Crokicurl Explained

Crokicurl
First:, Winnipeg
Country/Region:North America
Team:2 players
Category:Winter team sport
Olympic:No
Paralympic:No
Iwga:No

Crokicurl[1] [2] is a Canadian winter sport invented by Liz Wreford and Leanne Muir of Public City Architecture in 2016 and first played in Winnipeg, Canada.[3] [4] [5] [6] The game is a large scale hybrid of curling and the board game Crokinole.[7] [8] [9] [10]

The related game of crokinole is a game in which the players take turn to flick small discs on a circular board, to score highest depending on where the disc lands on the board where the regions are marked with score.[11]

Play and rules

In crokicurl, rocks are used instead of discs and its rocks are roughly the size of a curling stone. The game uses junior curling stones which are 25 lbs instead of 38 - 44 lbs for regular curling stones.

The game is played by teams consisting of two players, trying to score points by throwing the stones into the center of the ice where the circles are marked. The highest circle is marked with twenty points.

Locations

Crokicurl has spread from Winnipeg all across Canada to small towns and large cities. A list is included below.

America

The first American rink created, and contested national championship, was on Valentine's Day weekend 2021 in Altoona, Wisconsin.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What's Crokicurl?. youtube.com . 5 February 2022. 29 September 2022. WCCO – CBS Minnesota. en.
  2. Web site: Crokicurl in Saskatchewan!. youtube.com . 27 January 2018. 29 September 2022. Saskatchewanderer . en.
  3. News: Crokicurl ready for its Calgary closeup CBC News. CBC. 2018-03-15. en-US.
  4. News: Reporter from Down Under learns to play ultra-Canadian crokicurl game. CBC News. 2018-03-15. en.
  5. News: 'Super Canadian' ice game crokicurl kicks off at The Forks CBC News . 23 August 2018 . CBC News . CBC News . CBC News . January 28, 2017.
  6. Web site: Turner . Randy . No joke-i-king! Crokicurling is a thing . Winnipeg Free Press . Winnipeg Free Press . 23 August 2018 . 26 January 2017.
  7. News: 'Crokicurl:' curling meets crokinole. McCutcheon. Alicia. 2018-02-28. Manitoulin Expositor. 2018-03-15. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023030/http://www.manitoulin.ca/2018/02/28/crokicurl-curling-meets-crokinole/. 2018-03-16. dead.
  8. News: Final days to try crokicurl in Saskatoon. CKOM News. 650 CKOM. March 15, 2018. en.
  9. News: Crokicurl makes its way to Regina. Gray. Britton. 980 CJME. 2018-03-15. en.
  10. News: Crokicurl begins second season at The Forks. CJOB. 2018-03-15. en.
  11. News: City Council looking at bringing crokicurl to the Energetic City - Energeticcity.ca. 2018-02-19. Energeticcity.ca. 2018-03-15. en-US. 2018-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023011/https://www.energeticcity.ca/2018/02/city-council-looking-bringing-crokicurl-energetic-city/. dead.
  12. News: Crokicurl launches in Toronto.
  13. https://weyburn.ca/2023/01/13/crokicurl-open-for-winter-season-in-new-location/
  14. https://www.mcklpoa.ca/events/mcklpoa-official-event/environmental-committee-event/2023crokicurl
  15. News: Crokicurl makes its Saskatoon debut on Broadway Avenue. 2018-01-19. Saskatoon StarPhoenix. 2018-03-15. en-US.
  16. News: Crokicurl sliding into the Queen City soon. CJME News. 980 CJME. March 15, 2018. en.
  17. News: United States Crokicurl Championships held in Altoona. Mendoza. Jessica. February 13, 2021. WEAU. February 15, 2021.

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