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CURLING RULES AND INFORMATION

1. Canadian Curling Association Rules shall apply. (Website: www.curling.ca )

2. All games, including the finals, shall be eight (8) ends.

3. Tie games will be decided by playing an extra end.

4. The exact draw will be determined by the number of teams entered in each event.

5. Sticks may be used for play.

6. If round robin play is used, a draw to the button (shoot-out forms and instructions will be provided) is to take place after each team’s first game. This is used in case there is a tie between three teams.

7. If two teams are tied for the last playoff spot, a tiebreaker game will be played. If time does not permit a tiebreaker game, the playoff spot will be awarded to the winner of the round robin game between the two tied teams.

STICK CURLING RULES

1. Each stone must be delivered from a standing position with a curling delivery stick.

2. Sweeping/brushing is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end.

3. Each team comprises of two curlers.

4. One member of each team stays at each end of the rink and must not cross centre ice.

5. A team may call a maximum of two one-minute time outs (meet at centre ice) during a game. During an extra end, one additional time out is allowed.

6. The two delivering curlers alternately deliver six stones each per end, while their team mates skip that end. Then roles are reversed.

7. All games are six ends. In the case of a tie, an extra end is played with each player delivering three stones (skips and deliverers exchange roles at the midpoint of the extra end).

8. No stone may be removed from play prior to the delivery of the fourth stone of each end. If that happens, the delivered stone is removed from play and all other stones are returned to their original positions.

9. Each delivery must begin with the right foot in the left hack for right-handed curlers or with the left foot in the right hack for left-handed curlers. All stones must be released before reaching the hog line and with some part of the stone within two feet of the centre line.

10. Other rules and etiquette of regular curling apply. (canadianstickcurling.ca). It is not a rule but competitors are advised that one hour is sufficient to play the game. In addition it will be confirmed whether the allocated time of one hour will include the time taken for time outs.