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Minnesota Curling Association
The Minnesota Curling Association is one of eleven regional associations of the United States Curling Association. Member clubs {, class="wikitable" !Club name !City !Type !Sheets !Year founded !Notes , - , Arden Hills Curling Club , St. Paul , Dedicated , 8 , , Plays at the St. Paul Curling Club. , - , Bemidji Curling Club , Bemidji , Dedicated , 6 , 1935 , , - , Brainerd Lakes Curling Association , Brainerd , Dedicated , 4 , 2006 , , - , Buhl Curling Club , Buhl , Dedicated , 4 , , , - , Cambridge Curling Club , Cambridge , Dedicated , 4 , 1974 , , - , Chaska Curling Club , Chaska , Dedicated , 6 , 2015 , , - , Chisholm Curling Club , Chisholm , Dedicated , 4 , , , - , Cook County Curling Club , Grand Marais , Dedicated , 4 , , , - , Curl Mesabi , Eveleth , Dedicated , 8 , 1998 , , - , Dakota Curling , Lakeville , Dedicated , 6 , 2006 , Moved from arena to dedicated facility January 2017 , - , Duluth Curling Club , Duluth , Dedicated , 8 , 1891 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward 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'' toward 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 at the conclusion of each ''end'', which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends. The player can induce a curved path, described as ''curl'', by causing the stone to slowly rotate as it slides. The path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms or brushes, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet and sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willmar, MN
Willmar is a city in, and the county seat of, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 21,015 at the 2020 census. History Agricultural expansion and the establishment of Willmar as a division point on the Great Northern Railway determined its growth. The first settlers arrived during the 1850s, attracted to the fertile land and an abundance of timber and game. The Dakota War of 1862 left the township abandoned for several years. The advent of the railroad in Kandiyohi County in 1869 brought new settlers. Many were of Swedish and Norwegian origin; residents of Scandinavian heritage are still a majority. In 1870, Leon (Chadwick) Willmar, a Belgian acting as an agent for the European bondholder of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, purchased the title to Section 1 of Willmar Township. Willmar was established as the county seat in 1871 and was incorporated as a village in 1874 and as a city in 1901. Willmar was the site of a bank robbery by the Machine G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
