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unusual facts about curling


Arterial insufficiency ulcer

A special type of ischemic ulcer developing in duodenum after severe burns is called Curling's ulcer.


101-in-1 Explosive Megamix

Players can use the stylus and touch screen to test their reflexes in action mini-games like racing and skydiving, take on sporting events such as basketball, curling, and archery, strategize with tank and space combat games, or play match three, Sudoku, and jigsaw puzzles.

1979 Macdonald Lassies Championship

The winning Lindsay Sparkes rink from British Columbia would go on to represent Canada at the first ever Women's World Curling Championship, the 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship.

1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship

The 1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, the women's world curling championship, was held from March 16-21 at the Perth Ice Arena in Perth, Scotland.

1984 World Women's Curling Championship

The 1984 World Women's Curling Championship, the women's world curling championship, was held from March 25-30 at the Perth Ice Arena in Perth, Scotland.

2009 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship

The 2009 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship (British Columbia's men's provincial curling championship) was held February 9-15 at the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.

2009 NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2009 NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Canada's women's territorial curling championship) will be held January 29 - February 1 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon.

2010 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2010 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the 2010 edition of the Saskatchewan provincial women's curling championship.

2011 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament

The top seven women's teams at the 2011 European Curling Championships, Scotland, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, will join defending champions Sweden in representing their respective nations at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

2011 Safeway Championship

The 2011 Safeway Championship (Manitoba men's provincial curling championship) was held February 9–13, 2011 at the Sun Gro Centre in Beausejour.

2013 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2013 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial curling championship for British Columbia, was held from January 14 to 20 at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Cloverdale, British Columbia.

Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi

In the opening game of the NSW Premier League season, Abbas scored a stunning curling free-kick for the Marconi in his first game for the club in their 2–0 victory over Penrith Nepean United at Marconi Stadium.

Alison Goring

Alison Goring (born November 15, 1963 in Toronto) is a Canadian curler, who currently skips her own team, while throwing lead stones, out of the Milton Curling Club, in Milton, Ontario.

Anette Norberg

She led her team to victory for gold over Cheryl Bernard's Canadian team in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver becoming the first skip in the history of curling to successfully defend an Olympic title after previously winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Swiss team.

Anne Laird

Laird replaced Karen Addison as the alternate in the British curling team for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, after Addison was deselected.

Brendan Connor

For Al Jazeera English, he has profiled two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash as well as reporting on American football, ice hockey, curling, the U-S Open Tennis Championship, the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2007 America's Cup yacht racing, the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil, the 2007 World Anti-Doping Conference in Madrid and the humanitarian sports group Right to Play.

Canada Cup of Curling

The Capital One Canada Cup of Curling is a major men's and women's curling championship in Canada.

Charleswood Curling Club

Charleswood Curling Club is located in the southwestern area of Winnipeg, in the community of Charleswood.

Christoffer Svae

The pants brought Team Norway unprecedented popularity as shown by the surge in sales at Loudmouth Golf as well as the number of followers at the Facebook's Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants fan page exceeding over 600,000 by the end of the 2009-10 curling season.

Coben

Muriel Coben (1921-1979), Canadian baseball and curling player

Collin Mitchell

Collin Mitchell (born September 23, 1969 in Freeport, Bahamas) is a Canadian curler from Brooklin, Ontario.

Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2012 or 2013 World Curling Championships (as listed above) or participated at the 2011 World Curling Championships (the South Korea men's team and the Norway women's team).

Curling on TSN

Other broadcasters TSN have used for curling include Rod Black, John Wells, and Glenn Healy.

Curse of LaBonte

A secondary "curse", if interpreted in this way, is that a North Dakotan rink did not represent the United States again in the World Curling Championships until 1997, when Craig Disher of Langdon represented the United States.

DEKALB Superspiel

It is an event that is on the World Curling Tour and the Manitoba Curling Tour, and also takes part in the Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS).

Denis Côté

In August 2010, his feature film Curling was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the prize for best directing as well as the prize for best actor (Emmanuel Bilodeau).

Dorothy Taubman

This will avoid twisting the wrists out of alignment (ulnar/radial deviation, dorsiflexion) or curling the fingers excessively (antagonistic flexion/extension).

Duluth Entertainment Convention Center

It is the largest curling venue in the United States, and has hosted two World Championships, the US Olympic Trials, and numerous National events.

Heather Kalenchuk

Kalenchuk has since decided to step away from the game for a few years, leaving Kim Schneider and her sister Tammy Schneider pondering their curling future.

Hod Stuart

His father had been a good curler and was once point skip of the Ottawa Curling Club, and both Hod and Bruce played hockey from a young age, often for the same teams.

Jean-Michel Ménard

While living in Aylmer, Quebec and playing in leagues at the Ottawa Curling Club and the Rideau Curling Club, Ménard also represents the Club de Curling Victoria in Sainte-Foy, Quebec along with his team of Martin Crête, Éric Sylvain and Jean Gagnon.

John Curling

John Curling was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1 June 1857 to 1 May 1861, when he resigned.

John Shuster

At the 2009 Curling World Championships in Moncton, Canada, Shuster and his team finished in fifth place.

Josef Heiß

His daughter Stella Heiß is a successful curler who represented Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Kelley Law

Law returned in 2006 from a curling hiatus which involved having a baby and becoming a certified real estate agent for RE/MAX.

Linn Githmark

Githmark posed for Ana Arce's "Fire on Ice" 2007 Team Sponsorship Calendar to promote women's curling.

Marlo Dahl

She has played in three World Curling Tour events in her career, the 2006 Labatt Cash Spiel, the 2012 Courtesy Freight Northern Ontario Superspiel and the 2012 Molson Cash Spiel.

Norway at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Norway's team continued the tradidion from the Norwegian team at the Olympics, wearing pants from Loudmouth Golf.

Paul Boutilier

After retiring from hockey, Boutilier became a regular on the Canadian curling circuit, serving as head of the World Curling Tour and World Curling Players' Association.

Phill Drobnick

Phill Drobnick (born October 8, 1980 in Virginia, Minnesota) is an American curler who has been involved with curling since 1986.

Rich Moffatt

Moffatt joined up with Howard Rajala (as his third) to win the 2013 Ontario Senior curling championships.

Moffatt retired from curling in 2007, but quickly changed his mind and came back to play for Bryan Cochrane.

Ross Forbes

In the 2010/11 season, Forbes starts his season by scoring a curling delivery straight into the net, in the Europa League second qualifying round match against Breiðablik in the first leg.

Ryan Harnden

During the 2010-11 curling season, the team played in two Grand Slams, the 2010 World Cup of Curling (where he team finished 2-3) at the 2011 Players' Championship where they also went 2-3.

Samuel Rothschild

He was also a prominent supporter of curling in the city, including stints as president of the Northern Ontario Curling Association and the Canadian Curling Association from 1957 to 1958, and securing the city's status as host city of the 1953 Brier.

Severn, Ontario

Glenn Howard - Curler for Team Ontario, 2007 Brier Winner, and 2007 World Curling Champion for Team Canada

Sport in China

At the 2008 Ford World Women's Championships, the Chinese curling team consisting of Zhou Yan, Liu Yin, Wang Bingyu, and Yue Qingshuang won a surprising silver medal finish.

Wang Fengchun

Following his return to China after the completion of the Olympic Games, Wang was rebuked by Chinese curling officials for wearing a U.S. team cap at the Beijing Capital International Airport.

Women's Masters Basel

The Women's Masters Basel (formerly the RE/MAX Women's Masters Basel and the Credit Suisse Women's Masters Basel) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Basel, Switzerland.


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