Curling World Curling Tour to make the games only eight ends. Most tournaments on that tour are eight ends, as are the vast majority of recreational games. In international competition, each side is given 73 minutes to complete all of its throws. Each team is also allowed two minute-long timeouts per 10-end game. If extra ends are required, each team is allowed 10 minutes of playing time to complete its throws and one added 60-second timeout for each extra end. However, the "thinking time" system, in which the delivering team's game timer stops as soon as the shooter's rock crosses the
2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game 2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game The 2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game on TSN was held on December 8th and 9th at the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre in Rama, Ontario. It was the first TSN Skins Game put on since it was put on hiatus in 2004. The total purse for the event was CAD$100,000. Four teams were invited to participate. They played one semi-final each on December 8th, and the winners played in the final on December 9th. All three games were shown on TSN and TSN-HD. Kevin Martin's team was the big winner, taking home $61,000. "St.