2012 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game 2012 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game The 2012 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game on TSN was held on January 7 and 8 at the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre in Rama, Ontario. The total purse for the event was CAD$75,000. Four teams were invited to participate. The teams each played a semifinal match against another team, and the semifinal winners moved on to the final. The 2012 TSN Skins Game sees four world champions playing against each other. Kevin Martin and his rink, the reigning Olympic champions, Alberta provincial champions, and former world champions, will play against Kevin Koe and his
Arena curling is overcomable with some effort however, as evidenced by the fact that many curling clubs in Scotland (the home of curling) operate on arena ice. A second major challenge of arena curling is rock storage. Arena clubs must develop a system for storing the 42 lb rocks off ice, while scrupulously protecting the bottom running surface. In large arena clubs of 4 or more sheets, it can take considerable man-power to move rocks on and off the ice before and after each game. A related challenge of off-ice rock storage is rock temperature. To curl effectively, rocks must be maintained