Learn To Curl: Vice
The vice-skip is the player that holds a curling team together. Also known as the “third”, they are the glue between the front end and the skip and have to…
The vice-skip is the player that holds a curling team together. Also known as the “third”, they are the glue between the front end and the skip and have to…
In curling, the player who throws immediately after the lead is known as the second. Of a team’s eight stones, the second throws the third and fourth shots. Like each…
The South Of England Curling Club are proud to announce that we are now taking bookings for our series of “Try Curling” sessions on February 25/26/27 2022. These bookings are…
The player who throws the first two stones in a curling team is called the lead. This position is crucial to the success of the team, as they are responsible…
Timing is everything in curling, and players can use stopwatches to help them measure the speed of their stones…and the opponents! Knowing how fast or slow a stone is moving…
The English Curling Association have announced the draw for the 2022 Men’s National Championship, which will take place at the Dumfries Ice Bowl from February 24-27. Six teams have entered,…
A bonspiel is a curling tournament. These competitions can come in a wide variety of formats, but every bonspiel will end by one team being crowned as champions. While some…
The English Curling Association have announced the draw for the 2022 Mixed Doubles National Championship, which will take place at the Dumfries Ice Bowl from January 13-16. Five teams have…
There are two hog lines on every sheet of curling ice, with one 10 meters from the hack at each end. These thick lines span the width of each sheet,…
In simple terms, the “hammer” is the name given to the last stone thrown in a particular end. In curling, it is considered an advantage to have the hammer because…
Our friends at Campina Curling have invited members of the SECC to participate in the 2022 edition of their New Year’s Cup, in Belgium on January 8th & 9th. The…