Throughout the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, I found myself unexpectedly glued to the curling, fascinated by all the shouting, sliding and sweeping. Dating back to 16th Century Scotland, curling is played in teams of four on a rectangular sheet of ice. Players slide granite stones towards a target (called the ‘house’) and points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of an ‘end’.
Throughout the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, I found myself unexpectedly glued to the curling, fascinated by all the shouting, sliding and sweeping.
Dating back to 16th Century Scotland, curling is played in teams of four on a rectangular sheet of ice. Players slide granite stones towards a target (called the ‘house’) and points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of an ‘end’.
