15 January 2017

Sunday Stamps II - 109

2014, Russia, Olympics - curling

Curling is played by sliding heavy granite stones (rocks) across an iced surface (sheet). It was invented in Scotland in the early 16th C. It was also one of the first sports girls and women enjoyed playing. 1998 was the first year that curling was officially included in the Olympics and in 2018, besides the men's and women's teams, there will also be mixed doubles teams.
In 2014 the winners were:
(Women) Canada (G), GB (S), Sweden (B)
(Men) Canada (G), Sweden (S), GB (B).

for winter sports


  1. I never expected to see curling this week. Good action shot.

  2. I've never thought of Russia and curling but then who would guess that large parts of the British population would stay up until the early hours of the morning to watch Rhona Martin skipper GB in the gold medal battle at the 2002 winter Olympics.

  3. I never knew about curling until I saw it at the Olympics!... I think it a fascinating sport: people waiting with so much patience for the .. (how is the disc named?) to proceed, while other sports are characterized by speed.
    And I think this a lovely stamp!

  4. The colour(s) on this stamp mean clearly that it's winter!