What is Curling?
Curling is one of the newest medal sports in the Winter Olympics. It can be described as bocce ball or lawn bowling on ice. Curling is often identified by the two sweepers who walk or slide with the stone and sweep the ice in front of the rock to help it travel further and straighter.
The object of the game is to slide, or throw, stones down a 145-foot sheet of ice into a set of concentric circles known as the “house”. Two teams, or rinks, of four members alternate throwing rocks. When all the stones are thrown, the rink with the stone closest to the center of the house, or button, scores points, one for each stone closer to the button than the other rink’s closest stone.
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2012 Spring/Summer Curling League information is available. Please visit the Schedule and Result page for more details.
2012 Spring/Summer curling schedule is available. Please visit the Calendar page for the dates and times.
Remember to check out the News section for the latest happenings at the club, and the Calendar for upcoming curling dates and times.
Here is a short video from United States Curling Association explaining the basics of the sport of curling
Watch Explore TV host Mark La Monica begin his quest for Olympic glory with the members of the Long Island Curling Club, 2009 video.
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