Crokicurl

Crokicurl
Illustration of a crokicurl game in progress
First played2016; 10 years ago (2016), Winnipeg
Characteristics
Team members2 players
TypeWinter team sport
Presence
Country or regionNorth America
OlympicNo
ParalympicNo
World GamesNo

Crokicurl is a Canadian winter sport invented by Liz Wreford and Leanne Muir of Public City Architecture in 2016 and first played in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The game is a large scale hybrid of curling and the board game crokinole.

In the related game of crokinole, the players take turns flicking 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.

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 11 kilograms (25 lb) instead of 17–20 kilograms (38–44 lb) for regular curling stones.

The game is played by teams consisting of two players, trying to score points by throwing the stones into the centre 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.

United States

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

References

  1. ↑ "What's Crokicurl?". youtube.com. WCCO – CBS Minnesota. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Crokicurl in Saskatchewan!". youtube.com. Saskatchewanderer. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Crokicurl ready for its Calgary closeup | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Reporter from Down Under learns to play ultra-Canadian crokicurl game". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  5. ↑ "'Super Canadian' ice game crokicurl kicks off at The Forks | CBC News". CBC News. CBC News. CBC News. January 28, 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Turner, Randy (26 January 2017). "No joke-i-king! Crokicurling is a thing". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. ↑ McCutcheon, Alicia (2018-02-28). "'Crokicurl:' curling meets crokinole". Manitoulin Expositor. Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  8. ↑ "Final days to try crokicurl in Saskatoon". 650 CKOM. CKOM News. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  9. ↑ Gray, Britton. "Crokicurl makes its way to Regina". 980 CJME. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  10. ↑ "Crokicurl begins second season at The Forks". CJOB. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  11. 1 2 "City Council looking at bringing crokicurl to the Energetic City - Energeticcity.ca". Energeticcity.ca. 2018-02-19. Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  12. ↑ https://www.warman.ca/704/Crokicurl
  13. ↑ "Crokicurl launches in Toronto".
  14. ↑ https://weyburn.ca/2023/01/13/crokicurl-open-for-winter-season-in-new-location/
  15. ↑ https://www.mcklpoa.ca/events/mcklpoa-official-event/environmental-committee-event/2023crokicurl
  16. ↑ "Crokicurl makes its Saskatoon debut on Broadway Avenue". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  17. ↑ "Crokicurl sliding into the Queen City soon". 980 CJME. CJME News. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  18. ↑ Mendoza, Jessica (February 13, 2021). "United States Crokicurl Championships held in Altoona". WEAU. Retrieved February 15, 2021.