ".

Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at Karuizawa, who had hosted the equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

However, in a decision made in 2004, the Canadian Curling Association awarded the new contract to CBC, which had a higher bid than TSN.

Nedohin had a shooting percentage of 96 % in the final of the 2003 Nokia Brier, and 95 % shooting percentage in the final of the 2005 Men's Ford World Curling Championships.

This was considered the best location, since it was close to the Blue Water Bridge border crossing, Highway 402, and the nearby Venetian Boulevard had several hotels ( Holiday Inn, Best Western Guildwood Inn ), with another hotel ( Days Inn ) and the Sarnia Golf and Curling Club on Christina Street.

His father had been a good curler and was once point skip of the Ottawa Curling Club, and both Hod and Bruce played hockey from a young age, often for the same teams.

When Thom and his followers paraded in and around the countryside near Boughton, a farmer named Curling asked magistrates in Canterbury to arrest his truant workers who had left with Thom.

Prior to the Olympics, Harris ' only claim to fame on the national curling scene had been 6-5 record at the 1986 Canadian Junior Championships and a 4-7 record at the 1989 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.

Curling is also found in Nipawin for the young and old.

Curling also has a strong following in Vernon, with local curlers being found at the Vernon Curling Club.

Curling, who is black, also alleged that the show's producers ( including Barker ) created a hostile work environment in which black employees and contestants were discriminated against.

TSN has also broadcast major curling events ; it began its current television contract with the Canadian Curling Association beginning in the 2008 – 09 season, and also runs the Casino Rama TSN Skins Game, an annual skins curling tournament.

Curling is also played close to the Clutha in the harsh Central Otago winters.

Curling, with its fishery ; Corner Brook West ( also known as Humber West or Westside ) with its retail businesses ; Corner Brook East ( also known as Humbermouth and the Heights ) with its railway and industrial operations ; and Townsite ( known as Corner Brook ), home to the employees of the pulp and paper mill.

The Academical's also have sports clubs, playing Cricket, Angling, Rugby, Curling and Golf.

Ice stock sport ( also known as Bavarian Curling ) is a winter sport, somewhat similar to curling.

* Curling, also known as " the roaring game "

Curling irons, also known as curling tongs, create waves or curls in the hair.

Double-elimination brackets are also popular in amateur wrestling of all levels, surfing and kiteboarding freestyle competitions, as well as Curling bonspiels ( where triple-elimination is also used ), Hardcourt Bike Polo and certain Olympic sports, such as judo.

Kindersley has also hosted many sporting events including the 1984 World Youth Baseball Championships, 1990 Men's Provincial Curling Championship, 1994 Saskatchewan Winter Games, 1997 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, 2001 Men's Provincial Curling Championships, 2007 Provincial Mixed Curling Championships, 2008 Junior Men's and Women's Provincial Curling Championships, 2009 and 2010 Baseball Canada Cup and the 2010 Provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts ( the tournament was moved to Eston because of the fire on January 8, 2010 ).

Before entering politics, he was a political assistant to Federal MP Paul Cosgrove in 1982 and also Ontario Housing Minister Alvin Curling in 1985.

Sun Life is also the name sponsor of Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, home of the Miami Dolphins football team ( NFL ), the University of Miami Hurricanes football team ( NCAA ), the annual Orange Bowl college football bowl game, the Players ' Championship on the Grand Slam of Curling, and, until 2012, the Miami Marlins baseball team ( MLB – National League ).

Betker also won a Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in 1984 as the lead for Randy Woytowich.

It was also the exclusive carrier of Canadian Curling Association events during the 2004 – 2005 season.

Curling is thought to have been invented in medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February 1541.

Kilsyth Curling Club claims to be the first club in the world, having been formally constituted in 1716 ; it is still in existence today.

Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Since curling became an Olympic sport in 1998, the World Junior Curling Championship of the year preceding the Olympic Games have been held at the site of the curling tournament for the upcoming Games.

Wainewright has been the subject of three biographical studies: Janus Wethercock by Jonathan Curling ( Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1938 ) and Robert Crossland's Wainewright in Tasmania ( OUP, Melbourne, 1954 ), and more recently his life and writings, and that which has been written about him were the basis of the poet Andrew Motion's creative biography, Wainewright the Poisoner ( 2000 ).

Duddingston Loch has been used for ice-skating and curling, even boasting a Curling House, for several centuries.

But for purely definition purposes -- used in conjunction with your regular Squatting, Leg Curling, Leg Extensor programs -- a heavy weight is not needed.

Scotland is home to the international governing body for curling, the World Curling Federation, Perth, which originated as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the mother club of curling.

On April 1, 2006, Lowell held the 2006 World Curling Championships for the men's teams at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.

Parodies of Canadian television ensued, such as Hinterland Who's Who, Front Page Challenge, and It's a Fact, as well as promos for Monday Night Curling, hosted by two orange-jacketed sportscasters who were both named Gord, and Magnum, P. E. I., with John Candy as a private detective chasing his quarry through the scenic potato patches of Prince Edward Island.

* Inaugural World Curling Championships held in Falkirk and Edinburgh for men only and known as the " Scotch Cup "; it is won by a Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan, skipped by Ernie Richardson

Featuring the Roy ' Sugloo ' Ipana Memorial Arena, with an NHL-sized ice surface ; the Inuvik Curling Club with 3 sheets and a well-situated licensed lounge / viewing area ; the Inuvik Pool, an award-winning Class B recreational pool with lane swimming, waterpark features including a two story waterslide, hot tub, sauna and steam room ; two squash courts ; a multi-use community hall with stage ; on-site business centre / production office ; full building wireless ; video-conferencing facility ; on-site catering / kitchen ; and meeting rooms for groups of 5 to 500.

Hockey and Curling are popular pastimes, and the town possesses both a hockey rink and a curling rink for such pursuits.

When Curling was ordered expelled from the legislature for using what was judged to be unparliamentary language, he refused to leave his seat, and a knot of fellow Liberal and NDP opposition members formed a cordon around him to prevent his physical removal.

Curling supported Joseph Cordiano for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership in 1996 ( Ottawa Citizen, 21 November 1996 ).

Opposition MPPs, including New Democrat Peter Kormos and Conservative John Baird, suggested that Curling favoured his Liberal colleagues, sanctioning Conservative and NDP members for behaviour he would more often let slide from Liberals.

Curling held a position as Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation ( CIGI ) in Waterloo, Ontario from June 2007 until May 2010.

The Canadian Curling Association ( CCA ) is a Canadian organization responsible for encouraging and facilitating growth and development of the sport of curling.

This qualified him for the 2001 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, finishing with a 2-8 record in second last place.

Glenn Howard-Curler for Team Ontario, 2007 Brier Winner, and 2007 World Curling Champion for Team Canada

Baird and New Democrat Peter Kormos were vocal critics of Speaker Alvin Curling for allegedly favouring his Liberal colleagues, saying that he sanctioned Conservative and NDP members for behaviour he would allow from Liberals.

Seneca has fifteen varsity sports teams, including Badminton, Basketball, Cross Country, Curling, Fastball, Golf, Rugby, Skiing, Soccer, and Volleyball, for both male and female student-athletes.

Curling and snowboarding were newly added sports for the 1998 Games, and women's ice hockey made its first appearance in the Olympics.

* International Curling Federation, a former name for the World Curling Federation