41. Curling Club A Home Away From Home s oldest curling club, it had its beginnings on the ice of the Rideau Canal, with14 members and Gilmour casting the first stone into Ottawa curling history. http://www.carleton.ca/ctown/archiv/feb2103/sport1.htm

Curling club a home away from home By Danna Farhang Walking into the building, the comforting smells of fried food, the creaky carpeted floors, the solid wooden staircase, the giant fireplace and the large painted portrait of founder Allan Gilmour surrounded by dozens of plaques and old photographs. The club has discussed has informally discussed applying to the city for heritage status but has never done anything about it. The top notch curling facilities and the cheers from the excited fans make it perfectly clear that this is a home away from home for many. Bob Gamble, a curler for more than 50 years, sits and enjoys a beer in the lounge as he talks fondly about his club. Past club members include many notables from Canadian history. Former prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was an honorary member who appreciated the benefits of a good curling match-up. Adding to the cozy atmosphere of the club, people move about freely; laughter, jokes and plenty of back-slapping in the lounge area mix with the sounds of cheers and tense shouts from the fans in the stands.

42. WebRing: Hub rink club. Soudog s curling history Site The newest, most comprehensivecollection of historical information for fans of. John Murphy s http://g.webring.com/go?ring=curlring&id=7&next

43. ThinkQuest : Library : Curling - The Roaring Game history. curling is a very old scottish sport. It isn t known, whenscottish people began playing curling. But in the Smith Institute http://library.thinkquest.org/26974/e_history.htm

Index Curling - The Roaring Game This entry describes the exciting game of curling. The history of the game, beginning with its Scottish origins, the Rules, Tactics, Equipment and the Game are depicted. This site is interesting for curlers AND non-curlers. Come in and take a look. Languages: English, German. Visit Site 1999 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Languages English German Students Stefan Gymnasium Kirchenfeld, Bern, Switzerland Damian Oberstufenzentrum Eisengasse, Ostermundigen, Switzerland Coaches Bjvrn Ostermundigen, Switzerland Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site. Privacy Policy

44. Curling With Ray Turnbull The history of the game has been well documented in many books over the years and is In the early years, curling was played outdoors, but eventually it made http://www.curlingwithrayturnbull.com/pages/about.htm

The history of the game has been well documented in many books over the years and is generally considered to have originated by the Scots. The Sterling stones of 1511 and a poem by Walter Watson certainly identify the game played on the lakes of Scotland. Regardless, terminology suggests that the Dutch may have founded an early version of the game in the 1500's. The French Canadians and the soldiers of Wolfe's army in 1759-60 used melted cannonballs to play the game we now know as curling. It was the Canadian introduction that is directly responsible for the game's huge growth - as it is now played all around the world and has become a full medal sport in the Winter Olympics. Ken Watson, the Manitoba school teacher who captured the 1936, 1942 and 1949 Brier (Canadian Championship) was the person generally given credit for the slide (as previously, the stone was thrown from the hack). Ken Watson wore a leather shoe, slid from the hack and released the stone somewhere above the top of the circles. Teams from western Canada won 17 of the first 20 Canadian Championships and the average age of the teams became younger and younger - which is attributed to the slide. It was this period when the game flourished with school leagues, junior leagues, senior leagues and a multitude of competitions for young and old. The style of play changed and strategy varied from area to area, but four young men from Regina really were the first to put the athletic touch on the sport. Ernie Richardson, cousin Arnold Richardson, brother Sam (Garnet Richardson) and cousin Wes Richardson are said to have given curling its credibility. Their athletic appearance and business-like approach to the game, along with the wonderful rhythmic sweeping, really mesmerized the crowds. They dominated the curling scene from the late 50's till 1963 and won four Canadian and four World Championships along the way. The Richardsons got it all rolling and now the game is recognized as a challenging and physically exhausting sport played at the top level by truly incredible athletes.

45. International Curling Information Network Group (ICING) Web Site International curling Information Network Group, information for sport of curling. Includes latest news, history, rules, science, organizations, clubs, past records, bonspiels, TV schedules, curling exercise, skill, integrity, sociability the sport a lifetime! Le curling exercice, habileté, honnêteté, sociabilité the sport of curling, thus information about the http://www.icing.org/

Welcome / Bienvenue / Willkommen ( ICING ) in association with Curling's Magazine Millions of people around the world are involved in the sport of curling, thus information about the game and its participants is almost limitless. The sections of ICING which are tagged with icons have already had some of these materials added. The areas labeled with icons have little or no data currently available. The Item links followed by ( day/month/year ) provide direct access to new information , added on the dates indicated. Experienced players and interested spectators alike are encouraged to investigate ALL topics, and to send their questions, comments, and suggestions. Any viewers with personal knowledge and / or graphic items which will add to this data-base are invited to contribute their materials, on a loan or donation basis. Please contact the author at the addresses listed at the bottom of this and every page. What in the World of Curling do you want to search? Qu'est-ce que vous voulez chercher, au monde du curling? LATEST BULLETINS / BULLETINS D'ACTUALITES To our viewers

46. THE GAME HISTORY / LE JEU HISTOIRE THE GAME history LE JEU HISTOIRE. The debate continues ! When ICING first went online, we included a brief history ( 1, below) of curling. notice or explanation, any items submitted! history http://www.icing.org/game/history

THE GAME: HISTORY LE JEU : HISTOIRE The debate continues ! When ICING first went on-line, we included a brief history (#1, below) of curling. We quickly received a number of messages about our information, some agreeing with our facts and others disputing them. Since then the comments have continued to come in, and all we have to say is .. "How the hell did we manage to stir up this hornet's nest?" To get ourselves out of this mess, we have decided to include in our site any legitimate (published by a reputable printing house) history that is forwarded to us. You viewers may then look over each one and make your own decisions. If you strongly support one particular description, you may wish to present your reasons to the Curlers' Mail List at listproc.bgsu.edu or to the Curlers' News Group at news:rec.sport.curling . (If you are not familiar with these Discussion groups, check the procedures at Curlers' Connections .) If you have other substantiated evidence to offer about the background of the game and you want to have it included in this page, please send your material through any of the addresses at the bottom of this page. ICING reserves the right to evaluate and accept/reject

47. Anchorage Curling Club - About Curling/History A Brief history of curling. The origin of this little known but grandold game is a bit vague. Some believe it had its beginnings http://www.anchoragecurling.com/history.htm

For comments or problems with this site, please contact the webmaster A Brief History of Curling In 1838, the Grand Caledonian Curling Club was formed for the sole purpose of fixing standardized rules of the game for use wherever curling was played. This organization is still in existence, but is now known as the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, having been granted this title by Her Majesty the Queen in 1843. Most curling clubs worldwide, through their local associations, are affiliated with this "Mother Club." Many other countries enjoy the sport - such as Switzerland, where there are upwards of 80 clubs. Here in the highest altitudes, keen natural outdoor ice is found - especially during the months of December and January. England, Sweden, Norway, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, China, Japan, and Austrialia are among the countries also having curling clubs. In Canada, the game has flourished since the beginning of the 19th century when the Scottish regiments found themselves in Quebec where the climate in the winter was such that it could be played on the frozen lakes and rivers. Because of the difficulty in obtaining granite stones from Scotland, cast iron "stones" originally made from melted down cannon balls were used. Up until 1955, "irons" were still popular, in fact, many of the natives preferred them to granites.

48. Olympic Sports - Curling products. curling 101. by Timothy D. Jacques. curling, A Brief history.The precise beginnings of curling are a bit of a mystery. Its http://www.allsports.com/olympics/curling/history.htm

visit our store for great team products CURLING 101 by Timothy D. Jacques Curling, A Brief History The precise beginnings of curling are a bit of a mystery. Its origins are hotly debated between the Scots and Continental Europeans. Was it a purely Scottish invention or was it imported by Flemish travelers under the reign of King James VI? Recent discoveries of lost artwork, diaries and archaeological finds has sparked a number of theories, but nothing is conclusive. The earliest of graphic curling records center around 16 th century Dutch paintings by Pieter Bruegel and R. de Baudous. The paintings show a number of winter motifs with background characters playing a game of "ice shooting". Other paintings have children sliding wooden discs or frozen clumps of earth along a frozen pond. In Scotland, a 16 th century diary of a Scottish monk describes a challenge between two friends with "stones-on-ice". In the early 17 th century, an entry in a Glasgow Assembly records tells of a incident where a local Bishop is accused of a terrible act: He was a curler on the ice on the Sabbath Though the debate still rages on in some quarters, it's generally acknowledged that Scotland was the country that developed the game of curling in today's recognizable form.

49. The History Of Curling The history of curling. The ice sport of curling, although never well known inthe United States, has developed steadily throughout American history. http://www.goodcurling.net/Media/Press Kit/history_of_curling.htm

The History of Curling The oldest artifacts from the ice sport of curling are stones, today extant but unknown, which prehistoric people slid toward a target along frozen rivers or lakes. These people may also have used primitive brooms to clear snow from the path of their sliding stones. In 1565, Holland’s Peter Breugel painted "Hunters in the Snow" and another work depicting scenes resembling modern curling. Breugel’s paintings support the premise held by some that curling originated in continental Europe. The Scots, however, are the undisputed developers and formalizers of the modern game. By 1638 curling was considered, with golf and archery (in M. H. Adamson’s poem The Muses Threnodie), to be a usual recreational pastime. After a huge growth spurt in the 19th century, curling was played by thousands in nearly every Scottish parish. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, Scotland’s climate warmed, and today the lochs rarely freeze. The climate change hindered curlers, who played outdoors on natural ice until the 20th century. Nonetheless the Scots had, by the mid-1800s, formalized curling’s rules of play and equipment and had established the "mother club" of curlers worldwide, the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. The RCCC is today the national governing body of curling in Scotland, with 20,000 active members now playing indoors on refrigerated ice. The game of curling spread throughout the world through the efforts of thousands of Scottish soldiers and émigrés. In North America, curling’s origins likely date to the late 1700s. The first documented record is the founding of the Montreal Curling Club in 1807.

50. History Of Curling curling's great tradition began in 16th century Scotland. The Scots added zest to their winters with a game originally played outdoors on frozen ponds and lochs. http://www.wilmettecurling.org/History.html

Curling's great tradition began in 16th century Scotland. The Scots added zest to their winters with a game originally played outdoors on frozen ponds and lochs. The earliest equipment included curling stones formed by nature each one Unique. The stones often curved, or curled, as they slid across the ice, hence the name "curling". Brooms were used to clear snow from the path of the stones. Scottish immigrants brought the game with them to North America in the 18th century where it spread across the northern US and Canada. By 1855 curling clubs flourished in New York City, Detroit, Milwaukee and Portage, Wisconsin. The modern game evolved by the 20th century, with its standardized equipment and facilities and indoor, refrigerated ice. Many innovations over the years have resulted in a game of fitness, precision and finesse. During the curling season, October through March, over a million curlers take to the ice in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, most European countries and 25 of the United States. The World Curling Federation governs international competition; the United States Curling Association is a member of the WCF and the US Olympic Committee.

51. History Of Curlinjg The history of curling. The oldest artifacts from the ice sport of curling are stones, today extant but unknown, which prehistoric people slid toward a target along frozen rivers or lakes. http://www.belfastcurling.com/history_of_curling.htm

52. CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Sport Explainers - Curling History - Monday F Back to Explainer Index. Shaun Botterill/Allsport. history curling, marked by astrong code of sportsmanship, developed in Scotland during the 16th century. http://www.cnnsi.com/olympics/2002/sport_explainers/curling_history/

Back to Explainer Index Shaun Botterill/Allsport HISTORY Curling, marked by a strong code of sportsmanship, developed in Scotland during the 16th century. The Scots originally used brooms to clear snow from the stones' path, and the sport took place on frozen marshes, ponds and lochs. The game's rules resembled modern day competitions. Holland's Peter Breugel paints “Hunters in the Snow” and another work depicting scenes that resemble modern curling. The game arrives in North America with participants in Canada. Scottish immigrants bring curling to the United States. The Orchard Lake Curling Club appears in Michigan. 20th Century: Curling develops in the remainder of Europe. The United States Curling Association is founded. American curler Raymond “Bud” Somerville skips the team to a bronze medal at the Albertville Olympic Games, where curling appears as a demonstration sport. Curling joins the Olympics as a medal sport at the Nagano Games. Switzerland captures the men's gold and Canada wins the women's event. The Web SI.com

53. HickokSports.com - History - Curling This document contains a history of curling, with an account of how the sportis played and a list of US national men s and women s champions. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/curling.shtml

Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Curling Table of Contents History How It's Played U. S. Curling Hall of Fame Other Resources History There is solid evidence that curling was a sport in both Scotland and the Low Countries during the 16th century. The oldest known curling stone, found in Scotland, bears the date 1511, and a 1560 work by the Flemish painter, Pieter Breughel, shows a busy Dutch curling scene, complete with brooms. The game was played on frozen marshes in Scotland, using "channel stones" that had been worn smooth by the action of water, while the Dutch curled on the same frozen canals where ice skating flourished. As with golf, the question of where curling was "invented" will probably never be answered, but the Scots certainly have to be credited both with developing the modern version of the sport and with promoting the game in America. Scottish immigrants organized the Royal Montreal Curling Club in 1807 and the Orchard Lake, Michigan, Club in 1832. The Grand Caledonian Curling Club (later the Royal Caledonian Curling Club) was founded in 1838 at Edinburgh to become Scotland's national governing body and to standardize rules for international play. A branch of the Royal Caledonian was established in Canada in 1852 and the Grand National Curling Club of America, also an affiliate of the Royal Caledonian, was founded in 1867.

54. THE GAME HISTORY HISTORY OF CURLING / LE JEU HISTOIRE HISTOIRE In A history of curling (1890), Kerr questioned if Flemings had brought the gameto Scotland in the 1500 s, why did Scottish poets and historians make no http://icing.org/game/history/historya.htm

HISTORY* of CURLING HISTOIRE* du CURLING ORIGINS ORIGINES The precise beginnings of curling will always remain a mystery! However, it is not hard to imagine a man, hundreds or even thousands of years ago, who weighed a smooth, heavy rock in his hand, then watched and listened with fascination as he launched it along a glistening bed of ice on a frozen river. This "first curler" must have been intrigued by the way the rock moved and by the grumbling sound it made as it twisted and turned. Other people in the not so distant past have heard this same sound and have applied it as a nickname for the game of curling ... it is often referred to as "the roaring game". Scots and continental Europeans have engaged in many a lively dispute as to the true origin of curling. Both claim to be founders. Did Scots invent the game, or was it imported by Flemish sportsmen who emigrated to Scotland during the reign of James VI (James I of England)? Did Europeans engage in some early form of curling, and did Scots merely adopt and enhance it? The evidence, based on works of art, contemporary writings, and archaeological finds, has sparked a number of theories, but nothing is conclusive. Some of the earliest graphic records of a game similar to curling date from 1565. Two oil paintings by the Dutch master Pieter Bruegel, entitled "Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Birdtrap" and "Hunters in the Snow", show

55. THE GAME HISTORY EVOLUTION OF CURLING / LE JEU HISTOIRE It is difficult to describe the history of curling without using the word evolution . The game has evolved over many hundreds of years. http://icing.org/game/history/historyb.htm

EVOLUTION of CURLING* EVOLUTION du CURLING* It is difficult to describe the history of curling without using the word 'evolution'. The game has evolved over many hundreds of years. It continues to change. Curling is not the same game as it was even twenty years ago. The sliding delivery and the takeout game have been the important developments in recent years, and these new trends and styles of play, together with improvements in equipment and in making ice, emphasise that the sport is still in the process of evolution! It is likely that curling has its origins in Scotland, in the early part of the sixteenth century, as a primitive game of quoits on ice. Major events such as the introduction of rounded stones, of artificial ice, of playing four-aside, and the discovery of the "curl' or the 'twist', can be chronicled in Scottish curling records. At the same time, one can relate the evolution of the game to improved organisation; from early inter-parish bonspiels to the formation of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and, more recently, to the establishment of the International Curling Federation and modern world championship play. But how, and where, did it all start? Research continues to turn up major discoveries about curling's origins to stimulate fresh interest and controversy.

56. Toronto Cricket Skating And Curling Club Part of the rich sports history of Toronto, the Club is an amalgamation of three clubs The Toronto Cricket Club, The Toronto Skating Club, and The Toronto curling Club each with its own distinguished tradition dating back well over a century. http://www.torontocricketclub.com/

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57. Curling :: History Sources All information about the history of the sport was taken from the book, curling The history, The Players, The Game by Warren Hansen The stats at http://www.geocities.com/scotts_team_canada/history.html

~HOME~ ...:: CURLING ::... Online Since: Last Update: General Curling Season of Champions The Players Miscellaneous Guestbook History News Basics Scotts ... View My Guestbook The History of the Sport of Curling The history of the sport of curling is not very well known. Where was curling invented, Scotland, right? Well, yes, the evidence seems to point in that direction: it is well known that curling was played in Scotland since the 16th century, and the game still holds true to a lot of its Scottish roots. However, there is some controversy here... since many curling historians think maybe the sport's origins lie in the Netherlands, where they played a game on ice called eisschiessen . The image of this game appears in two paintings from famous Dutch artist, Pieter Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow and Lanscape with a Birdtrap . This game is still played in many parts of Eurpoe to this day, and dates back centuries. The game is very similar to the game of curling The first evidence of the existence of curling rocks was reported in Pasiley Abbey in Scotland in 15541. Early Scottish curling stones were called "loofies". They weighed a mere 5 lbs. This is the only country that stones like this have been discovered, so therefore curling must have originated in Scotland. Early curling stones were usually just whatever stone you could find. They were crude, a different sizes and shapes. As new discoveries were made and curling stones began to change, the game evolved. Sitll, the stones were being shaped out of blocks and boulders, and were still different shapes and sized, but they were beginning to take the forms of curling rocks. It wasn't until nearly the end of the 19th century that stone very similar to the ones used today emerged.

58. CPCA - History The history of police curling dates back to 1955 when the Canadian Association ofChiefs of Police first formed the Canadian Police curling Association for the http://www.policecurling.com/history.htm

49 Years Proud (1955 - 2004) The history of police curling dates back to 1955 when the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police first formed the Canadian Police Curling Association for the purpose of encouraging fellowship and liaison among Canadian police officers as well as promoting the game of curling in Canada. The first "National Police Bonspiel" was organized and held at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg on March 12th, 1956 ( See the Past Winners since 1956 ). At that time, it was a one day, four event bonspiel. There were sixteen rinks allowed, one representing each of the provinces as we do today, plus four other teams representing four of the major police forces in Canada, the RCMP, the OPP, the CPR Police and the CNR Police. Read an article from July 1956 from the RCMP Quarterly Between 1956 and 1971 the annual bonspiel was held in various cities across Canada. It was sponsored by the Chiefs of Police Association, but most of the expenses were paid by the curlers themselves. Due to the costs involved, not all of the provinces or police forces always sent a rink to the bonspiel and local area rinks were substituted to make up the full complement of 16 rinks. Nevertheless, the event proved to be very popular in the police community and the original purpose for which it was organized was achieved. The event became more competitive each year and play-offs to get into the bonspiel generated much more liaison and friendly rivalry among the police forces and police officers.

59. Irish Curling Association history of the ICA, Return to home page. The Irish curling Association (ICA)was formed in 1994 by a group of Irish expatriates living in Scotland. http://freespace.virgin.net/christine.furey/history.htm

History of the ICA Return to home page History of the ICA In the Press Contact Us ... Links The Irish Curling Association (ICA) was formed in 1994 by a group of Irish expatriates living in Scotland. Since then, it has been granted recognition by the Scottish Royal Caledonian Curling Club ( RCCC ); plays in the Four Nations international; the RCCC Province Championship; and has re-introduced curling to Ireland after a gap of almost a century. Curling was well established in Ireland in the 1800s - the Belfast Curling Club was a founder member of the RCCC in 1841, and played friendly matches against Ardrossan Castle Curling Club. There were also clubs at Clandeboye and at Kiltonga (Newtownards). All of these clubs played on outdoor ice, but none managed to continue curling after 1904. Although the ICA is open to all curlers with any Irish connection, only those who meet World Curling Federation criteria (birth, parentage or residence) qualify to curl for Ireland at International level in the Four Nations competition. The ICA has six member clubs: * Belfast (for those with Belfast connections) * Clandeboye and Kiltonga (for those from County Down) * Bann (for those from Counties Antrim, Armagh and Derry)

60. World Curling Web For Scotland Canada USA Europe And Rest Of World CLICK HERE. curling Links. This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit Here.Scottish history. Scottish Books. Scottish Music (USA). Scottish Music (UK). http://www.heritage-of-scotland.com/discuss5/

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