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The verbal noun curling is formed from the Scots (and English) verb curl, [11] which describes the motion of the stone. Group of people curling on a lake in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, c. 1897. Kilsyth Curling Club claims to be the first club in the world, having been formally constituted in 1716; [12] it is still in existence today. [13]
When a stone barely touches the designated line marking on the ice, e.g. "bite centre", "bite the four", etc. Biter A stone that barely touches the outside of the house, just biting the 12-foot ring Bite stick / Biter bar A piece of equipment used to determine whether or not a stone is a biter Blank end
An ornate curling house still survives, built with wood, some of it unworked, serving as 'tree trunk' supports to the roof. [6] Gosford House, Aberlady. A surviving curling house here has unusual shell decorations. [7] and is faced with tufa-like stone. [8] Lindores Loch, Fife. It was built by the Abdie Curling Club in the mid-1860s on the site ...
Ailsa Craig (/ ˈ eɪ l s ə /; Scots: Ailsae Craig; Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island of 99 ha (240 acres) in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 km (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 nmi) west of mainland Scotland, upon which microgranite has long been quarried to make curling stones.
Andrew Kay & Company (Curling Stones) Limited, [1] trading as Kays Scotland, is the only remaining UK manufacturer and supplier of curling stones. Founded in 1851, it retains exclusive rights to harvest granite from Ailsa Craig , granted by the Marquess of Ailsa .
A curler releasing the stone just inches before it reaches the hog line. The Eye on the Hog can be identified by its tell-tale silver-coloured handle.. The Eye on the Hog is a sport officiating technology used in curling to electronically detect hog line violations.
In doubles curling each two-person team plays with six stones, one of which is positioned in play before the start of the end. [9] [10] [11] One stone is placed on the center line in the 4-foot circle of the house such that the back edge of the stone is aligned with the back edge of the circle.
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