Torphins Curling

Curling is a very old traditional Scottish pastime. It isn't known exactly when scots began playing, but in the Smith Institute in Stirling is a rock with the year 1511 engraved on it. The first reports about a Curling match were between two monks coming from Paisley Abbey, near Glasgow in February 1541.

If you are not farmiliar with the game, it is played on an ice rink (historically a frozen pond or river). Large flat circular "stones" are slid by players towards a target circle some 30 - 50 yards away accross the ice.

The object is to get the stone as close to the centre of the circles as possible. The centre of the circles is known as the "tee." A team scores a point for each stone that is closer to the centre circle than the opponent's best stone, provided that the stone is within 6 feet (1.83 metres) of the tee. This circular area is known as the "house." It is the scoring zone in curling.

One game consists of 10 "ends." During each end, each team delivers eight stones - two stones per person. The team members deliver the stones in a set order presented to the officials before the game. The first player is known as the "lead." He is followed by the "second," then the "third" (also known as the "vice-skip") and finally the "skip," who is the leader of the team.

Each end starts with the leads alternating throws until they have each thrown their two stones.

They are followed by the seconds in the same manner, and so on.

The score for the end is determined when all 16 stones have been delivered. The team that scores in an end shoots first in the next end.

The team with the most points at the conclusion of 10 ends is the winner.

Torphins Curling Rink under water in October 2009	Torphins Curling Rink has not been used for some years due to lack of good feezing weather. The local team playing instead at other venues throughout Deeside. But it is still well maintained ready for use.
Torphins Curling Rink in use Feb 23rd 2010	The club contact details can be found on the Services and clubs directory section.

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