41. The Christian Science Monitor | Csmonitor.com curling is like golf in that a team lacks a goal tender. This makes the difference, as in all other olympic sports the winner has to beat somebody else. http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/02/27/home/home.2.html

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42. Search Them All - Sports Curling know about curling, the newest Winter olympic sport. sports A to Z curling ( courtesy US olympic Committee) The rec.sports.curling discussion group. http://www.search-them-all.com/cgi/search/smartsearch.cgi?keywords=sports curlin

43. Curling In The United States curling Federation The International sports Governing Body Supports the growth of curling worldwide -Develops format and eligibility for world olympic play. http://www.usacurl.org/newclub.html

Curling in the United States The Organization of Curling Starting a New Club Organization of a Club Curling on Arena Ice ... Publications and Information Curling attracts: -Men -Women -Mixed couples -Children -College Students -Seniors -People from seven to seventy (+) Curling is: -a competitive sport -a social sport -a lifetime sport -a team sport Curling requires: -minimal personal equipment -limited training to participate -a facility or place to curl Curling is done on a: -Local level 1) at curling clubs 2) at public ice facilities -Regional level 1) in regional social curling events 2) in regional competitions to determine area representatives -National level 1) in national playdowns to determine national champions 2) in special competitions to determine Olympic representatives -World level 1) to determine World Champions 2) to Olympic Champions Curling is played at: -commercial ice rinks, on ice converted temporarily for Curling use -member owned clubs, in dedicated facilities ranging in size from two to eight sheets of ice -private country clubs, using dedicated ice facilities

44. Curling - Winter Sports curling / is an accepted alternative to the standard winter sports Sources Cited curling Home Page Allsports olympic sports www http://sports.winter_sports.curling.your-directory.com/

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45. The National Sports Center - CODP Further, Chad finished fourth in the 1998 US olympic curling Team Trials Chad loves the mental nature of the sport, and discussed it as the most perfect mix of http://www.nscsports.org/codp/curling.html

PROGRAMS Girl's Hockey Cross Country Skiing Weightlifting Biathlon ... CONTACT US Community Olympic Development Program - Curling ** Please note: Program has been suspended until further notice. ** Mission Statement of U.S. Curling Association The United States Curling Association (USCA) represents, governs and promotes the sport of curling nationally. The USCA is committed to providing leadership, education and innovative programs to facilitate growth, public awareness, access and competitive opportunities. The USCA is dedicated to the enhancement of personal development and enjoyment of curling, as well as competitive excellence for curlers at all levels. Sport Specific Highlights CODP allows athletes to attend an affordable curling camp and the opportunity to stay with other athletes. It gives about forty athletes a chance to get a head start as the camp is held prior to the competitive season. CODP curling mixes all ages and genders.

46. Olympic Games Should Include Sports, Not Games - Campus Times - Opinions agility. If we take away the World curling Federation s element of finesse, then we might as well make chess an olympic sport. Maybe http://www.campustimes.org/news/2002/02/21/Opinions/Olympic.Games.Should.Include

document.write(''+''); News Opinions Features Sports ... Washington Post CNN Current Issue: document.write(currentissuedayname + ', ' + currentissuemonthname + ' ' + currentissueday + ', ' + currentissueyear); Home Opinions Olympic games should include sports, not games By Michael Reiter Published: Thursday, February 21, 2002 I would like to slide a 42-pound stone on a sheet of ice and have it stop approximately 140 feet away on a circle outlined on the ice. Of course I would not be able to do this by myself. I would need the aid of a couple teammates who will use their brooms to condition the ice as the stone moves, making sure the stone travels in the right direction at the right speed. I could even win a medal in the Olympics. This is curling — a Winter Olympic event. To be blatantly honest, it seems that anyone with good enough hand-eye coordination and the ability to use a broom (prior experience requires sweeping your dorm room) could be a curler. It does not take exceptional athleticism, agility or strength to be an Olympic curler. Speed skating, figure skating and cross country skiing take exceptional athleticism. A professional beer drinker can be an Olympic curler. As simple as curling seems, I will give it more credit than I feel I should. According to the World Curling Federation's web site, "the game contains elements of great skill, strategy, finesse, exertion and endeavor." But bowling certainly involves the skill of curling without the aid of fellow teammates. Why can't bowling be in the Olympics?

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48. Olympics: Olympic Sports At A Glance could deliver the US its first curling medal in the Olympics. He was the skip when the US placed third in the 92 Games when curling was a demonstration sport. http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/08/Olympics/Olympic_sports_at_a_g.shtml

The games Feb. 8-24, 2002 Olympics Coverage Photo Galleries Feb. 9, 2002 Opening night Feb. 10, 2002 Day one events Feb. 11, 2002 Day two events Feb. 12, 2002 Day three events Feb. 13, 2002 Day four events Feb. 14, 2002 Day five events Feb. 15, 2002 Day six events Feb. 16, 2002 Day seven events Feb. 17, 2002 Day eight events Feb. 18, 2002 Day nine events Feb. 19, 2002 Day 10 events Feb. 20, 2002 Day 11 events Feb. 21, 2002 Day 12 events Feb. 22, 2002 Day 13 events Feb. 23, 2002 Day 14 events Feb. 24, 2002 Day 15 events Feb. 25, 2002 closing ceremony Special links Salt Lake 2002 U.S. Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee NBC Olympics Interactive Forums: Follow your sport at our message boards Times sites Sports Olympic sports at a glance [AP photo / David J. Phillip] Luger Denis Geppert of Germany speeds past the Olympic ring logo during practice, in Park City, Utah, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002. The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics start on Friday. By Times staff published February 8, 2002 SHORT TRACK/SPEED SKATING TV Schedule THE BASICS: Races are split into two disciplines short track at the Salt Lake Ice Center and long track at the Utah Olympic Oval. There are four events each for men and women in short track and five events each in long track. Long track pairs two skaters at a time racing against the clock. Short track is more like a roller derby race. U.S. FORECAST: Here's a tip. If you want to impress your neighbors, start talking about Apolo Anton Ohno in the next day or two. Because, by next week, the rest of the world will have discovered him.

49. Press Box - Week In Review-U.S. Olympic Sport Highlights - 3/11/2002 4) Easton sports has entered into a fouryear sponsorship to a single point to win the USA curling 2002 Men s The US olympic Team, led by skip Tim Somerville http://www.usocpressbox.org/usoc/pressbox.nsf/0/95cd3dcd1365cbde87256b790074f2d2

50. Sport - Kick Of The Week - Popular Sports - Curling - YoungScot.org The popularity of curling has spread to the States and Europe to make it the olympic sport it is today. Where? So if you think ice is nice, get curling. http://www.youngscot.org/channels/sport/index.asp?id=167

51. GameSpy A Plea On Behalf Of Curling A curling team captain is named the Skip. This means it s actually perfectly Unlike OTHER olympic sports, the French and Russian judges can t flup it all up. http://www.gamespy.com/articles/493/493869p1.html

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52. Congratulations On Olympic Curling Gold by the allScottish GB women’s curling team has been praised by Deputy sports Minister Dr Elaine its first gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2002/02/SE5378.aspx

Text only pages Version for printing sitestat("http://uk.sitestat.com/scottishexecutive/scottishexecutive/s?news.2002.02.se5378"); 08 June 2004 Home Topics About News ... Help TODAY News THIS WEEK Broadcast News Weekly Review Media Briefing Ministers Online ... Ministers in the Media NEWS ARCHIVE This week's news Last week's news Or search the news archive for: EXECUTIVE EXTRA Main page JUNIOR EXEC Main Page NEWS BY TOPIC Agriculture Communities Economy Environment ... Young People SUBSCRIBE TO NEWS Register here for regular e-mail updates CONTACTS Newsdesk Other Areas TOURISM, CULTURE AND SPORT Congratulations on Olympic curling Gold The gold medal performance by the all-Scottish GB women’s curling team has been praised by Deputy Sports Minister Dr Elaine Murray. After Rhona Martin’s rink pulled off a memorable victory over Switzerland - bringing Britain its first gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the first gold since ice dancers Torvill and Dean in 1984 – Dr Murray said the five-member squad had done themselves, Scotland and Great Britain proud. The team, whose other members are Debbie Knox, Fiona MacDonald, Janice Rankin and Margaret Morton, had a roller-coaster route to the gold medal, scraping through the qualifying group, winning two play-off games in one day, overcoming hot favourites Canada on Wednesday before tonight’s success. The match was won with the last stone of the final end.

53. Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com New olympic Sport There are many unusual olympic sports, like skeleton (running and then sledding), biathlon (skiing plus shooting), and curling (using brooms http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/

Join Enchanted Learning Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year (transaction via PayPal Other Amount (transaction via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. EnchantedLearning.com The Olympic Games: Winter 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held. For information on Utah, click here . For a page on Utah's flag, click here The year 2002 Winter Olympic Games are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The opening ceremonies were on February 8, 2002. The closing ceremonies were on Sunday, February 24, 2002. The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting). The Flag of the Olympic Games The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) on a white ground. The rings represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius, altius, fortius" (meaning "Faster, higher, stronger" in Latin).

54. A New Olympic Sport (essay Topic): EnchantedLearning.com There are many unusual olympic sports, like skeleton (running and then sledding) and curling (using brooms to propel an object over ice). http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/newsport.shtml

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55. Scotland >> Sports >> Curling Stone of Menteith near Aberfoyle. In 1998, curling became an olympic sport at the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. And in 2002, Scotland http://www.folklife.si.edu/CFCH/festival2003/scot_curling.htm

Home Appalachia Mali Schedule of Events curling [see sign 2] CURLING When Winter muffles up his cloak, And binds the mire like a rock; When to the loughs the curlers flock —Robert Burns, "Tam Samson's Elegy" (1787) —Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland" (1781-1799) Today, curling is an international Olympic sport played by more than two million people in thirty nations, but its ancestral homeland is Scotland. Curling dates back to before the 16th century, when it was first mentioned in Scottish records. In 1838, Edinburgh's Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC) was established and the rules for play standardized. During the 20th century, curling increasingly became an indoor sport as ice rinks were built throughout Scotland. Curling is played on a sheet - a lane of ice 46 yards long and 14 yards wide. At each end of the sheet, a house of concentric circles is painted around a center button. The goal of the game is to slide the curling stone as close as possible to the button. A curling team consists of four players, who deliver (slide) two stones each in alternate turns with the opposing team. When all sixteen stones are delivered, it constitutes an end. Matches have 10 and sometimes 12 ends. Each stone that winds up within the house and closer to the button than the other team's stone scores a point. The team with the most points after 10 or 12 ends wins the match.

56. Canadian Olympic Committee curling was a demonstration sport at the 1924, 1932, 1988 and 1992 olympics, and enjoyed fullmedal status for the first time at the 1998 Winter olympic Games http://www.olympic.ca/EN/sports/curling.shtml

HOME "What you saw on the ice was me. What you saw is what you got." Catriona Le May Doan Sports > Curling Origins The first evidence of curling was found in Scotland in the 16th century. After the fall of Quebec City in 1759, Scottish soldiers had time on their hands and melted down cannon balls to form kettle-shaped irons so they could play their favourite game on the St.Charles River. Scottish settlers across the country started curling clubs and by the 1920s the growth of the sport in Canada had far exceeded its development in any other nation. Today, more than 1.5 million Canadians enjoy the sport. Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1924, 1932, 1988 and 1992 Olympics, and enjoyed full-medal status for the first time at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games at (Karuizawa) Nagano, Japan. The Sport Two four-member teams alternately deliver stones to target circles at the opposite end of a sheet of ice. Each curler - leads first, followed by the seconds, thirds (or vice-skips) and skips - throws two stones, each of which must be delivered (handle released) before sliding over the nearest hogline (boundary line). With the four-rock free-guard-zone rule being used at the Olympic Games as in all other World Curling Federation events, the leads cannot remove each other's stones.

57. Curling --  Encyclopædia Britannica 350 years after it became established as a recreational pastime in Scotland, curling in February 1998 joined the ranks of official olympic sports at the Games http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=136439&tocid=0&query=harris, mike

58. Wednesday 24 April 2002 Today, Scotland s curling olympic champions, led by skip Rhona Martin, visited the temporary Scottish sports Hall of Fame (SSHOF) exhibition at the Royal http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/contents/newsevents/pressarchive/apr02/24-04-02_

Olympic curlers pay tribute to Scotland's sporting greats Wednesday 24 April 2002 Today, Scotland's Curling Olympic champions, led by skip Rhona Martin, visited the temporary Scottish Sports Hall of Fame (SSHOF) exhibition at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh to pay their own personal tribute to Scotland's sporting greats by making their nominations for the SSHOF. In a formal presentation they handed over to the Museum on loan, personal Olympic kit from their historic gold medal winning performance at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games held in Salt Lake City. The skip of the curling team, Rhona Martin said: "Winning gold for Scotland and Team GB was a fabulous feeling. I am delighted to be asked to lend personal Olympic kit to the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame exhibition in which so many of Scotland's sporting greats are profiled. Competing at an Olympic Games is a fantastic experience and I hope seeing some of our Olympic kit up close so soon after our win will help bring the Olympic Games alive for the exhibition's younger visitors." The exhibition profiles 100 of Scotland's greatest sportsmen and women including 1924 Olympic track gold medallist Eric Liddell, 1967 World Curling champion Chuck Hay and 1994 Commonwealth Games champion Yvonne Murray Mooney MBE. HRH Princess Royal and Sir Jackie Stewart are Patrons of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

59. Washingtonpost.com: Curling's Proponents Look For A Clean Sweep an olympic sport? Brooke said. But if you ask any sportsminded American, they will tell you luge is sled-racing. That s what s going to happen with curling. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/curling/

Olympics Front Sport by Sport Gallery History ... Countries Related Items Curling section Curling's Proponents Look for a Clean Sweep By Amy Shipley Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 12, 1997; Page B10 Tom Brooke on curling: "If you can introduce the game to [Americans], and they recognize the competitiveness of it, you can't believe how it turns them on." (Dennis Drenner for The Post) Brooke executed the procedure on his kitchen floor, and there was no denying it: Armed with his broom, Brooke looked like a determined janitor, attacking with frenzy a particular spot on the linoleum. "It's a matter of introducing the game, getting people to know about it," Brooke, 72, said later from his living room couch. "Americans are so competitive. If you can introduce the game to them, and they recognize the competitiveness of it, you can't believe how it turns them on." Curling, a four-person team sport played on ice and dominated by Canada and other cold-weather countries, will be an Olympic medal sport for the first time in February's Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. The United States is merely average in curling and unlikely to win a medal. Curling is a competition of strategy and concentration that bears some resemblance to many things: shuffleboard, bowling, darts, golf, billiards and bocce. But to equate curling with any of those is as satisfactory as likening a candle's flicker to an inferno.

60. Washingtonpost.com: Curling At the same time, they are hoping to snag the interest of US television viewers when curling becomes an olympic medal sport for the first time. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/curling.

Olympics Front Sport by Sport Gallery History ... Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Luge ... Speedskating Send us your feedback on our Olympics section. Curling U.S. Men Lose Match for Bronze; Swiss Win Gold Ed Reinke/AP Mike Peplinski ( pictured, left ) and the rest of the American men's curling team fell behind early to the Norwegians, and lost the bronze-medal match , 9-4, Feb. 15. Switzerland won the men's gold medal by surprising Canada, 9-3. Canada had won the teams' round-robin match easily. MICHAEL WILBON: Understanding Curling No Easy Task The Washington Post Canadian Women Eke Out Gold As expected, the Canadian women's team won the gold medal in women's curling, but it was far from easy as Denmark put up a fight before falling, 7-5. It was the first medal in any sport for the Danes. Sweden beat Britain, 10-6, in the bronze-medal match. U.S. Women Finish in Tie for Fifth U.S. Stuns Japan on Last Shot, but Loses in Semis Robert F. Bukaty/AP The U.S. men's curling team saw its gold-medal hopes vanish quickly Feb. 13, as it was routed by Canada , 7-1, in the semifinals. The United States advanced to the final four earlier when team captain Tim Somerville's perfectly placed tap on the

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