Curling-Chess On Ice Essay Example

using stones on ice being can be seen in the records of Paiseley and Abbey, Renfrewshire in February 1541. Evidence that tells us that curling was existent in the sixteenth century is an inscription on one of the curling stones with the date 1511 that was uncovered when an old pond was drained at Dublane, Scotland along with another curling stone inscribed with the date 1551. Kilsyth curling club that had been formally constituted in 1716 claims to be the first curling club in the world. It was also claimed by Kilsyth Colzium as the place where the oldest purpose built curling pond is present in the world. The form in which this curling pond exists is that of a low dam.

But nowadays it cannot be used for curling owing to the warm winters. In earlier times, outdoor curling was a very popular sport with Scottish people as the climates gave very suitable ice conditions every winter. The mother club of curling The Royal Caledonian Curling Club made a committee called The World Curling Federation which is now the international governing body for the sport and resides in Scotland. By the end of the nineteenth century, Scottish emigrants had helped spread the game to various corners of the world like Canada, North America, The US, Switzerland and Sweden. Today curling is played all over Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China and Korea.