Curling is a sport that originated in scotland but can not be told how it came. It is based on sliding a stone along ice and getting it as close to the center ring as possible. The idea as told before is to try get as close to the center ring as possible and on the other team is to try stop them by using tactics and skills. To play you need a curling broom, flat soled shoes, a loose shirt and mostly not needed as given to you but a curling stone.
Some History
Curling was first introduced to New Zealand by scottish immigrants in the 1860's and Thomas Callender was the first New Zealander to play, he was also known as "The father of NZ Curling." Also Thomas was the first man in NZ to make a club for curling From then on curling became a big hit and was very well known to gold miners as they would play in the winter time, still getting more and more popular through the 1920's, then came to a big halt during the second world war.
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