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Curling games taking place during the
2005 Tim Hortons Brier
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Highest governing body | World Curling Federation |
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Nicknames | Chess On Ice, The Roaring Game |
First played | Approximately late medieval Scotland |
Registered players | est. 1.5 million[1] |
Characteristics | |
Contact | No |
Team members | 4 per team (2 in doubles) |
Mixed-sex | Yes; see mixed curling |
Type | Precision and accuracy |
Equipment | Curling brooms, stones (rocks), curling shoes |
Venue | Curling sheet |
Glossary | Glossary of curling |
Presence | |
Olympic | |
Paralympic | Wheelchair curling officially added in 2006 |
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Curling games taking place during the
2005 Tim Hortons Brier
|
|
Highest governing body | World Curling Federation |
---|---|
Nicknames | Chess On Ice, The Roaring Game |
First played | Approximately late medieval Scotland |
Registered players | est. 1.5 million[1] |
Characteristics | |
Contact | No |
Team members | 4 per team (2 in doubles) |
Mixed-sex | Yes; see mixed curling |
Type | Precision and accuracy |
Equipment | Curling brooms, stones (rocks), curling shoes |
Venue | Curling sheet |
Glossary | Glossary of curling |
Presence | |
Olympic | |
Paralympic | Wheelchair curling officially added in 2006 |