Reply #4: Curling is great [View All]

but I'm guessing you know more about than you're letting on. Since you know about the sweeping.

But for those that don't know the game involves
- 2 teams of of 4 members each
- Each member throws 2 rocks down the ice - really we slide one 42 pound rock down the ice toward a target, called the house, at the other end of the sheet. Each team throws alternatively.
- Sweeping is done to keep the rock going straight, and to get it to go farther.
- The skip holds their broom so you have something to aim at.
- A game consists of 8 ends, an end is where all 16 stones are thrown. You determine who scores by which rocks are closest to the center of the target, which resembles a dartboard under ice.

The most important part is after the game, you have to have a drink with the other team.