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The layout of a standard curling sheet of ice. The curling Sheet Each curling sheet is a patch of ice, 44.5 metres (146 ft) by 4.3 to 4.75 metres (14 ft 2 in to 15 ft 7 in), with identical sets of circles near each end. At the centre of the target, which is called the house, is a tee line and small circle called the button.
Answers. 1  A typical curling game is eight 'ends' long. Each end takes about fifteen minutes to play. So most games are about two hours long. Games in which lots of take-outs are thrown will be quicker. Games involving mostly draws will be longer. At in-club events, games are generally scheduled to start every two hours.