Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules ...CurlingFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchThisarticleisaboutthesport.Forotheruses,seeCurling(disambiguation).Nottobeconfusedwithhurling.TeamsportplayedoniceThisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Curling" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(October2017)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)CurlingCurlinggamestakingplaceduringthe2005TimHortonsBrierHighestgoverning bodyWorldCurlingFederationNicknamesChessOnIce,TheRoaringGameFirstplayedApproximatelylatemedievalScotlandRegisteredplayersest.1,500,000[1]CharacteristicsContactNoTeammembers4perteam(2indoubles)MixedgenderYes;seemixedcurlingTypePrecisionandaccuracyEquipmentCurlingbrooms,stones(rocks),curlingshoesVenueCurlingsheetGlossaryGlossaryofcurlingPresenceOlympicFirsteventin1924(retroactivelymadeofficialin2006).Demonstrationsportin1932,1988and1992.Officiallyaddedin1998.ParalympicWheelchaircurlingofficiallyaddedin2006.Curlingisasportinwhichplayersslidestonesonasheetoficetowardatargetareawhichissegmentedintofourconcentriccircles.Itisrelatedtobowls,boulesandshuffleboard.Twoteams,eachwithfourplayers,taketurnsslidingheavy,polishedgranitestones,alsocalledrocks,acrosstheicecurlingsheettowardthehouse,acirculartargetmarkedontheice.[2]Eachteamhaseightstones,witheachplayerthrowingtwo.Thepurposeistoaccumulatethehighestscoreforagame;pointsarescoredforthestonesrestingclosesttothecentreofthehouseattheconclusionofeachend,whichiscompletedwhenbothteamshavethrownalloftheirstones.Agameusuallyconsistsofeightortenends.Theplayercaninduceacurvedpath,describedascurl,bycausingthestonetoslowlyturnasitslides.Thepathoftherockmaybefurtherinfluencedbytwosweeperswithbroomsorbrushes,whoaccompanyitasitslidesdownthesheet