Curling Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice "curling sheet" towards the "house", a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a "game"; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house
2014 Continental Cup of Curling Tournament of Hearts). Two teams from the United States, namely the winners of the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, were chosen to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World were selected by the World Curling Federation. The teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions. Team World and Team North America began the event with team play. Eve Muirhead capitalized on numerous mistakes from Jennifer Jones's rink to steal five points and secure a substantial win. Jeff Stoughton and Thomas Ulsrud played a tight game until Ulsrud scored three in the