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Local Lethbridge Curling Club Lethbridge Wheelchair Curling
Provincial Alberta Curling Federation National History of Curling in Canada Canadian Curling Association
The object of wheelchair curling is to get the 19.1 kg stone as close to the centre ring as possible. Two co-ed teams play at a time, each having four members. A game consists of eight ends. During an end, teams alternate turns with each player "throwing", in fact sliding, two rocks toward the rings.
In wheelchair curling there is no sweeping, which means each throw has to be even more precise. The player's wheelchair must be stationary during the throw and the stone can be thrown by hand or given an initial push with a cue. After both teams have deleivered eight rocks, the team with the rock closest to the centre is awarded one point for each of its own rocks that is closer than the opponent's closest rock. A rock is considered to be in the house if any portion of its edge is over any portion of the 12-foot (3.7m) ring. Wheelchair curling is governed by and played according to the rules of the World Curling Federation (WCF), in which all of the same rules apply as able-bodied curling with only the above mentioned modifications. The Canadian Curling Association is the National Sport Federation. |
