Author: William
Date: 2010-11-07 22:29
Ronish--sweeping, to someone not familiar with the game, usually seems rather silly. However, it is enormously effective in lengthening the distance a rock will slide or reducing its curl as it slides down the sheet of ice. We think that the friction caused by the action of the brush on the ice does momentarily melt it and makes it more slick. And, although the temperature in most curling facility ice houses is kept around 45 degrees, that can be rather bone chilling to us older members and sweeping does warm the body considerably. Curling is a great lifetime sport and we have members as young as 6th grade and old as 88 playing effectively in the same leagues. In the olympic coverage, you see the worlds best in action, and during the last games, the USA Olympic Champion Womens team was from our Madison Curling Club. We have many other national and world champions from previous years that are still part of our 500 member club. Wonderful sport--thanks for asking. Now, back to the clarinet.....
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