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 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…
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…
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…
Once you understand how to score points in curling, the next step is to be able to read the scoreboard. This is something that takes a bit of time to…
Scoring in curling is determined after both teams have thrown all of their stones. In each end, only one team can score points no matter how many stones are in…
Games of curling are played in a pre-determined number of rounds, which are called ends. Most club matches are 8 ends, but longer 10 end games are the standard for…
The Kent & Sussex Bonspiel is the flagship bonspiel of the South Of England Curling Club. After a year away, we are very excited that it will return on February…
Please follow us on Twitter @SECC_Curling. As we continue our mission to grow the sport of curling in England, we have launched our brand new Twitter account. This should increase…