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

In past years, Vernon has hosted several major national curling events, including the 1979 Canadian Senior Women's Curling Championship, the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and the 2004 Canadian Senior Curling Championships.

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.

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 irons are typically made of Teflon, ceramic, tourmaline, metal, or titanium, each of which has its pros and cons.

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 ).

The Iroquois Falls Curling Club has 5 rinks with a comfortable licenced lounge suitable for rentals, receptions and catered events.

The arena has hosted several large events, including the 2006 Memorial Cup, the CIS University Cup in 2007 and 2008 and the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

The Ottawa Curling Club has a number of different curling leagues that participate at the club.

Niverville has several recreational facilities, including the Niverville Centennial Arena, home of the Niverville Clippers, the Niverville Curling Club, an outdoor tennis court located at Niverville Collegiate, the Elite Fitness and Dance gym, Opa's Park, the fairgrounds ( located behind the arena ) which hosted the Heartland Rodeo Association finals in 2007, and Hespeler Park, which has a tobogganing hill, soccer pitches, baseball diamonds, a beach volleyball court, and a small biking trail.

The venue has hosted one of the biggest World Curling Tour events, the Bear Mountain Arena Curling Classic annually since 2006.

Dupont has skipped the Danish team to two World Championships events, finishing 8th at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championship and 10th at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship.

He has also appeared in feature films, including starring roles in the animated feature Kurt blir grusom ( Kurt Turns Evil, 2008 ) and the comedy Kong Curling ( Curling King, 2011 ).

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.

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.

Curling had also been criticized for attending Liberal Party fundraiser while Speaker as previous Speakers had avoided attending such events.

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

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.

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.

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 ).

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.

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

Curling was promoted to official Olympic sport at the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics.

Curling, which was an official sport in 1924 and then discontinued, was reinstated as Olympic sport in 1998.

He was second on the official WCT ( World Curling Tour ) money list in 1997 with skip Kevin Park, third Doran Johnson, lead Kerry Park and McCallum at second.

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings.

* Rock, used in the sport of Curling

* Curling – a team sport using brooms and stones.

* Curling brush ( sport )

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

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

However after a disappointing 2006 European Curling Championships in which she failed to qualify Norway for the 2007 Worlds, Nordby announced her retirement from the sport in January 2007.

The United States Curling Association ( USA Curling ) is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the United States.

The WCF Mission Statement reads: " The World Curling Federation represents curling internationally and facilitates the growth of the sport through a network of Member Associations / Federations.

; Curling: A team sport which involves sliding granite stones on ice and sweeping in front of them with brooms to direct them to desired placements

Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from February 11 to February 18 in Ogden, Utah:

Both men's and women's rinks from the Bemidji Curling Club won the right to represent the United States in the 2005 World Curling Championship and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

* The Ice Sheet Curling venue during the 2002 Winter Olympics

* Curling makes its Winter Olympics debut:

* Curling is a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four from the United States, Canada winning by 12 games to 4

* Curling is played at the inaugural Winter Olympics.

* Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics

* 1998: 1998 Winter Olympics ( Curling )

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

Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 to February 24.

Socially they created the Royal Montreal Curling Club ; Montreal Hunt ; Montreal Snow Shoe Club ; Montreal Lacrosse Club ; Royal Montreal Golf Club ; Montreal Victorias ; Montreal AAA, and Montreal Winter Carnival.

It was formed out of the International Curling Federation ( ICF ), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made.

Winter Sports: Ice Hockey, Swimming, Badminton, Volleyball, Alpine Skiing, Alpine Snow Boarding, Nordic Skiing, Curling, Wrestling ( 2010 / 2011 debut )