The home of Curling-Chess, a winter sports
Curling is a winter sports originated in Scotland.The appearance of this sport in the land was in the sixteenth century and as evident, the inscription on one curling stones with the date 1511 and with another curling stone inscribed with the date1551. During those period, outdoor curling was very popular sport as the climates gave very suitable ice conditions every winter. By the end of nineteenth century, Scottish emigrants had helped spread the game to various places such as Canada, North America, US, Switzerland, and Sweden.
Today curling sport is now played in some countries such as, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Korea. The Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the mother club of curling, made a committee called The World Curling Federation resides in Scotland who is now the international governing body for the sport.
This sport is played by two teams with four players each and each team is given eight granite stones. These stones slides across a sheet of ice towards a target area are made of granite and heavily polished. The shape is circle with a radius of 1.8 meter and weigh around 17.2 kilogram. Nowadays, curling sport cannot be used during warm winter.
Oh, how exciting it is to play curling sport during winter season!