"SWEEP - SWEEP down the ice rink"

Couple of times when I saw the game of curling, played by group of people, I thought, what fun can be there in this game sweeping and sweeping. Well my curoisty turned into fun filled time, when I had hands on it. With few instructions I discovered I was doing pretty good curling the stones. The stones that slide on the ice are pretty heavy, made of plastic and metal. Appropriately dressed with cap, gloves and the right shoes, I was all set to go.

The curling stones

I was surprised to see myself in full enthusiasum sliding on the ice to do my best. Infact, one of the best part of the game was to slide the stone targetting at the centre of the house (marking which is at the other end). Spirit of playing was awesome as cheering was done, shouting 'hoooo, sweep sweep, comm-on.' It can be a real social game. Energy was in full, as I enjoyed the sweeping the ice with a broom, especially made for curling.

At the curling ice rink

Each team consists of four players, and each player has two stones. Starting at one end of the ice, a player will slides the stone toward the target. Teams alternate until all the stones have been thrown, at which point the score is counted. Only stones partially or completely within the outer ring of the target can be scored. The team with the stone closest to the tee wins that end (or round), collecting one point for each of their stones that’s closer to the center than any of the opposing team’s stones. After eight or ten ends, the team with the highest score wins. And it was a victory day at the ice rink for me.  I won a Turkey, since it was being played before Christmas. What a game it was!!